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Sandy Duffy <sandy@pcnet.com> wrote, about power steering hose leakage: > Sounds reasonable to me. Whats leaking is the high pressure hose. Your > local dealer probably gets $200.00 for one of these puppies. It carries > over 200 PSI of power steering hydraulic mineral oil. You must buy this oil > from someone (dealer or reseller) that knows the part number. Its something > like $18.00 per pint. Do not use just standard hydraulic fluid. You will > destroy the rack. I got had to get one for my old 85 Audi. I found one at > the local auto parts store for 129.00. It failed again after 2 years. They > replaced it for free but didn't cover me for my labor. The message here? > Get a good one! BTW did I mention its a bitch of a job to remove the old > one and install the new one. Its just as fun the second time around. BTW > this is not an uncommon problem. Agreed about price and PITA to change. You should be able to get a considerable discount thru Carlsen, Blaufergnugen or AudiOnly. One comment: the hydraulic system in these cars runs ***2000+ psi***, not 200. (This may have been a typo in the original post, though....) I presume that the hose could carry this much pressure. The message: BE CAREFUL WITH THIS SYSTEM. When you work on it, bleed the pressure carefully first and assume it will still squirt when you remove any part!!!!!! *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Al Powell Voice: 409/845-2807 Ag Communications Fax: 409/862-1202 107 Reed McDonald Bldg. Email: a-powell1@tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-2112 W3 page - http://agcomwww.tamu.edu/agcom/rpe/alpage.htm ***The PACK is back!*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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