I've not used my car for just over 2 weeks due to the bad weather. I started it up tonight just to warm everything up to check everything is ok (-6°C ambient temperature at the time mind you); I don't actually plan to go anywhere until Thursday. The engine was a bit rough to start with but was soon ok, however the PAS pump was particularly noisy whining/whirring away - very noticeable from both inside the cabin and from outside the car standing a couple of feet away. The noise carried on until I turned the car off after half an hour. No warning lights and the PAS pump noise changed in tone as it normally would when applying a little steering movement, it is fairly noisy the whole time anyway to be honest but it seemed particularly bad tonight. Just a little worried in case it is a sign of a problem with the pump or is it just a cold weather issue? Cheers!

My Polo has always been quite loud compared to my Fabia, not far off the whining of the BMW Minis - never caused any issues yet, and is no worse in the cold than the summer.

My Polo has always been quite loud compared to my Fabia, not far off the whining of the BMW Minis - never caused any issues yet, and is no worse in the cold than the summer.

Boy that brings back memories of my whining Mini cars, my Fabia VRS has always done it at low speeds.