[s-cars] Mystery Oil Leaks and Power Steering system questions

[Tom Green]

Brian,

To directly answer your earlier questions, HOH in Spokane is an  
industrial hose
supplier that has this high pressure brake hose repair down pat.   
They are not
an automotive pump repair facility.  <www.griffiths.com> is one  
rebuilder.  Most
online sellers have rebuilts from ZF for exchange.  Charlie Smith has  
some info
on his <www.electro.com/~audi/> site.

The inexpensive way (assuming you read the manual first  :-)) is the  
rebuild in
the Audifans FAQ section.  Hopefully, the flush worked and no other  
components
in the system got a dose of brake fluid to destroy the seals, i.e.,  
bomb, brake booster,
steering rack, ABS-- well, enough of that.  The pump or other  
components will let you
know if they have problems through leaks and brake warning light  
mainly.  I would go
under the assumption that the flush worked to save the system and  
just keep a watchful
eye  for problems.

The full gasket set (o-rings for inside the pump) is # 026 198 049  
B .  This is for the 200
which has the same gaskets.   That X-plug and gasket # 026 145 541 is  
also from the 200
but would be included in the full set.  You will need 2 ea. N 904 054  
01 o-rings for the high
pressure brake hose, and N 013 844 4 for the steering hose.  Two N  
013 816 5 were for
something, I forgot what.  :-)    That Napa Part # 95 is probably  
hanging on the miscellaneous
tool display right now.  It's more of a big screwdriver tip that you  
insert in a socket for an impact
wrench.  I haven't seen any of those manual impact drivers since the  
Chinese started making
cheap air and electric drivers.

That leaking clamp on the line to the reservoir is low pressure  
supply and can be replaced
with a screw down clamp.  Stopping these hydraulic leaks now will pay  
dividends later, and
the external fixes may be all you ever need.

That engine oil leak around the pressure sensor needs attention  
first.  You noted it has a
spray pattern around the sensor indicating the pressure of this  
leak.  It can blow the sensor
out and cause a major leak that can empty the engine oil supply in  
seconds.


Tom '95 S6                                   I am not familiar with  
the BG conditioner so can't comment.
There are 7.1 mineral and 11S synthetic fluids compatible with the  
Audi G00200 fluid.  Hopefully
one of those went in the reservoir.  I would be more concerned with  
how clean the fluid is than
which one was used.  They are compatible but don't mix together very  
well.

> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:46:55 -0500
> From: "Brian DeWyngaert Jr" <brian.dewyngaert.jr at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Mystery Oil Leaks and Power Steering system
> 	questions
> To: "iain.atkinson at tesco.net" <iain.atkinson at tesco.net>
> Cc: audifans <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> Ian,
>      I don't know exactly what they did, b/c i didnt watch them
> perform the operation, I had to be at work.  I was told they dropped
> the hoses off the resivoir, drained it, ran the BG conditioner through
> the system and refilled with 11.7 pentosin.  I have deterined that the
> weeping return hose  connection on top of the p.s pump is the source
> of my wee P.S. leak.   I am going undue the hose clamp so i can
> inspect the hose and the nub it connects to further.  I may need to
> find a replacement if this one had been buggered.  Thanks for tip
> about the chisel.  I was also reading the 2002 posting concernin the
> sourcing of the part @ NAPA, since i have no chisel to grind i think i
> will just wander in to Napa and see how long it really takes the guy
> to look up this part #.
>
> cheers,
> brian
> 94 S4 NoVa.