PAS Kung Fu!

[RichMcc]

Following on from my last post my PAS pully and its shaft decided to leave the pump and take the belt with it

So I had fun today trying to change the PAS pump, took a few pics lol

First job was to pop the alternator off, then I descovered theres no way to get the alternator out of the engine bay...
Adios Mr Bumper!

Had just enough room to slide the alternator out the front :approve:
Was much easier to get to the bolts for the pump with the alternator out of the way.

Eak! yozza custom pas brackets :S

Anyway drained the pas fluid, noticed my pas sensor looks mighty tw*tted
There was also browny gunk on the contacts, remember reading that meant the sensors fubar... anyone confirm?

Once the pump was off the shaft just dropped out lol
that would be why it was making an odd noise!

Then stuck the new pump on, refilled the fluid, she started first time after standing for about a month, expected the battery to be flat...

Drove up and down the street, few 3 point turns and works a goodun :approve:
Got a tiny tiny leek coming from the custom brackets but I'll tighten those up tomorrow and put the bumpers back on properly.

Not bad for the machanically challanged

 

[ben_p]

LOL!! looks....interesting

 

[RichMcc]

Me thinks its a lot easier with the cup setup as the ph1 would have the aircon pump in there also...

Ben you still got your pas pressure sensor? Swap it for a bottle of Cillit Bang

 

[ben_p]

yer think so, what happend to yours?

 

[RichMcc]

Clips broke and did some searching on the forum and apparently if theres pas fluid on the metal contacts then the sensor is leaking and the pas pump doesn't know when its pumping the fluid too hard... or something along those lines...
Wonder if thats why my pump died :S

 

[ben_p]

LOL yea, il send it up for you. (well i will have a look to see if i have one)

 

[RichMcc]

groovy it should be attached to one of the pas lines near the pump.

gonna send me those dials too?

 

[ben_p]

yea cool. need owt else off the car?

 

[RichMcc]

I'll tell ya when something else breaks ROFL!!!! Wont be long

 

[ben_p]

LOL! ive got a spare set of valves waiting

 

[Russ_16v]

fair play mate,looks like your randomly doing it on some back lane! lol

 

[RichMcc]

hahaha I got a little dead end road on the side of my house
nobody uses it so I got a stretch of tarmac to play on

 

[ditz]

the sensor just jacks the idle speed up a tad on full lock/high pressure to stop it stalling

 

[RichMcc]

Well its sometimes stalling on full lock so its obviously f**ked lol

 

[Russ_16v]

wish i had a road like that,wanna bring it down to wiltshire so i can borrow it?

 

[BRUN]

those sensors seem to be one of the things to go, so personally id replace it, if it isnt buggered already its not gonna last in that state