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Power Steering Pipe hose corrosion ; clamp work around?

Does anyone have a picture of where this corrosion emanates from on the PAS hose. Would just like to do a precautionary check on mine
 
Ignore the posting from rennlist - this is for a rear hose. The part I am referring to is a pre-formed metal pipe with flexible hose attached at the front of the car. I don't know if it can be seen in situ or if the front PU has to come off.

Personally I'd say this is not a DIY job - its very fiddly and messy and quite labour intensive. If you want yours checked maybe the best way is to take it to an indy and ask him to do an inspection on the front power steering hoses?
 
ELA said:
Does anyone have a picture of where this corrosion emanates from on the PAS hose. Would just like to do a precautionary check on mine

I dont have a picture but if you turn the offside wheel fully round so you can see the front arms you will be able to see the hose and the clamp.

I had a jubile clip fitted 3 yrs ago and it is still OK.

steve
 
pas crimp splitting

The pas line at the power steering rack connection is as far as i know the low pressure return hose and therefore has no significant pressure in it.It seems fine to use a jubillee clip to secure the hose either after removing what is left of the alloy crimp or over the top of it to reinforce it. either way it should last for years not months. I have even seen two clips fitted side by side as an extra precaution. I have never seen a pipe blow off or even leak in over ten years of full time porsche repair and includes ones where the crimp is anytrhing from 10% to 70% split.
Christian.................
 
Mine started to split. I put a jubilee clip on. Opc congratulated me and said its fine. Specialist said the same. Mot man didn't comment.
 
Check the other end of this pipe - middle front above anti roll bar, you can just about see it. That end also had a split crimp on mine. Mine was making a bid for freedom, however the leak was from the crusty hard lines on the rack.

You need to drop the ARB which involves removing 10 bolts. The bolt holes you see here are for the front of the crossbraces.


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I used a genuine Jubilee 22-38mm clip.

I'm replacing the crusty hard lines on the rack with copper.
 
Bit of a thread resurrection here, but I have the same problem... I've jubileed the connection, but there is still a fine most of fluid sprayed, when I had a look it appeared to be coming from the metal pipe in th foreground of the attached photo, car is a C4S, anyone able to advise what this pipe is? Is it possibly the case I didn't tighten the jubilees enough, or could the fluid come out of the top of the hose if the crimp is loose? I kept the factory crimp on, should I try removing that?

Thanks,

Craig
 

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Here's where mine's just failed - jubilee clip as a temp fix on the way.

I understand that the I can get "Pentosin CHF 11S" (green fluid) from my local VAG dealer (not a problem)

But the system is empty - how much do I need to buy?

Any ideas?

Dan :)
 

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Just looked in my copy of the Bentley Service Manual and rather oddly it doesn't list a capacity for power steering fluid anywhere...
 
Interesting - for what it's worth, I've repaired the problem, and put in just over 1L of CHF11S, and the car's drunk that in no time at all.

Turned the car on, and I got some protesting noises from the pump - only on long enough to check for leaks (none! :D )

Dared to turn the wheels and much more noise, so turned it all off.

Looked back in the reservoir and it looks like it will need more. Just don't know how much more to put in.

I took a punt at buying 2Ls.

Dan
 
You need to keep turning the wheel back and forth to purge all the air out. Then the noises will stop once you've done that. Takes a fair while before it goes quiet. Keep checking every so often and top up as necassary.
 
Don't worry too much about this, my jubilee clip repair has been fine for 5 years now and no plans to change or anytime soon!
 
As mentioned work the system and keep topping up until the dipstick in the filler caps says to stop.


ian_alex said:
Don't worry too much about this, my jubilee clip repair has been fine for 5 years now and no plans to change or anytime soon!

Mine has been fine for 9 years now, with the very slight misting from years ago I can't see it'll ever need changing.
 

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