[urq] I'm ready to replace the bomb - because I usually havepower brakes for the first few miles.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Same here.  I suspect the pump, as you say you're not leaking any  
fluid and the pump directly assists the steering and otherwise  
pressurizes the bomb.  May you be so lucky as to have a loose/missing  
belt ;-)

Ingo

On May 21, 2009, at 12:33 PM, SpotatAshleys wrote:

> I would agree with Steve, get the steering working again first.  
> Once you
> know that is OK, concentrate on the brakes
> Regards
>
> Keith
> '87 WR
>
> p.s. If you still have clean underwear, you haven't experienced the  
> "double
> oh-$#!T" experience. You know it when it happens!.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "urq" <urq at pacbell.net>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] I'm ready to replace the bomb - because I usually
> havepower brakes for the first few miles.
>
>
> .. if you don't have steering assist it would point more toward the  
> pump
> .. or the rack.  Chances are that the bomb is bad too, but I'd  
> recommend
> that you figure out the steering problem before going for the brakes.
>
> For the most part, if your hydraulic system was working properly  
> otherwise
> you wouldn't even notice a bad bomb until you had a panic stop ...  
> then
> you'd get the "double oh-$#!T" experience ... the first one happens  
> when you
> stomp on the brakes and don't have sufficient assist, and the  
> second one is
> when the pump catches up and provides assist based on how hard you are
> pressing the pedal and you lock the wheels ...
>
> Steve Buchholz
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I lost my powersteering and then the next day the power brakes but  
> I'm just
> going to focus on the brakes fom now. Perhaps these problems are not
> related but concurrent. I'm checking the ATF fluid regularly,  
> pumping on
> the pedal a bunch of times before checking but never noticing any real
> change in feel. I've learned that I don't seem to be loosing fluid  
> and I
> often have powerbrakes for a while after restarting. Yesterday I  
> finally
> got my hands on the lower woody filter for the resevour and change  
> that out
> and today i went pretty far before loosing the power assist. I did  
> possibly
> overfill the reservoir though, its a bit over the line now.
>
> I've owned the car for 5 years, but have no idea on the age of the  
> existing
> accumlator. I saw one place selling a Leomford one for $80.
>
> ETKA shows a round seal under the accumulator - you guys buy that  
> seal also?
>
> 83 urq build in 1982. So does the 'have power brakes after startup'  
> point
> to the bomb at all?
>
> steve
>
>
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