Lumpy steering and engine hesitant on light acceleration - Page 2

kwk · Oct 14th, 2015, 09:09

I had a problem with the lower joint seized. I replaced that but the rack also needed doing. I had the old rack reconditioned and re fitted for about £100. No problems after.

Stevenfife · Oct 15th, 2015, 20:32

Fitted my dim and its still faulty. So contacted Lukas at volvodiagnostic to get it repaired again. :-( driving car back from work and I'm pretty positive theres something on the suspension causing the steering issue like worn wishbone bush or worn track rod ends or a mixture of them all. The power steering pump is definitely needing replaced as its whining it face of now. Like the bearings are gone init or its dry! Gonna have a good look under the bonnet tomorrow then pop along to upullit and possibly get a second hand power steering pump. Also jackvthe car up and get a big screw driver and test all the bushes etc. Move everything see if there's any obv play. Also my stype suffered from worn steering rack bushes, will have a look at them.
Fairly disappointed ATM as been working hard and I had hoped that the dash problem was fixed. But hey Hoy onwards and upwards.
Oh and need to get the engine hesitation thing looked at too! I heard about the engine mounts issue so will check all that and then some.......will there be enuf time in the day! Lol

Stevenfife · Oct 18th, 2015, 09:40

Cluster problem solved by reseating power windows unit connections in drivers door. Engine hesitation still under investigation, replaced power steering pump, steering still the same. So assume it's suspension problem.

Rover Saloon · Oct 20th, 2015, 21:11

Hi there.

As I said earlier, your description of 'lumpy' steering is just what I had on my 2000 S80. I was losing fluid from the reservoir but not on the garage floor so assumed it was seeping into the bellows on the rack. When I took it off, found the bottom UV joint on the steering column very stiff in one plane. In the end, had to take it off to free it up. Replaced rack and the problem was solved. Trouble was, did the replacement rack or the freed up UV solve the problem?
In my post mortem, I decided that the UV wouldn't have given me the intermittent lumpy feel that I was experiencing so am convinced it was the rack that was at fault. I don't think any other suspension component would cause the steering to show these symptoms

Oct 20th, 2015, 21:11	#14
Rover Saloon Senior Member Last Online: Jan 16th, 2017 09:02 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ipswich	Steering rack Hi there. As I said earlier, your description of 'lumpy' steering is just what I had on my 2000 S80. I was losing fluid from the reservoir but not on the garage floor so assumed it was seeping into the bellows on the rack. When I took it off, found the bottom UV joint on the steering column very stiff in one plane. In the end, had to take it off to free it up. Replaced rack and the problem was solved. Trouble was, did the replacement rack or the freed up UV solve the problem? In my post mortem, I decided that the UV wouldn't have given me the intermittent lumpy feel that I was experiencing so am convinced it was the rack that was at fault. I don't think any other suspension component would cause the steering to show these symptoms

Oct 14th, 2015, 09:09	#11
kwk Senior Member Last Online: Nov 4th, 2017 19:04 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: neath	I had a problem with the lower joint seized. I replaced that but the rack also needed doing. I had the old rack reconditioned and re fitted for about £100. No problems after.

Oct 15th, 2015, 20:32	#12
Stevenfife New Member Last Online: May 15th, 2016 15:32 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Dalgety bay	Fitted my dim and its still faulty. So contacted Lukas at volvodiagnostic to get it repaired again. :-( driving car back from work and I'm pretty positive theres something on the suspension causing the steering issue like worn wishbone bush or worn track rod ends or a mixture of them all. The power steering pump is definitely needing replaced as its whining it face of now. Like the bearings are gone init or its dry! Gonna have a good look under the bonnet tomorrow then pop along to upullit and possibly get a second hand power steering pump. Also jackvthe car up and get a big screw driver and test all the bushes etc. Move everything see if there's any obv play. Also my stype suffered from worn steering rack bushes, will have a look at them. Fairly disappointed ATM as been working hard and I had hoped that the dash problem was fixed. But hey Hoy onwards and upwards. Oh and need to get the engine hesitation thing looked at too! I heard about the engine mounts issue so will check all that and then some.......will there be enuf time in the day! Lol

Oct 18th, 2015, 09:40	#13
Stevenfife New Member Last Online: May 15th, 2016 15:32 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Dalgety bay	Cluster problem solved by reseating power windows unit connections in drivers door. Engine hesitation still under investigation, replaced power steering pump, steering still the same. So assume it's suspension problem.

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