Got some issues with my new evo 2008

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Jul 27, 2009 | 07:45 PM

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Took it to the dealer, took 4 hours but they finally fixed it. in the invoice it said something about a gasket + power steering fluid

Jul 27, 2009 | 07:54 PM

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^ no your good they drive it from factory all the way to the dealer with those in. not like hundreds of miles. ^

Jul 27, 2009 | 07:55 PM

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Awww Good Deal!! Glad you got it fixed!!

Jul 27, 2009 | 11:06 PM

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good deal

Jul 28, 2009 | 12:54 AM

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thanks for all the help guys, really appreciate it.

Jul 28, 2009 | 04:59 AM

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exactly, especially if you turn all the way

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Originally Posted by ksattic

You shouldn't ever turn the steering wheel with the car stopped! Always have the car moving when turning the wheel, even when parking. The whine is the power steering motor under strain. This will happen in almost any car.

Jul 28, 2009 | 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ksattic

While I agree that there is additional strain when you steer while parked, it is my understanding that cars are designed and able to do this. (I heard this was bad for cars from 30+ years ago). If you can provide some kind of link or owner's manual information that supports your position please post it.

Jul 28, 2009 | 11:54 AM

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BTW not sure if it is in teh X manual but the VIII manual said to never turn the wheel to full lock with the car stationary, as others have mentioned. At least I think that was the case, deffinetly mention of not holding the wheel at full lock as it could damage the power steering.

If the fluid was low an a week old car I would take it back to the dealer just to cover your *** in case something else (like the power steering pump) fails in short order due to the fluid being under filled from the factory / dealer.

//Owned by lack of reading all pages of the thread//

Glad you got it sorted.

Jul 29, 2009 | 08:32 AM

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I have a 2008 GSR and a seal on the Power Steering Rack failed/leaked and I lost all of my fluid over a week. It got louder (whine) and then got jerky. I was going to check the fluid right before it got jerky and bought some fluid but since it got all jerky I took it to the dealer. Yours is maybe not so severe on your car. Just take it to the dealer. They fixed mine 7 months ago and no more problems. It is covered by the warranty. Good Luck!

Same thing happened to my GSR. Turns out the bottom hose of the power steering pump just broke loose. It is a weird vibration, and the whining is super loud. Its good you brought it in, because you may have issues with the pump down the road if you drove it like that for a while.

Jul 31, 2009 | 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sblvro

its normal. the evo is not a very quiet car like a lexus. try to drive it and see if there is something too loud. I think you are just being paranoid getting a new car. rev should not be more than 5K rpm. if you can do it up to 3000 mile break-in, the better.

100% right......also the tranny needs to warm up a bit be4 u get going.....

Jul 31, 2009 | 09:20 PM

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JonWantEvo

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MR's = complete fail.

Aug 1, 2009 | 12:54 PM

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^^^and you base this off of what?
I have had my MR now for a year and have not had one problem. a few post in this thread happen to be GSR's that had a bad seal on the power steering. so this is obviously not a MR inherent problem.

anyhow glad the OP got it fixed.

Aug 1, 2009 | 05:59 PM

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No problems with my MR "yet". not really scared bec I still have warranty. The only hasle is taking it to the dealer bec the nearest on my area is driving atleast 40min.