IME, some boxes are vocal in a variety of ways

, some, possibly most aren't

. I'd agree that probably most of the noise is air ingress related, and, IMHO, is irrelevant. (E.g. mine is quite a vocal person - SWMBO's is silent

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Don't hold the PAS at full lock

- it's not necessary, and it overloads the pump, which, whilst it has a bypass, is testing all your pipework at full pressure .... A bit of mechanical sympathy goes a long way with anything LR
Oh, and
@Mackers - get you bleddy wheel bearing adjusted

- procedure is in RAVE - a front wheel bearing with too much play in is going to add more play into the high precision racing car super steering on a LR, and is to be avoided


You'll probably need a new tab washer - a few pennies each