Hi Volks,
Just as the subject says.  I want to install power steering in my 1986
Syncro Westfalia High Top.  Not that steering is an issue, but the motor
that I am installing into this van IS the issue.  I have a European Passat
TDI pump d�se engine (ATJ engine code) that I want to install.  Now power
steering was never an option in the Passat / Audi A6 so it is almost
impossible to remove the power steering pump from this engine without a
little bit of creative bracket assembly.  Remember, in engine conversions,
creative accessory belt brackets means vibrations - we don't want that! :-)

So, my options are to install something that needs hydraulic oil like power
steering or loop the pump back on itself so it won't be destroyed from a
lack of lubrication.

Is installing power steering as simple as swapping steering racks and
running some hydraulic lines or is it more involved?

Also, the later style VW / Audi pumps require hydraulic oil.  The manual
calls for the expensive G-whatever stuff, which is something like $20 a
liter for the Pentosin.  Will "normal" hydraulic oil at $20 for 20L work?

Thanks in advance!
David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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