power steering pump & hydraulic pressure accumulator(bomb) install '90 90 20V

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Mon Aug 4 13:45:44 EDT 2003


Be sure to discharge any left-over pressure in the accumulator by pumping
the brake pedal repeatedly with the engine off before you open any of the
pressure circuits in the hydraulics system.

At 02:53 PM 08/04/2003 +0000, benswann at comcast.net wrote:
>My good ol' internet mail dropped this, sending again now in the middle of the
>job.  Have PS pump out, no lines disconnected yet.  Particularly concerned
>about bomb caveats....
>
>I will be replacing bad power steering pump as well as shot bomb on a '1990 90
>20V quattro.
>
>Any caveats on this, or is it fairly straightforward?
>
>I don't have Bentley for this car, but have one for the 5000's and 200.  Any
>BTDT/variations in procedure or simplifications to expedite the job will
>help -
>especially any be careful or easily missed steps that can confound the job.
>
>TIA,
>
>Ben




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