[urq] Baaaahh...drat! (long)

[Martin Pajak]

Jon,

I have a feeling a new seal kit will not help.
The new pump runs a lot higher pressure than the old system.
I believe the P/N for the steering rack is different because of it.
If you do get the kit might be worth while looking into one for a rack
from a 1990 Audi 90q 20v which ran the higher pressure system.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

-- 
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro (50,000 mi) new project
1983 Audi Ur-quattro (85,000 mi) Concourse d'Elegance
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (212,000 km) Euro spec. import mit 3B :)
1987 Audi 4000s quattro (205,000 km) wintervagen mit 7A :)



> Jon Archibald
> As some of you may know, when the 20vt conversion was done on my car,
> before
> I got it, the power steering was deleted for unknown reasons.
>
> I finally found a pump correct to the engine for a decent price, and had
> the
> custom hose made to connect the 3b pump to the type 85 PS rack. I'm also
> replacing the Tilton dual M/C brake setup with a vacuum assist system with
> single 25.4mm m/c. While in there, I replaced all the coolant hoses, which
> were either rotten or badly jury-rigged to fit the large custom radiator,
> and the breather hose which had been crushed by one of the aforementioned
> riggings.
>
> I also built much better 4-walled aluminum shrouding for the 944t
> intercooler while it was out...
>
> Today, with no brake components yet in the car (in case the rack leaked
> when
> pressurized and had to be removed) I finished closing up the coolant
> system
> and fired her up, first to flush the PS system, then with it closed up.
> The
> rack was bone dry when I took the plugs out to reconnect the hoses, so I
> wasn't exactly optimistic that it would still have a perfect seal, but
> figured I would try...
>
>  As soon as it got up to pressure, the rack started absolutely gushing
> from
> the starboard seal...with the car off, turning the wheels yields a
> pleasant
> squishing sound...I'm not surprised, but $45 worth of pentosin 11S later,
> I'm definitely bummed. I'm waiting on a call back on a replacement seal
> kit
> for the rack right now...and to think I could possibly have had my car
> back
> on the road this weekend!...Sigh...
>
> -Jon (Temporarily set back in Portland)
>
>
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