

| Subject: | Re: '88 Power Steering problems |
| From: | Mark Dorm |
| Date: | Sun, 9 Mar 2003 18:19:05 -0800 |
Power steering has a filter??? Never heard of that?? Never saw it either... where is it? >From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET> > >The ujoints in the steering shaft are known to cause this problem. >Oil the hell out of them with used motor oil. If they are to rusty >you will need to replace them. > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > 92-Jetta GWC > www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm > >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Shawn Wright wrote: > > > Lately my '88 Westy has been acting strange when steerring - the power > > assist seems to come and go, causing the wheels to not want to return to > > centre easily, and making turning corners not very smooth. > > The fluid level seemed ok, but I added a bit to be sure, since it is was > > hard to read through the reservior. No change. I flushed the system & > > cleaned the filter about 4-5 years ago, so I was planning to do this >again > > in hopes it will help. Anything else I should check? (tire pressures are > > fine - 50psi front on Yoko Y370s). > > > > ps: I was thinking of replacing the filter until I checked the price - >$45 > > at the dealer, and Bowwow does not have them. Last time I just washed it > > in solvent & it seemed to do the trick. Is this ok? > > > > Thanks > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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