5000CS, leaky steering rack
Ed Kellock
ekellock at gmail.com
Sun Jan 22 19:09:39 PST 2012
I've mixed it with Pentosin and Chevron Rykon 32. Haven't used straight
mineral oil though.
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Sherman [mailto:spsherm at msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:52 PM
To: Ed Kellock
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: 5000CS, leaky steering rack
Thanks.
Sounds like M1 ATF is worth a try. Any ideas on whether it is mixable
with Pentosin/Mineral oil. That is can I just add it in, or do I need
to drain and flush first?
On 1/22/2012 7:35 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:
> I have used Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF in several of my current older Audis
> (V8s & a 200q20v) and have seen a noticeable reduction in leakage.
> In some cases it has stopped some leaking altogether. Since you're at
> the point where it seems terminal, I feel that you may see some
> improvement and personally I would really like to see if so and how
> much. M1 Synth ATF is surely not as cheap as mineral oil, but if it
> helps slow the leak it must surely be cheaper than Pentosin in the
> short run and possibly cheaper than rack replacement in the longer
> run.
>
> Ed
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