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Power steering.
« on: 02 December 2010, 22:59:23 »
Are the pumps weak on Omegas? Every time i've been a bit playfull, anything that involves a little lock to lock drifting etc the power steering pump's given up the ghost. I only ever do this off road & it's happened to my green 2.5 CD & to the Beastie. Now it's happened again since stuck in the snow?
   Have i just been unfortunate replacing a knackered pump with a nearly knackered one? Should i buy a new one are they all that weak? This is two cars now that can't handle a bit of lock to lock. WHY??? :(
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #1 on: 02 December 2010, 23:03:30 »
i put 3 on my 3.2 elite in 4 years the last one i put on was off a 2.5 and that is still on to this day
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #2 on: 03 December 2010, 09:06:35 »
tehy are really stressed pumps.. have you tryed to move the steering wheel without starting the engine. you would think its stuck :P. mine is makeing a crouching noise and i suspect it will fail soon :(
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #3 on: 03 December 2010, 17:43:39 »
must be somthing to do with the snow mate
cos mine one has been fine for ages no probs now there is snow its gone and buggered so i need to replace mine
god knows how much they are new i dread to think
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #4 on: 04 December 2010, 10:45:33 »
They are prone to wear, which shows up as lack of assistance at idle, but assistance returning with revs.

Giving how it works, did the ABS unit get confused with what the wheels were doing, and light up?
« Last Edit: 04 December 2010, 10:45:45 by TheBoy »
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #5 on: 04 December 2010, 10:49:10 »
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i put 3 on my 3.2 elite in 4 years the last one i put on was off a 2.5 and that is still on to this day

mine conked out after doing some wheel spinning on a car park, I put a 2.5 on my 3.0 and that is still going strong. touch wood lol  :y
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #6 on: 04 December 2010, 10:54:08 »
My original pump lasted until about 145k, then the Gnome replaced it with one from Pinky's boot at Newent...
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #7 on: 04 December 2010, 18:07:16 »
Are we sure it's not the servo tronic playing up?  Given the pump is most likely to show a problem at low revs? Going by what I've read on here anyway....?
« Last Edit: 04 December 2010, 22:43:18 by chrisgixer »
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Re: Power steering.
« Reply #8 on: 04 December 2010, 22:34:17 »
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Are we sure it's not the servo tronic playing up?  Given the pump is most likely show a problem at low revs? Going by what I've read on here anyway....?


how would i find that out mate im just having a guess that the pump has got tired
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