
J5 AT Sedan Service Manual
PS-31
outlet of system, and etc.
4) Overloaded running of steering system, leading to excessive wear of internal
stator and rotor of the power steering pump, which causes the irregular oil
movement in the power steering pump and generates noise (It’s quite normal that
the “ChiChi” sound occurs while rotating the steering wheel to the limit position
within short period "<6s").
5) If the power steering pump works frequently and excessively long at the limit
steering position, a large amount of air bubbles may easily form in the steering
system. If the noise in the system is lowered after oil replacement, but re-occurs
with a large amount of air bubbles after the road test, this fault is unrelated to the
performance and function of power steering pump and the power steering gear.
In such case, replace the steering oil reservoir and oil. It’s preferable to have
steps or bent tracks in the oil reservoir.
6) Other V rotating components of the engine, such as the noise of bearings at water
pump, A/C compressor, tensioner, and pulley and similar “squeak” noise after the
belt is loose, which looks like being occurred at the front bearing of the power
steering pump. For instance: After driving for a certain period, some vehicles
may have noise while rotating the steering wheel to left or right limit position. In
such case, check the belt. As the required torque of the steering system varies at
the limit position, if there is the presence of belt looseness or skid, the belt will
generate noise on the pulley of the power steering pump.
7) The problems such as low installing location of power steering pump and poor
driving road conditions of the vehicle will easily lead to the accumulation of a
large amount of sediment and oil dirt on the housing of the oil pump and thus the
input shaft of the power steering pump and the needle bearing of the housing will
be damaged by external factors during the operation and thus be corroded by
water, acid and alkali. If the entire steering system is not maintained as scheduled,
the ball bearing of the power steering pump will easily be burnt or blocked and at
the same time will lead to noise and heavy steering at this area.
8) Loose installation of power steering gear and power steering pump on the
bracket, internal wear of power steering gear, and improper adjustment of pinion
and rack.
9) The improper matching between various components of the system before
delivery will easily lead to the suction failure of pipeline and lead to the system
faults such as noise and failure. For instance: If the pipeline is not equipped with
the noise reduction and corresponding matched shock absorption device, the
entire system will lead to noise and failure fault. In such case, replace with oil
pipes with different noise reduction effects. However, this requires high technical
requirements and the operations of professionals from the manufacturer. In such
case, this fault can be resolved excellently.
Troubleshooting of noise fault:
1) Clean the entire steering system, bleed the air from the system, adjust properly
the belt tension or replace belt, check and repair the oil pipes, power steering oil
reservoir, power steering pump, and power steering gear, and replace with new
power steering oil and power steering oil reservoir.