[urq] I lost my powersteering and then power brakes.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

I'm leaning toward the pump, as the bomb is really for reserve  
braking.  I'm curious, though.  Did the level drop -- did you loose  
all  or almost all of the PS fluid? How's the belt?  Is it tight enough?

I have not yet seen a total failure of the pump -- they'll leak, but  
I haven't seen one fail entirely, especially since the Urq pump is  
not the high pressure type as on later Audis.

-Ingo

On Apr 20, 2009, at 8:45 AM, steven j wrote:

> I lost my powersteering first - that got me to open up the hydrolic  
> reservoir for the first time in 5 years.   I I pumped the pedal a  
> bunch of times, It was down about 3 inches, so pulled the suction  
> hose & drained it, checked the filters ,  replaced the paper 857??? 
> 384 filter and topped it up with Dexron III.   The woody bottom  
> filter looked ok.    After that on the roadtest the power assist  
> for the brakes also disappeared 90% of the time.   So I've driven  
> it here and there but no improvement.  Any ideas if I need a bomb  
> or new pump?
> I haven't noticed any big leaks.   The PS rack boot is torn.
> steve
>
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