CanadianRX7

my car keeps on making a beeping noise when my car has been running for a while and i was wondering what is causing this??
the oil level is good and it says the engine temp is fine too.
help me!!!!
i also posted this in rx7 support page but it seems ppl dont read the posts there as much

RotaryMan88

That buzzer is annoying sometimes! It goes off for a number of reasons, do you notice any of the warning lights when it goes off? You say it happens after driving a little while, perhaps there is something faulty that is heat-related. Sorry I'm not more help, maybe this will get somebody else thinking....

rx7_ragtop

Probably the low coolant buzzer. Check your coolant level- and try to get any air bubbles out of the cooling system.

rx7style

iTrader: (1)

I agree with that. If your coolant level is just below the "low" level, and then you drive your car, it heats up and circulates the coolant, it will cause the buzzer to go off, but the light may not come on.

CanadianRX7

okay i will check that
also my power steering quits working so i have to wait for my engine to cool down before i check it again to see if its low

fc3s.org

Is it a buzzing or a beeping? Is your speedo working ok? You said that your power steering is out, which could mean that your speed adjust for that is making that beeping noise. My 86 had the speedo go out, so the power steering had no signal, and it made this terrible beep...beep...beep...beep after about 5 minutes of the car warming up.

RETed

It's the power steering computer emitting the beeps as error codes.&nbsp It'll beep anywhere from 1 to 5 times before cycling.




-Ted

CanadianRX7

fc3s.org how did u fix it??
ya my speedo stopped working and my power steering stops working also after about 5 mins or so of driving and then i shut the car off and start it right back up and the power steering is back

CanadianRX7

i will give this a little bump before i go to bed
BUMP

MasteRX

Ted is correct, it is your power steering computer. THe RX-7 power steering is speed sensitive, so since your speedo is not working, the power steering computer is not getting any input and therefore is producing an error code. I would check the Speedo cable and make sure it is hooked up at the transmission and also at the back of the speedo guage.

TBoost

The symptoms you have for power steering has something to do with either:

1) What Ted said about the computer -OR-

2) Your speedo cable is not connected.

Check to make sure your speedometer is working.

I had the same problems as you about the power steering. As it turned out, since the speedometer has a "speed sensor" in the dash that connects to the power steering computer, it uses it to calculate a value for the steering to be "stiff" (at high speeds) or "soft" (at low speeds). If you start your car, you recycle the computer and it is set automatically for soft, but once you go over a certain speed, since you don't have the other variable (the speed sensor signal) to compute the tension in the PS, the computer shuts off the PS until you recycle the computer again (by turning the car off).

Hopefully its the inexpensive route (the cable) which was my problem..

-M

CanadianRX7

okay thanx for that help
im going to fix it soon