ive had this 2001 740il for a while now, but the power steering has gown downhill. the problem started about 6 months ago. maybe once or twice a month upon startup the power steering seemed to not work. so i would shut the car off then immediately switch it back on and it would work normally. like i said, that happened maybe once or twice a month. however, the problem became worse a couple weeks ago. at first, it would work for about 10 seconds then become stiff. pretty annoying in parking lots. replaced the pump and the flow regulator valve. helped it a little bit but still kinda hard to steer. also makes a slight whining noise when turning the wheel (which takes 2 hands) even though i lubed the bearing under the car. this is so dam annoying and costing me a small fortune, do you guys have any idea how to tackle this? :bawling: