Hi,

Got up this morning, got out to the car, immediately I noticed the power steering was very heavy. After about 10 minutes the Hicas light came on, but the steering had lightened up a bit. I also noticed that the speedo wasnt working. It started working after half an hour. I stopped for petrol, and on start up the power steering was fine for 2 minutes, then it got heavy again. Any Ideas on where I should start looking?

Thanks, :(

have you checked the fluid level ? You could have a leak.

the hicas light will come on, and the steering will go heavy if the speedo is not working, also could be a faulty speed delimiter

so thats the area you should be looking at

Really...why is the Hicas related to the speedo?

What should I be looking for on the speedo...sometimes when it wasnt working it jumps...

Really...why is the Hicas related to the speedo?

What should I be looking for on the speedo...sometimes when it wasnt working it jumps...

 

now your asking lol, i only know as when i was looking for a source for the sat nav, and used the speed pulse from the speed delimiter

it worked perfectly BUT hicas light came on and steering went heavy

if you disconnect the speedo, it also does the same, so sounds like you have an intermittent speedo problem, dodgy wiring? have you a delimiter fitted??

could be this playing up

HICAS is speed sensitive and so is you power steering, so if you car doesnt know how fast its going the HICAS and PAS dont work properly.

A little bell comes on at 120mph, but its not limited. Where is this located so I can have a look? Thanks for replies....

if its the soldered delimiter m8?

its behind your speedo, i saw a post recently with a couple of photos

maybe worth disconnecting it and see if your problem goes, if so sounds like a dodgy delimiter, once you have the speedo out its only a 15 minute job

Again,

 

This is the cheap speedo converter used to change a Jap from KMH to MPH.

 

Speak to Mark @ Outlander and get a descent speedo chip.

 

Leigh.

The car has a little toggle switch on the side of the instrument cluster, that if I flick it swithches the speedo to kmh.

Doesnt matter its the speedo chip causing the problem.

 

Leigh.

Had the same problem Kersh, but i thought my speedo converter was a good one, so i removed it to prove a point, and all my speed/hicas/power steering problems dissapeared. It only takes 20mins to remove wot ave you got to loose m8.

Ok, someone give me directions to remove the old one :confused: , and where will I get a new one, bearing in mind im in Ireland, cheers for the replies,

hi kirsh

 

nice to see another irish z member!

and red aswell!

 

 

My power steerings gone stiff in the last few days so im gonna search the old threads a bit more. Fluid level is fine so either powersteering pump or the delimiter which the guys were talking about.

i dont the hicas light or speedo problems though.

 

ill let you know how i get on, and if your ever in waterford maybe we can meet up? :duffer:

How are ya!

Im digging around behind the dash at the minute, it would help if I knew what I was looking for though. Any pics of your Z, email me kersh911@hotmail.com

Cheers.

sent pics but email told me "failure sending message" no worries ill send e few tomorrow.

 

By the way where did u get your interior done?...deadly :bow:

The guy who owned it in London - trey (used to be on here), he got it done. Its a great car, trying to sell the gto and 911 at the minute to get a testarossa, but at the minute the Z is the fave!

testarrossa???????????? dont forget the white slip-ons :rofl: :rofl: