A couple of you may recall that I asked a few weeks ago about a power steering whine that developed after replacing hoses on an 86 Vanagon.  Well, since then, I rebuilt the pump (which looked very good inside) and flushed the system with about 2.5 gallons of power steering fluid until it was crystal clean.  Still whines.  Read the manuals, saw that they always refer to ATF fluid, so flushed the system again, this time with 2 gallons of ATF fluid. Still whines.  

Now, there is no noise at the pump.  I tried to trace the whine and it seems to come from the passenger side right around the transmission and not really the front of the van.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what may be causing this whine and how to fix it?  And please don't suggest cheese, I've already tried that but it gives the van gas :-P

Thanks
Ed Woenker
ewoenker@kconline.com