Power steering leak.

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Power steering leak.
#1
Ive located the vague area that I think its coming from the inner wheel is this possible? Whats the best way about fixing it if it anywhere else
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#2
Will be the ram. If yours still has it, pull the bag back off it and see if it is oily. They go down hill rapidly. I had my gti for 400 miles and within that time, I lost 1.5 litres of oil then suddenly on a roundabout turning in hard, it Shat the seal big time and dumped the entire contents of the ram and HP hose on the roundabout and sent me a bit sideways lol.
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
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#3
Whats the best way to go about getting that sorted is it something thats doable on the drive?
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Yeah easy you need a new ram from the same model as your car. Undo the two HP unions (need asmall spanner. Bit fiddly wwith the subframe in the way) then undo a bolt on either end of the ram and replace. Took me about 45 minutes to do mine and I rounded one of the unions off.
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
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Thats doesnt sound to bad then. Are the sided at all or will it fit left or right? Found this one on ebay any any chance it would replace a hdi?
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No link there mate. Get one from the same phase and not from a gti (unless you have a gti) and it will fit.
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vie...1274408172
my bad. Ill have a ring round in the week see if there are any about
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If it's for your hdi, don't buy that ram. It's the ram that restricts the right hand lock on the gtis. Get one from a hdi. Then it will be the right pressure and correct lock to lock. Not to mention that one is expensive!
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1999 China Blue 306 GTi6 - Eaton Supercharged - 214.5bhp 181lbft
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#9
Like Niall said, I bought a complete rack used off eBay from a hdi, took ram off in the front yard and did it on ramps outside the house, simples really, apart from I rounded the lower hydraulic hose so was a PITA to get my hands up the limited space to swap over with the ones on the donor rack but essentially a really easy job, 2 big bolts and 2 hydraulic hoses, bolt off bolt on.

Also inc postage my donor rack with ram was only a smidge over £20 inc delivery :-)
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#10
Seems a much better price ill start trawling for a donor
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