Re: '91 100 PS Hose/pump question...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 JustaxPHX@aol.com wrote:

> Now, having installed the replacement hose, I find the steering feels a bit
> "notchy" and tends to moan as if it's low on fluid whenever the wheel is
> turned, something it never did previously ... on the positive side, though,
> the bottle-a-week pentosin leak was cured!

Ive found varied results with different hoses.  I have a '91 200TQ power 
steering hose on my 5KCSTQ, and when I installed it, the steering effort 
went up. I wonder if the orifice in the banjo bolt is different for the 
different cars.

> Does this mean the PS pump is on its way out or that the hose I installed

I don't know.

> really wasn't the correct hose, despite having the correct part number?   I

That's always a possibility. :-)  This _is_ an Audi after all.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey
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