[200q20v] power steering hose (rebuilding) question

[Paul Waterloo]

Amen! I rest my case....

Paul
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Paul Waterloo
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chi L. Wong" <montesawong at yahoo.com>
To: <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [200q20v] power steering hose (rebuilding) question


> 
> I had that hose rebuilt too.  The guy that rebuilt it
> made a point to:
> 
> 1) make the hose too short (something about the inner
> tubing made him misjudge)
> 
> 2) put the ends on at a wrong angle, forcing me to
> twist the hose to screw it down on the pump....
> caveat: Don't twist the hose when installing the new
> one.  It will burst, btdt.
> 
> In the quest to replace this hose inexpensively I
> ended up doing it 2.5 times in 3 days and wasting more
> of my valuable time than I saved on the price of an
> oem hose and lots of pentosin.  
> 
> I have vowed to go oem next time around. 
> Incidentally, I do notice a slight groan at parking
> lot speeds but only if the radio is off.
> 
> 
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