Anyone made custom power steering hoses for 89 200?

[james accordino]

In my case it's absolutely the hose, I'm just not
going to spring for the new OE hose right now. 97% of
my driving is interstates and it's not bad.  Just low
speed or stationary.

Jim Accordino

--- Chander Balakrishnan <balakrishnan3 at attbi.com>
wrote:
> Same problem with my 1990 200 tqw, now for over a
> year.  Replacing the hose
> did not make any difference.  No such problem with
> my 1987 5k turbo sedan.
> I wonder what the noise could be due to.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of james accordino
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:55 PM
> To: t44tq at mindspring.com
> Cc: audi list
> Subject: RE: Anyone made custom powersteering hoses
> for 89 200?
>
>
> Mine does all the same, but I'm not convinced it's
> an
> OE spec. German hose.  Just too many strange things
> about it.  Like the outer sheath being so throughly
> cracked so soon in it's life span. (with the sticker
> still on the hose).  Something doesn't add up.
>
> Jim Accordino
>
> --- t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
> > Jim-
> > My hose is new, German-made, but makes a lot more
> > noise than the old one. It groans, big time, at
> > parking lot speeds and makes some noise when
> turning
> > even at speed.
> >
> > It does not leak, so far.
> >


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