Subject: 200q hydraulic pump

[Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>]

>From: "Don & Lori" <dell@pangea.ca>
>Subject: 200q hydraulic pump
>
>my pump is leaking down the front of the engine
>and the reservoir is leaking where hose attaches.
>
>local repair shop says pump needs replacement.
>
>they say they used to rebuild the pumps
>but found that they usually leaked again within
>4-8 months. 


That means they were not doing it right.



 now they recommend remanufactured
>pumps at 387 dollars usfunds, 600 cdn.  comes 
>with one year guarantee.  plus 40 dollars to install.
>


Rebuild kit is all of $14 US ($19 CDN), if you can stay unfrozen long
enough to unbolt the pump, you can rebuild it yourself in an hour or so.
You'll also need the aluminum crush washers that seal the hoses to the pump
body - they don't come in the rebuild kit - they are "use once" items.

Rebuilt pump (with warranty) shouldn't cost over $200 US.

Only "$40 to install" should be the clue that R&R pump is not much work.

One a scale of 1-10 for Audi maintenance, I'd put rebuilding the pump at
about 3. On a scale of 1-10 for PITA quotient (acessibility divided by
outside air temperature), it hardly rates a two - not much tougher than
changing spark plugs.

(Hey, list! Why don't we rate maintenance jobs? That would give us some
benchmarks to decide if WE want to do a particular job or pay someone else.
We should have two figures - average time and difficulty index - for each
task on each model. That could be some useful information!!!)

Best Regards,

Mike Arman




>pump had small leak, but cold weather seemed
>to speed the pump's demise.
>
>any advice apprec.