strange Audi 5999 problem, please advise

[Cody Forbes]

Have you checked the fluid level and condition? If the fluid is any darker 
than forest green it is likely that the filter in the reservoir is partially 
clogged and the fluid could use to be renewed. Shy of that you may have a 
loose belt on the pump or even a bad pump.

-Cody

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From: "Bill Pirkle" <bpirkle at zipcon.net>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 8:52 PM
To: <audi at humanspeakers.com>
Cc: <audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com>; "'John Cody Forbes'" 
<cody at 5000tq.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; <w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: strange Audi 5999 problem, please advise

> Huw Powell wrote ....
>> The boost for both systems comes from one hydraulic pump.
>
> Thanks for the reply. But why do both systems work nearly all the time. In 
> other word how do I fix this?
>
> Bill Pirkle   KE7JIA
> "Every day of my life I learn something very important. I learn that that 
> way doesn't work."
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> To: "Bill Pirkle" <bpirkle at zipcon.net>
> Cc: <audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com>; "'John Cody Forbes'" 
> <cody at 5000tq.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; <w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: strange Audi 5999 problem, please advise
>
>
>> The boost for both systems comes from one hydraulic pump.
>>
>> On 7/29/2011 6:29 PM, Bill Pirkle wrote:
>>> My 1985 Audi 5000 works fine but in the last two days this has happened
>>> twice. The power steering doesn't work and it's very hard to turn the
>>> steering wheel. I was in a parking lot so I hit the brakes. The peddle
>>> did not move and there was no brakes. The car stopped anyway.
>>> But they both eventually started working again.
>>> This happened again yesterday day in my driveway. It seems to happen
>>> when I first start the car.
>>> What I can't understand is what is the connection between the power
>>> steering and the brakes.
>>> Any ideas?
>>> Bill Pirkle KE7JIA
>>> "Every day of my life I learn something very important. I learn that
>>> that way doesn't work."
>>>
>>
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