Author Topic: pwr steering probs (Read 5063 times)

ssray · « **on:** August 05, 2006, 08:09:14 am »

My 1993 1.9td seat toledo(jetta) appears to be loosing pwr steering fluid from the res,i cant find a leak,is it possible that its getting pressuiresed and coming out of the top? or am i being a bit thick
Cheers Ray

shwartzbewithyou · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2006, 06:28:02 am »

How do you know it is "loosing" it from the res if you can't find any leak? Mine leaks from a hole in the pump that was put there by someone's hammer before I owned it. Someone was probably trying to get an old belt off.

jtanguay · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2006, 07:57:55 am »

yea I would say that the leak is coming from a high pressure part of the system (either the pump, or the hose)

The low pressure lines should never leak, and even if they do it would be very minute, and be cheap to fix.

ssray · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2006, 10:24:40 pm »

shwartzbewithyou when i have the bonnett up and i rev the engine after a few seconds i get fluid out of the breather,so the system is building pressur

also at low revs the steering is really heavy so i think the pump in buggered.

jtanguay · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2006, 09:42:29 am »

could possibly be the belt. At low revs the belt is more likely to slip. my pump is in great shape and has almost 400'000km on it

ssray · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2006, 11:44:01 am »

when my alt belt went it squealed before but i get no noise from the pwr steering belt and it seems nice and tight?
Ray

shwartzbewithyou · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2006, 06:05:33 am »

You get fluid out of the breather? This is probably one of those things where your idea of a breather is different than my idea of a breather.

jtanguay · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2006, 07:02:19 am »

hmmmm the belt would only squeal while the pump was in 'demand' mode. such as turning. Get someone to go turn the steering wheel while you check the pump. The pump could definitely be buggered though

and they aren't that cheap.