Steering Problems On E34

[Iceblue56]

Hey guys i am new here i have owned a Bmw for almost 3 months now it is a 1990 525i and i love this car, just recently (past 2 days) a noise started come from the front whenever i would just rock the wheel back and forth while not moving or when ever i was going about 5 mph and i turned. so i assumed i was out of steering fluid. but when i looked there was still fluid in it so i put a little more in and then just tried to find where this noise was coming from. and when i rocked the wheel back and forth the sterring fluid started foming/ coming out of the fluid intake.
the noise is very loud and does not sound good at all.

Thanks, Jason

[njtech]

what type of noise? Is it whinning? If it's foaming up could be the P/S pump.

[bad man working]

With E34 it depends on the heater system if it has a micro-filter there should be a sticker in the glove box or one of the front door shuts. You’ll know if it has one because after a wail you won’t get any air out of the air vents if it has got one it’s mounted to the right hand side of the heater box under the dash

[bad man working]

Sorry posted wrong reply last time
The fluid always froths when the steering is working first thing to check is the drive belt

[bryan1970]

usually if the pump is low on fluid it will make a growling grinding type noise all the time. it could be and idler arm, center link, or a pitman arm. the most common part to fail of those is the idler arm. is it like a popping noise?