Lenkung: Noise when turning steering wheel

[Beumers]

Hi all.
Sinse a while, sometimes there is a noise when I turn the steeringwheel. Left and right. Sometime there is also a resistance feld in the wheel. Little short knocks. I checked the ATF level but that seems to be allright. ( depress brake pedal 20 times. Level is almost at the rim/top. According to the Bentleys manual it should be 2,5 cm under the rim. In my knowledge it can't be to mutch. You don't want to spill it but oké.)
I thought the noise is related to air trapped in the system. Turning the wheel several times to the left and the right should get the air out. Still after a while the noise comes back. There is some leakage in one of the electrical sensors but it's not that bad. Fluid level is oke as stated above. The system also provides pressure to the hydraulic brake booster. No problem in brake performance.
Someone has any experiance with this item.

No need to reply in English. Henk.

[Chioliny]

Hello Henk,

strikes in the Steering "Little short knocks"
is the belt, it slips.

Greetings Holger

[Beumers]

Hi Holger.
Thanks. I thought I checked the tention on the belt a wile ago. I thought it was oké. Just took a look. I checked an other one. There is some play in the belt of the steering pump. Tomorrow I'm in the garage and I'll have a look and adjust the tension. I hope that is the problem. Can be very costly.
Keep you posted. Henk.

Something out of topic.
On the picture there is a lever on the stabilisorbar. It's attached to an app.
I took it by mistake for part of a self leveling system as I looked at it briefly when I both the car. Now I know that there is no SLS (LAD) on my car I can't find anything similar in the Bentley manual. In the garage someone thought it might be related to the ABS system.
The one on the picture is at the back site on the right and 2 transparent lines run to the right front and there is a second one. Attached in a similar way to the stabilisorbar. ???

[Chioliny]

Hi Henk,

This is for the headlights,
Automatic lighting distance regulation
Headlight-head light aim control
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[Beumers]

Hi Holger.
You are right. I never related these app's to the lights. There are no motors to adjust the lights. The complete lighting module must have been replaced for one without the system to adjust the headlights. I'm glad I didn't replace them again as I had planned (reflectors are in a bad state) although the price of 100 euro's for 2 original new complete modules is a very good one. So tomorrow I'll also check how mutch of the system is slill there. I also will check on the base of the lights if there are parts to attach the motors to. I can imagine the base is the same for all. Interesting. If it's there why not make it work. I won't miss it but I hate things just sitting on the car without functioning. If it's on I want it to work. Otherwise I get it of.
Thanks. I could have been busy on this one for a while because I only know the system to work from the manual gage inside the car. Nice.
Henk.

[Erich]

better forget about this old system, they changed quickly to the system with the electric motor behind the headlights, I assume it made too much trouble.