1994 Buick Century Re: Buick making "whizzy" sou

ABIGAIL

MEMBER
1994 BUICK CENTURY

Noises problem
1994 Buick Century 4 cyl Automatic 109000 miles

I recently purchased a '94 Buick Century station wagon with a rebuilt transmission. The car has been driving beautifully (motor purrs, idle is smooth, gears shift effortlessly). Suddenly, though, I started hearing a noise (kind of a high-pitched whizzing sound) whenever I turned the wheel. This morning the sound was much louder, and now I'm hearing the same sound whenever I accelerate. (It may be the sound continues at a maintained speed, but I can't hear it.)

Can anyone guess what might be causing this noise, and is it serious?

3 Replies

JACOBANDNICKOLAS

MECHANIC
108,164 POSTS

Check the powersteering fluid level.

Let me know what you find.

Was this

answer

helpful?

Yes

No

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 AT 8:19 AM

ABIGAIL

MEMBER
2 POSTS

Hi Jacob and Nickolas,
The whizzy sound, which was really loud, is now barely audible, and I can't imagine what happened. As a rule, problems don't fix themselves, but without a symptom, my mechanic couldn't pinpoint a potential problem. He said "not to worry, " the power steering is not an issue at this point, though he agreed there was a slight "whizzy" sound when turning the wheel in either direction. (BTW, the PS fluid was fine.) I guess it's a waiting game at this point.

Thanks for your interest!