[Smitty97]

I pulled engine to do head gaskets and inserts. it took some time for me to get it back together due to time and cash. once i got it running again its having problems steering left. it came on slow but now is a pain in the butt and its the wifes car. my question is. could there be a sensor bad or is it going to be the rack. sometimes you can give it throttle and it will help but problem is still noticeable. thanks tim

 

[johnny kannapo]

Does the car have the Magnasteer or Variable Effort steering?
The Magnasteer has a electromagnet on the input shaft.

Variable Effort has a motor driven flow valve on the input shaft.

There is a pressure sender on the high pressure line near the tailshaft of the transmission. I don't think it does anything but indicate pressure. The traction control operate the both types of variable assist.

What are the Symptoms?

 

[Smitty97]

not sure which it has i will have to look. only symptom is hard to steer to the left

 

[ben.gators]

Update your profile with model and year. Without knowing what is the car it is hard to say anything.

Update: oops, I didn't see the title of the thread.... However it is better to update the profile too...

 

[johnny kannapo]

If it is fine turning one direction I would look in the direction of the steering wheel sensor on the column, connections & wiring. The at the input shaft valve or magnet on either system is only working 1 way.

They both varible effort & the magnasteer do the same things just in different ways. They are part of the CVRSS system so many other areas could be causing this problem.

If the rack i good working order before I would make sure connections are good. Maybe a wire got damaged or something, it should display a code.


Any codes?



You can look in the trunk for the RPO code list on the spare tire cover, or run the vin# in the RPO guide at the compnine website link in the sticky

NV7= Variable Effort

NV8= Magnasteer

 

[Smitty97]

thanks fellas ill check it all out when it decides to stop raining so i can crawl under it