Heavy steering and lower radiator hose
06-10-2014, 05:47 AM
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Heavy steering and lower radiator hose
Hey, just FYI, probably a known issue, but didn't surfaced in the first search.
If you wake up one morning and the car has a heavy steering, check that the lower radiator hose is not spilling coolant directly to the steering pump belt.
It makes the belt slip and the steering gets very heavy, no noises or anything. Fix the leak, power steering instantly back to normal.
In my case, forgot to attach the hose to the fan housing with the prescribed cable tie, and looks like the hose sometimes touches the belt and obviously the belt won.
Regards,
If you wake up one morning and the car has a heavy steering, check that the lower radiator hose is not spilling coolant directly to the steering pump belt.
It makes the belt slip and the steering gets very heavy, no noises or anything. Fix the leak, power steering instantly back to normal.
In my case, forgot to attach the hose to the fan housing with the prescribed cable tie, and looks like the hose sometimes touches the belt and obviously the belt won.
Regards,
06-10-2014, 09:06 AM
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Nordschleife Master
Oh, yeah...
Belt vs. Hose.
Sometimes I'll cut off a short section (1/2" or so) of the lower radiator hose at the radiator so it is further from the belt. And from the nose of the power steering pump.
The hose never wins.
Belt vs. Hose.
Sometimes I'll cut off a short section (1/2" or so) of the lower radiator hose at the radiator so it is further from the belt. And from the nose of the power steering pump.
The hose never wins.
