Beating the PS pump...

[audidudi@mindspring.com (Jeffrey J. Goggin)]

>Anyhow, a great HOT day for all of us Audi owners.  ANd a new steering
>problem croppe dup on my car.  Seems to pause when starting turnin in
>slalomns and hard transitions from one way to the other.  One more thing
>to worry about. 

This happens because you're "beating" the power steering pump and running
out of assist.  It's common on the '85 through '87 cars and switching to
Redline's synthetic PS fluid helps ... really, though, the only way to deal
with it is to drive more smoothly, something that comes with practice and
experience.  After a while, I bet you don't even notice it (except on
something like a nine-cone slalom, which is hopeless).

Good luck with your project.
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