misterted

When I drove locally around town I get a high pitched squeal coming from what sounds like the engine compartment over my right ear.
Car must be at temperature.
Only happens once I'm driving and going through the gears
When I stop at a light the sound remains consistent until I depress the clutch, that makes it stop immediately. Nothing else makes it stop.
It's not so high pitched like a loose fan belt squeal,
It doesn't happen consistently but does happen more often than not.

Hope someone has had this experience and can point me in the right direction.


Thank You.

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2fcknfst

Throw out bearing on the clutch perhaps?

Lazurus

Hi,

I am "new" here but not new to Porsche.Your problem is a long known issue described by Porsche in TSB 4897. The "valve" in your power steering reservoir is oscillating and creating the "whine" described as being reminiscent of a "tea kettle whistle". Replace the steering reservoir and the issue will be gone. "Most" long time early owners have long since dealt with this issue. Or else live with it and as you say "depress the clutch" to mitigate the noise.

It only happens when engine temperatures are high.

wross996tt

Yep, power steering reservoir.

misterted

God I love these forums, I was racking my brain with this.

Thank you.

misterted

Would you happen to know how many hours of labor this would fall under?

Thanks again.

Lazurus

I'm sorry as I can't recall labor hours as my replacement of it was covered under the original factory warranty. Thanks to the Porsche service bulletin.

But you are welcome, and I can assure you that this indeed is your issue.

TexSquirrel

7.9 hours

Carlo_Carrera

LOL, no it's just a couple of hours.

I believe someone here just recently fixed this by replaced the just the top portion of the pump which the noisy valve is a part of. That made the fix super quick.

TexSquirrel

7.9 hours is the book time for R&R the power steering pump.

Carlo_Carrera

That maybe what the book says but it doesn't take anywhere near that amount of time. The pump it right on the top of the engine.

TexSquirrel

Yeah, book time is often higher than actual time.
As a flat rate mechanic, that’s what you hope for.
Expect to pay book time if you take it somewhere.
Expect it to take book time the first time or two that you do it.

Carlo_Carrera

Nah. A couple of hours. Less if you just replace the top portion.

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turb...servoir-2.html

misterted

This is very helpful, thank you.

Yogibara

Do it yourself. It's not hard. My TT has a 997 PS reservoir to address this issue. While I don't personally have a video on this topic, I've found many that discuss this top on YT. Good luck!