deanis123
New Member
Hey everyone,
Have a VR calais and in getting it ready to sell, gave it a service (oil+filter, cleaned the engine down, e.t.c) and put in a new power steering pump.
The pump went in fine, no more leaks and mostly a lot easier and smoother turning. But after taking it for a test run when pulling into the driveway or in a parking lot the power steering would pretty much die off (slow and breaking at the same time), unless you hit the gas a bit. Bled it 3-4 times per the manual. Helped somewhat but the problem still persisted, had to drive it 3 hours back from parents to home and now a few weeks later it seems to only be intermittently having the problem, took it for a drive today and it was great until about half way around town running errands and started again.
Could this still be air trapped in the system? The pump is still fair noisy, groaning noise when it starts acting up. How long does it usually take to bleed the system fully?
Or should I start looking at other things? From what I'v read on the forum I should start looking towards;
- belt/tensioner pulley? (Havn't noticed any slippage.. tried turning the wheels stationary with the engine running.?)
- Reseting the BCM? I disconnected the battery for a while, is that different from doing it by the fuse box?
- Variatronic steering issue? Could this affect the steering a slow speed? should i be checking the solenoid + wiring
Does anyone have any other ideas? Or Ideas on steps to diagnose the issue? Sorry for the long post but I have a buyer so pretty desperate to fix the issue asap.
Trying to pull all the threads together, the closest I could find on the forum:
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...g-failing-intermittently-statesman-wh-v6.html
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...997-2002/29519-steering-far-too-heavy-vt.html
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...e-1997-2002/34329-power-steering-problem.html
Have a VR calais and in getting it ready to sell, gave it a service (oil+filter, cleaned the engine down, e.t.c) and put in a new power steering pump.
The pump went in fine, no more leaks and mostly a lot easier and smoother turning. But after taking it for a test run when pulling into the driveway or in a parking lot the power steering would pretty much die off (slow and breaking at the same time), unless you hit the gas a bit. Bled it 3-4 times per the manual. Helped somewhat but the problem still persisted, had to drive it 3 hours back from parents to home and now a few weeks later it seems to only be intermittently having the problem, took it for a drive today and it was great until about half way around town running errands and started again.
Could this still be air trapped in the system? The pump is still fair noisy, groaning noise when it starts acting up. How long does it usually take to bleed the system fully?
Or should I start looking at other things? From what I'v read on the forum I should start looking towards;
- belt/tensioner pulley? (Havn't noticed any slippage.. tried turning the wheels stationary with the engine running.?)
- Reseting the BCM? I disconnected the battery for a while, is that different from doing it by the fuse box?
- Variatronic steering issue? Could this affect the steering a slow speed? should i be checking the solenoid + wiring
Does anyone have any other ideas? Or Ideas on steps to diagnose the issue? Sorry for the long post but I have a buyer so pretty desperate to fix the issue asap.
Trying to pull all the threads together, the closest I could find on the forum:
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...g-failing-intermittently-statesman-wh-v6.html
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...997-2002/29519-steering-far-too-heavy-vt.html
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au...e-1997-2002/34329-power-steering-problem.html