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Mike Arman wrote:
>>Well, I then drove the car home, with manual steering and brakes, which see=
>>med to take forever.
>>For $800 I could buy a new power steering pump, a rack, and the complicated=
>>fitting hose which broke !!!
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>RUN AWAY!!!!
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>At least he told you one thing that was true "Had no experience with that particular problem". That's a pretty strong indication that YOU will be funding HIS education if you let him near your car . . .

Isn't it funny how everyone here in CT says that is the "best" place to get an Audi fixed, they have been here forever, and they will do a righteous job.    This one is going to be entered in places *not* to get repairs.

>Top hose - take the old, blown, leaky hose to an industrial hydraulic repair place - they do bulldozers and big trucks, etc, and they will take your hose ends and put a new rubber hose between them. Audi hoses with only 2500psi are like toys to them. I had one done almost six years ago and it hasn't leaked a drop since - cost was a whopping $25.00.

Thanks !

>Get new banjo fittings for both ends of the hose - the hollow bolts that go into the pump and rack - sounds like someone has really overtightened these in a futile effort to stop a leak which was actually caused by trying to re-use the four aluminum seal rings instead of replacing them - hey they do cost about a whole dime each!

Well, we bought a new rebuilt part last year, it wasn't leaking but it blew, so my husband put the new part in.
I'll let him read about the amount of tightening.

Would that cause the line to blow ?

>Tighten the banjo bolts to the specified torque - more they will break, less they will leak.

Does that mean we need a wrench with some sort of gauge on it ?

>You MUST use new seal rings, or did I already say that? Later model hoses use rubber o-rings instead of aluminum seal rings - they also get replaced, also about a whole dime each.

great thanks

>PS pump - reseal kit costs $15, takes about an hour - only thing that ever really goes wrong with them is they leak. Seal kit usually fixes that - check the archives for "volcano syndrome." Not a real nice job, so you *might* want to consider a lifetime guarantee rebuilt from Autozone or similar.

the pump doesn't leak

no leaks in the system

fluid level never changes

why would the pressure hose keep blowing then ?

we have gotten all sorts of advice, plugged pump, plugged line, "little piece of dirt somewhere"  ;-)

>Rack - One and one only answer - Jorgen. Lifetime guarantee, $150 to $200 and they'll ship it right to you.

great.

>As far as flushing the system regularly, oh, about every five years or so ought to do it. The parts monkey needs to be flushed first - and without delay.

the parts monkey - is that the person working on the car or an actual part ?

Thanks so much Mike !


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