Hoping someone here with a bit more car knowledge then myself might be able to help me out!
I have been driving the girlfriends Mini Cooper, 2003, 1.6 petrol for the last few days and I've noticed it is making a strange noise, specifically when turning to the left at low speed.
Its a hard noise to describe, maybe squealing/grinding would be the best description. This only happens when turning to the left!
The car is also throwing on the tyre pressure and abs fault lights together, I'm wondering if this could be connected to it!
The thing is, when the warning lights are on, the noise goes away! Is there some part of the system disabled when those lights come on?
The noise sounds to be coming from the engine bay, rather then down at the wheels, so I dont think its a CV joint or bearing but maybe a pump of some sort??
I checked the power steering fluid level to rule that out and its fine, anybody have an idea what it could be?