Hydraulic pump rebuilt by ZF

[hschnei@ibm.net (Hans-Juergen Schneider)]

The subject of the hydraulic pump leaking has beeb discussed many
times
before but today I got some intersting news which I want to share with
the list:
the hydraulic pump on my 200Q modell89 part no 034 145 155 C is
leaking from 
the 'X' screws just slightly.
My local AUDI dealer offered a new pump for 435$ plus labour and he
stated
that there is no rebuilt kit available. The only chance is to replace
the
complete pump. I called the AUDI service telephone and they basically
sayed the same thing: No chance for repair , go get a new pump.
My next step was to call ZF , the manufacture of the pump , and they
have
rebuilt kits and also a rebuilt service available. The guy from ZF
also mentioned that only changing the rings for the 'X' screws doesn't
solve the problem for long. The 'X' screws are leaking because of an
internal failure of the pump and that he couldn't advise to do a
complete rebuilt at home because
the pump does have to be adjusted after the reassembly. The ZF service
centers in Germany do offer a complete rebuilt of the pump for 230$
which sounds reasonable considering the labour involved. I'm not sure
about ZF service
centers in other parts of the world but I think it't worth a try to
find out.
 


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* Hans-Juergen Schneider   *
* hschnei@ibm.net          *
* 200 Quattro , Germany    *
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