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Racer
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Columbus Oh
More info would help.
Often a whine is due to a power steering pump. Recently I had what I thought was a bad power steering pump and it turned out to be a bad alternator. I've never heard one whine just like a power steering pump, but this one did. It also drained a new battery in a couple days in my garage. It was likely a bad diode.
But it could be a bad idler pulley, etc. What else can you tell us about it?
Often a whine is due to a power steering pump. Recently I had what I thought was a bad power steering pump and it turned out to be a bad alternator. I've never heard one whine just like a power steering pump, but this one did. It also drained a new battery in a couple days in my garage. It was likely a bad diode.
But it could be a bad idler pulley, etc. What else can you tell us about it?
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From: New Orleans Louisiana
Its a 1996 Collectors Edition C4 LT1 it wines very loud when its cold also the steering was a little stiff. After it warms up it slowly goes away. Sorry for not enough info. The dealership just replaced the opti spark and the water pump last week. I purchased the Corvette almost 3 weeks ago and had it at home 1 day started claying the car on Friday went threw 2 bars of clay its better but not good enough yet. I went to a car show with my Monte Carlo on Saturday took the Corvette out Sunday to show my son the car started it up and there's the wine drove it about half a mile and it threw a service engine light. So back to the dealer this morning. There paying for it all but man this is getting ridiculous. Makes me think the car has a jinks on it.
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From: Sacramento California
Its a 1996 Collectors Edition C4 LT1 it wines very loud when its cold also the steering was a little stiff. After it warms up it slowly goes away. Sorry for not enough info. The dealership just replaced the opti spark and the water pump last week. I purchased the Corvette almost 3 weeks ago and had it at home 1 day started claying the car on Friday went threw 2 bars of clay its better but not good enough yet. I went to a car show with my Monte Carlo on Saturday took the Corvette out Sunday to show my son the car started it up and there's the wine drove it about half a mile and it threw a service engine light. So back to the dealer this morning. There paying for it all but man this is getting ridiculous. Makes me think the car has a jinks on it.
Don't worry, you should have it sorted soon. Enjoy the car -- drive it often!
