Anyone made custom power steering hoses for 89 200?

[james accordino]

Someone suspected they neglected to include some sort
of restrictor or some other characteristic of the
original hose that would have added a step in the
manufacturing process or that they were unaware of
when they disected the original for copying.  It may
be a very obscure detail in the forming of the steel
portion of the line.  The OE manufacturer tuned out
the buzz.  Whoever made these doesn't give a sh*t.

Jim Accordino

--- Chander Balakrishnan <balakrishnan3 at attbi.com>
wrote:
> Jim:    My car's symptoms are the same -- the noise
> is very pronounced at
> idle and low speed, and not quite audible at highway
> speeds.   But what in
> the hose would cause it ?
>
> Chander
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: james accordino [mailto:ssgacc at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:34 PM
> To: Chander Balakrishnan
> Cc: audi list
> Subject: RE: Anyone made custom power steering hoses
> for 89 200?
>
>
> 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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