Power Steering Groaning Noise - Success Story

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

f1racer328

Full Access Member
Joined
Apr 18, 2017
Posts
816
Reaction score
434
Location
AZ
Had my disco out in Moab last month, and about 2 days into the trip my power steering pump started to groan a little bit. It wasn't too bad, and eventually got better, but had me concerned so I decided against doing some harder trails.

At around 1100 rpm, in gear or in neutral, the steering wheel would vibrate slightly, and if I manipulated the steering wheel I could hear and feel the noise getting worse. Had a fear that my power steering pump was on its way out.

Yesterday I ended up buying 2 liters of Pentosin CHF202.

I didn't do the full fluid flush procedure that the manual specifies, and just pumped out the reservoir, added new fluid, cap on, started car, full lock left and right a few times, shut off and rinsed and repeated until I went through 1 liter.

The noise is now completely gone. $25 later my issue is fixed. Went on a short off road trip and didn't hear a single noise.

I probably will end up flushing out the other liter of fluid I have eventually, but glad that this fixed my problem.
 

Honcho

New Member
Joined
Apr 18, 2021
Posts
4
Reaction score
0
Location
UTAH
Getting ready to do mine as well but wasn’t sure if we are clear to use Pentosin 202. Seen a few back and forth post about using this and that. o_O
 

f1racer328

Full Access Member
Joined
Apr 18, 2017
Posts
816
Reaction score
434
Location
AZ
Getting ready to do mine as well but wasn’t sure if we are clear to use Pentosin 202. Seen a few back and forth post about using this and that. o_O
I was pretty undecided on fluid.

Workshop manual says Texaco Cold Climate Fluid 14315
Owners manual says the Land Rover Cold Climate fluid I believe.

The Pentosin 202 seems good though, it isn't cheap though.
 

Latest posts

Staff online

  • joey
    Custom Rover Accessories

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
36,223
Posts
217,590
Members
30,473
Latest member
OnoA
Top