Power steering broken - how do i bypass?

[WiNgNuTz]

Just pulled up outside my uncles place, and literally as i was about to turn the engine off, it made a weird noise, kinda made me think of a belt failing, or something seizing. Switched off a bit rapid, and checked under the bonnet, belt seems fine, still following the correct route, and no frayed bits i can see, but i now have a puddle of power steering fluid under the car. Great.

Didn't get much longer to diagnose, as the heavens opened, so i bolted to get indoors. My first thought is a failed power steering pump, anyone else care to agree or offer other ideas?

[Fooby]

Agree

Happened on my DT, put more in and it worked for about half a turn, then spat it all out again. Just a seal iirc

[Tom]

Wheres the fluid coming from?

[WiNgNuTz]

Agree

Happened on my DT, put more in and it worked for about half a turn, then spat it all out again. Just a seal iirc

Bloody hell, i do feel honoured! First reply to my thread is from Fooby of all people!

If it is just a seal, that'd be very handy, as ive looked at the price of PAS pumps on ECP, and the cheapest one comes in at a cool £255!

Wheres the fluid coming from?

Not entirely sure, as i say, its dark, and it started pelting down with rain barely 60 seconds after i got out of the car!

[Tom]

Ah right, have a look at the pump and make sure the pulley isnt wonkey.

[Niall]

99% it's the ram. They always fail because the covers fall off of them. Finding a decent second hand one is hard (I'm on ly 3rd on the 6 now). I would send it off for refurb if I was you.

[Martin306]

There's a special seal restoring fluid you can buy. It's called...



Man up


Pretty sure it'll be seal on the ram, had this happen on the 405 O_O and I'm sure it's a similar layout to the 306.

[WiNgNuTz]

So what can I do to make the car driveable again for the short term then? I get that I'll have to be without pas for a bit, but I'd like to keep the alternator working if possible!

[Toms306]

Could get a tiny belt just between alt and crank pulley I guess.

[Tom]

Before you worry about keeping it drivable figure out whats wrong...

[WiNgNuTz]

It's definitely the pas pump, it's chewed the bearings up quite nicely and spat them round my engine bay. I'm wondering if I got lucky, as the noise only happened just as I was stationary at my destination, able to kill the engine quite quickly, if I might not have done too much damage, leaving it repairable at least.

I know 4way ran his without pas for a while, so I'm currently waiting to hear back from him about a possible belt size to bypass the pas, while I get the pump off and repaired, thus leaving the car in a driveable condition.

[Chris_90]

Just bypass power steering it's for wimps any way

[WiNgNuTz]

Just bypass power steering it's for wimps any way

That's the idea for the moment, but with what? I'm trying to find out if there is a belt that will literally just do the alternator, or at least the alternator and the ac (not that it works), so I can take the pas pump off.

Any ideas?

Anyone tried shoelaces before?

[WiNgNuTz]

Just found this photo on a post from KrisB, what belt is this! Ideal!!!!!

[Grant]

Just measure it with a bit of string at go into a motor factors asking for a 6PK***

6PK is the number of ribs, so 6 in this instance, and *** will be the measurement in mm of the belt you need

[bigcheez2k3]

Isn't that Dum-Dum's 2.1?

Back on topic, had this happen to me with both 306's. One failed completely, other I managed to notice before it completely died on me. Depending on how much the repair is, could be better to just buy one from eBay or here. Ebay was around £40, on here £20-30. I shouldn't have sold the one from the dragoon when I was breaking it

[Toms306]

Isn't that Dum-Dum's 2.1?

Looks like a HDi to me so not 2.1...


As Grant says though, just measure around the pulleys.

[WiNgNuTz]

Good shout Grant, i shall do that!

And again, good shout Sam, may as well just chuck up a wanted thread for now, and have a scan of the bay.

[Tom]

I have a pump if you need it. What aux bracket do you have? Does your pas pump have a bit of plastic over the pulley over something?

[Grant]

I have a pump available in about 3 weeks?

[WiNgNuTz]

I have a pump if you need it. What aux bracket do you have? Does your pas pump have a bit of plastic over the pulley over something?

Yeah, mine HAD a plastic cover over it, until i broke it off this morning. Not sure about the aux bracket at the moment though, cars not with me, so cant even check.

I have a pump available in about 3 weeks?

Probably about the same time as i have some money then!

[Tom]

I have one of those with plastic cover... Get a pic of your aux setup, this came on a lump i bought so i dont know what reg it was.

[WiNgNuTz]

Ok, will pop past when i go pick the missus up shortly. Nice one mate.

[Tom]

Pop past? Lol...

[WiNgNuTz]

Sorry, meant I'd pop past the car to get a pic.

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How's that? Does that show what you need Tom?

[bigcheez2k3]

You want to get a shot of the numbers on that white sticker, some are different iirc. Different pulley size I think.

[Danny2009]

I ran without a alternator belt on my d turbo had arms like pop eye I didn't drive at night and used no electrics unless necessary widows ect battery never went flat

[WiNgNuTz]

Lol, I spend far too long driving at night, and the missus doesn't appreciate the raw sound of the straight through derv, so insists on having the choons on.

Will get a better pic of the sticker tomorrow.

[Danny2009]

Well your f*cked then

15 minute job to change that

[cully]

You want to get a shot of the numbers on that white sticker, some are different iirc. Different pulley size I think.

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