mreigie

I did see the age after my question and crossed my fingers!. My hope is the previous owner of my Boxter did not add anything and is simply low by virtue of perhaps an old "O" ring on the reservoir neck I've seen that on more than 1 post. At any rate I did order the factory fluid and a new ring and am waiting for it to arrive to investigate as low or thick fluid sounds perfectly logical. My thinking is when the car sits as it does for extended periods thanks to the lovely winters in Denver the air gap if you will rises to the reservoir and upon start up the remaining oil is drawn down until the res. is empty and when the return line delivers more oil an air pocket develops in the line which takes a couple of seconds to reach the pump and until it fills, the groan. I proved this yesterday when we had decent weather and decided to take it to work and at start up rocked the steering wheel back and forth to change the flow rate somewhat and the groan's pitch changed slightly coinciding with the steering wheel. This made me confident enough to order the fluid. Thank you much for adding another element of logic to the story making me feel better about buying the pricey oil before thoroughly investigating the issue. Again, many thanks - Mike

Scott Dunavant

over 5000 views on this post. I switched to manual racks on my cars back in the late 90's.

parkertseng

Hi Scott,

How is the feel of steering wheel when the car isn't moving?
Thinking to go manual rack or electric motorize.
Thanks

Parker