Hi all, I bought my Z from Maz on saturday, the ride is really good and I've really enjoyed everything about it so far!

The steering has always been quite hard, myself and Maz thought it was because of the undersized steering wheel, however as I was driving home last night it was as if the powersteering had suddenly been turned on, or become more powerful, the steering has now become very light...

Maz was saying about how his one was becoming very heavy and was due to a sensor within the gearbox, which will stiffen up the steering at higher speeds.

Is it possibly this sensor which could have caused the sudden change in lightness of steering?

 

Cheers guys

 

Sky

Check the PS fluid, could of cleared an airlock or something similar.

The speed sensor gizmo add on for imported cars that makes a km speedo read mph messes up the speed related power assistance. You should get max assistance the slower you go. Maybe a connection issue with the add on box.

As Sky says I am also having trouble with the power steering. Ive looked back and there seems to be a million and 1 possible causes for the hard steering. Does anyone have a definitive list of things to check from the easiest to the most difficult (which usually translates to the cheapest to the most expensive) ive heard of sensors in the gearbox(Zworld) pas pump fooked clocks wrong fluid levels at different temp .......

 

Any advice gratefully accepted

Hey, I was just having a fiddle under the engine bay, having an attempt cleaning up some of the oxidisation on the alluminium intake manifolds on the top.

I unbolted some of the fuel line holders to gain a little more access to the surfaces... and bloody dropped one of the bolts down the gap between one of the manifold bits... and cant bloody find it.. Is this a major issue? is there any moving parts or possibility of causing devistating-engine-destroying-issues?

 

 

I need to go to work tomorrow, but im not sure whether I can use the car??

 

Gutted...

 

Cheers

 

Sky

No there is nothing there for it to get snarled up in, it will have dropped onto the lower plenum or behind the fuel rail, no biggy. Get one of those extendable magnet gadgets, it looks like a pen that extends, really handy for these sort of situations.

could be speed sensor on gearbox if its an auto. Dry solder joints on speedo, power steering oil low or leaking.

No there is nothing there for it to get snarled up in, it will have dropped onto the lower plenum or behind the fuel rail, no biggy. Get one of those extendable magnet gadgets, it looks like a pen that extends, really handy for these sort of situations.

 

Yeah i've got one of those, still no success... :mad2:

I've gotten into work this morning with no bolt-exploding-through-the-enginebay situations, however it did seem very tempremental this morning.. burbling and idling all over the place.. driving along seemed to have the same situation, causing the car to buck and judder, but then it just stopped?? Could it possibly been a bit of water combined with ally oxide solution getting somewhere electrical? and then drying out with the heat?

it seems perfectly fine now...?

 

And I'll check all my fluids and stuff, your right, it is possible that I could have a lacking of PS fluid or something like that.

 

Cheers

 

Sky

Yeah i've got one of those, still no success... :mad2:

I've gotten into work this morning with no bolt-exploding-through-the-enginebay situations, however it did seem very tempremental this morning.. burbling and idling all over the place.. driving along seemed to have the same situation, causing the car to buck and judder, but then it just stopped?? Could it possibly been a bit of water combined with ally oxide solution getting somewhere electrical? and then drying out with the heat?

it seems perfectly fine now...?

 

And I'll check all my fluids and stuff, your right, it is possible that I could have a lacking of PS fluid or something like that.

 

Cheers

 

Sky

 

I doubt very much the bolt had anything to do with it, but whilst ferking about trying to locate it, you may have dislodged/moved a wire to a coil pack or another connector.

I wasnt putting much force into my fumblings... as I say, it seems fine now, i'm going to go home early and see if it all starts ok this journey

I hope so!

Cheers

 

Sky