55fanatic

I have this new noise coming from my car, it last for a while. When the car is running(louder when it is cold) I get a high pitched wine from the engine. The closest thing I could compare it to is a very exagerated supercharger whine. It raises itself and lowers itself with the RPMs. When I turn it makes it louder, but it is primarily based on RPMs.

Any ideas?

C43AMG

Check to make sure the neighbors cat isn't in there.. :p Did you get the e-mail I forwarded you yesterday ?

55fanatic

lemme check...

No its not the neighboors cat, I shot him with my paintball gun, havent seen that pu$$y in weeks.

Also on another note of my ML...2000 ML55 93,xxxmiles on her

GDawgC220

is it only happening when the car is not warmed up? or all the time?

C43AMG

.....yeah , but did you get my e-mail ?

55fanatic

Dave yes I did... Its great news and Ill make a posting soon for a date suggestions or requests...

Greg, it does it all the time. Im hoping its a stupid little easy to replace belt... my fear is that its a big ugly pump of some kind that is going to be very Labor intensive and costly to replace

GDawgC220

could be the serpentine belt (I think the ML's have this belt). Most likely a belt of some sort.

55fanatic

well we figured it out... it was the lack of power steering fluid, Few

No wait, why am I leaking power steering fluid? We are not sure yet, think one of the hose came loose or something, but we are waiting for power to be restored to our garage so Ill go back another day

///AMG55

Hey do you remember that recall they did on the power steering system etc. MB said they had to do it because you could lose pressure/fluid and lose steering control.

55fanatic

no but if you could post some info about it that would be cool...

nice-tooth

The recall was to address the inadequate power steering hose clamp design. This condition was most noted in cold climates where the rubber hose connection at the radiator / oil cooler would harden in the cold and when drivers would turn the wheel building pressure on the downstream side of the pump, the pressure would blow the hose off the metal nipple. At first they would just add a second clamp but later they would replace the hose all together. This may be a leak point for your vehicle but the recall was for catastrophic failure where the sudden loss of all power steering fluid at speed could pose a safety issue.

55fanatic

cool thanks for the heads up, Ill have to check and see if thats where its leaking from then.

Kar don

check if you got the recall done. They replaced the power steering hose clamps.