Evening all....
Right, I am no mechanic, but have been doing alot of this myself recently and need someone with some knowledge to poke me in the right direction...
1. Power steering fluid level... I had reason to remove the pipe from the reservoir to the pump, have refilled and steered around a bit... What should the level be? Is it where the reservoir chages from clear to black?
2. Still power steering pump... after I refilled and ran the car, it seemd very noisy, was wondering if I had over tensioned the belt (I am sure it is not too slack) Either way a squirt of WD40 stopped the noise in a fraction of a second... I am guessing this is not a sensible fix... would it simply be that the car hasn't been started or moved in 2 months? Or do you think it is a sign of worse to come?
3. Bleeding coolant system... fill as much as possible, remove screws from heater hose and top of rad, leave expansion tank cap off,, heater to max hot, start car, refill as necessary... Seems, whatever I do, the aux rad stays cold, and always seems to air and water squirting from heater bleed screw... Ran till hot , turned off, waitied a bit the level dropped a bit, refilled... Will it now just need topping up a bit as it needs and as air expels? Or should I do something specific? (assuming no leaks)
4. Boost pressure test... 3B engine, which pipes do you bung? I know obviously you stick the valve plate into where the MAF is, I was hoping to not pressurize the crankcase, but want to test to a reasonable pressure...
5. Kind of power steering pump again, what is the little screw part, (size of a 10p piece) with a cross on it for? Is it a bleed point? or what....?
6. Finally, where on Earth is the fuel filter on my car? I searched the forum to find the coupe one is in the engine compartment under a plastic cover... well, while I had the rads, fan, expansion bottle, washer bottle and power steering reservoir out you would have thought I could find it....
I have a German spec, LHD 1991 3B coupe, might the filter be next to the tank, like on the Avant?
Any advice on the above gratefully received.... As I said I am not even slightly a mechanic, but have to do this myself...!
Thanks
Chris
Right, I am no mechanic, but have been doing alot of this myself recently and need someone with some knowledge to poke me in the right direction...
1. Power steering fluid level... I had reason to remove the pipe from the reservoir to the pump, have refilled and steered around a bit... What should the level be? Is it where the reservoir chages from clear to black?
2. Still power steering pump... after I refilled and ran the car, it seemd very noisy, was wondering if I had over tensioned the belt (I am sure it is not too slack) Either way a squirt of WD40 stopped the noise in a fraction of a second... I am guessing this is not a sensible fix... would it simply be that the car hasn't been started or moved in 2 months? Or do you think it is a sign of worse to come?
3. Bleeding coolant system... fill as much as possible, remove screws from heater hose and top of rad, leave expansion tank cap off,, heater to max hot, start car, refill as necessary... Seems, whatever I do, the aux rad stays cold, and always seems to air and water squirting from heater bleed screw... Ran till hot , turned off, waitied a bit the level dropped a bit, refilled... Will it now just need topping up a bit as it needs and as air expels? Or should I do something specific? (assuming no leaks)
4. Boost pressure test... 3B engine, which pipes do you bung? I know obviously you stick the valve plate into where the MAF is, I was hoping to not pressurize the crankcase, but want to test to a reasonable pressure...
5. Kind of power steering pump again, what is the little screw part, (size of a 10p piece) with a cross on it for? Is it a bleed point? or what....?
6. Finally, where on Earth is the fuel filter on my car? I searched the forum to find the coupe one is in the engine compartment under a plastic cover... well, while I had the rads, fan, expansion bottle, washer bottle and power steering reservoir out you would have thought I could find it....
I have a German spec, LHD 1991 3B coupe, might the filter be next to the tank, like on the Avant?
Any advice on the above gratefully received.... As I said I am not even slightly a mechanic, but have to do this myself...!
Thanks
Chris
nonono.... I have everything you need, just no knowledge of what I am doing...!!!!
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