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Originally Posted by AleroB888
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Something mechanically wrong with the engine is what I want to believe, since that would be better than a bad tranny or SC, lol.
Right now, a small power steering leak turned into a bigger one and drained the fluid out. So now I have to fix that first, sheesh
Tell me about this Royal Purple synthetic power steering fluid..... I want to put that in there......because Overkill! haha 
yay or nay? Will it hurt to have it mix with the fluid already in there? |
So can't get a new PS pump, only reman units.... can't get the variable assist solenoid at all, which is where the big leaking problem was...so got an A1 Cardone pump, new plastic pulley. Dug up some "close enough" O-rings, there were 3 needed for the solenoid section, one for the reservoir. And put synthetic fluid in there as well. The pulley wound up being misaligned for some reason, too far inward by about 1/32 inch. But race day was coming up, needed some road tests. Oh, and the gremlins, we seem to have caught one of 'em. No matter how careful you are to recheck everything, there's always one that sneaks in when you're not looking and loosens a clamp. That one turned an ordinary coupler into a pretty good BOV. Road tests revealed the boost was back, almost peaking at 15 psi, and no fluid leaks. But, there was a chirping noise creeping in from somewhere by the end of the day. (had the gremlin relocated ?)
Saturday morning, loaded car for the track, started it up and woah, big time chirping, squeeling from the PS pump. Quieted down a lot when warmed up, but still there at 2k + rpm.
So got to the track, changed tires, cooled engine, ready to race, and.... raindrops started, announcer calls off the event...Which was good in a way, because about that time somebody told me they were only going to run 1/8 miles and that would have really set me off. Always had been 1/4 tests before along with 1/8 trials.
Next Saturday is the final Test/Tune/Fun racing meet, so will try to get some tuning in the next couple days.... And oh yeah, change that freaking PS pump again, what'sup with that? ....
gremlins
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