Power Steering gone

[Guppy]

Lost all the fluid!

Tampin

Although it smeels like box oil and theres lots of oil around that area

Any advice what to check?

 

[stan*]

Check hoses for splits.

 

[Guppy]

Would it smell like box oil though?

Stupid question i know lol

 

[stan*]

Yes, its a similar oil...ATF is often used.

 

[Guppy]

will check when i get home from work

Could i just replace the the hose?

 

[stan*]

depends which is burst. some are flexi and solid swaged together. these are quite pricey from renault.
Would likely work out cheap for you to just get a flexi section made up by the likes of Pirtek.
Whereabouts in S.Wales are you?

 

[Guppy]

abergavenny

 

[TooneySonic]

Just do what i did, fit a smaller aux belt and bypass the PAS pump

Hoses are £179 from reno

 

[Jonff]

Just do what i did, fit a smaller aux belt and bypass the PAS pump

Hoses are £179 from reno

Oh you actually did that then? I was at Birchdown when you rang there and asked them about doing it. I think it was you anyway.

 

[Guppy]

Could be an idea tbh

£179 seems abit steep to me!

 

[powey]

I can see a mini burp project on the way...

 

[stan*]

Any hydraulics place will make a pipe up for about £30.

I had the main one made for my kangoo van for that.

 

[Guppy]

Got one down the road. will see whats broke tonight and get it off

 

[TooneySonic]

Oh you actually did that then? I was at Birchdown when you rang there and asked them about doing it. I think it was you anyway.

Yeah mate that was me lol, had to get it done locally in the end as car wouldnt make the drive over to malpas... thumbs up to birchdown though

 

[Guppy]

Rite

Its the rack to pump pipe which has a split in it. Runs up the front of the box

Only a very small split on the joint where the mount is where it bolts to the box

Going to try and Quick steel it first, try and get a tempary fix going for now as i can see it being a expensive job tbh

 

[Fred@BTM]

no chance with quick steel mate, its a bloody high pressure line

 

[Guppy]

Fail

 

[Guppy]

£230 for a new pipe from Renault

Hope to get it in a local garage on Friday to get it done

 

[TooneySonic]

no pas no pas no pas, should gain you a little torque too

 

[powey]

guppy get a custom pipe made up

 

[Gray]

no pas no pas no pas, should gain you a little torque too

So you have just bypassed the PAS pulley?

How does the car drive LOL!?

 

[ben_p]

You cant run a wet rack dry iirc?

 

[Gray]

You cant run a wet rack dry iirc?

That is what I thought :S

 

[stan*]

Why cant you?

Ive done it a few times on various clios without issue.

 

[Guppy]

Ordered a new one anyway!

Payday today aswell! Skint for another month!

 

[stan*]

should have just got one made by a hydraulics place!!!

 

[Gray]

LOL....

A local hydraulics I deal with place quoted me £30 for a new high pressure line!!

 

[ben_p]

Why cant you?

Ive done it a few times on various clios without issue.

There very heavy and dont feel right, I drove one that had removed it, didn't feel right, so he changed it to a manual rack and it was 1000 million times better!

 

[stan*]

yeah they can be heavy due to high ratio, doesnt mean it cant be done though!

depends alot on the tyres.

 

[Guppy]

Problem is lack of tools, jack, know how to even attempt to take it off for them to make up a replacement tbh

I fail tbh...

 

[stan*]

surely the garage could remove it, get one made, and refit it?

You'd still save £200!

cancel, cancel, cancel lol

 

[powey]

Id cancel that order gup! YHPM

 

[TooneySonic]

Yes it is heavy, but not unbearable, i actually prefer it on the mway, not so much in a town lol

i take it someone like pirtek will need an example to copy? not sure if mine got junked lol

has the pas pump survived?