Pipe from pump to bomb

[wilywyg]

Any one got one for a s2/rs2 prefrably new one or nearly new.

paul

[A80Avant]

recently one was asking for one.I need one and it is 146GBP from vagparts.I will get it at some point,until the leak becomes more obvious

[Error404]

can't you get one made up by Pirtek or someone similar?

[wilywyg]

pipe

I think is too dear for what it is so i'm going to a place whare they make up
pipes for tractors etc . its another option . the average pipe from them is £40 .i'll post my findings later

Paul

[s2_bo]

make sure they fit a vibration damper too. Or the pump will get noisy. I was quotted about £70 +vat by pirtec to have one made up.


Good luck

[Azman]

Vibration damper???

[s2_bo]

This is fitted to the center of the hose.

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Supposedly reduces vibrations to make steering more silent and also dampens the noise from the hydraulic pump. Thats what the hose expert at pirtec told me anyway I thought it was just where someone had joined the hose before hand..

[Azman]

I had a pipe without that on on the coupe, custom made as the pipe had a small leak, no more noisy than usual IIRC. Looking at getting another one as I think my current one is leaking too (at that point too)

[s2_bo]

Thats also the exact place where the one on my RS2 blew. It tore the damper right apart.

Its good to know that a pipe with out the damper makes little or no difference to one with it fitted.

Cheers for that..

[Azman]

Nah problems sir.

[Flat on my back]

From the Think Automotive peeps

Power steering hoses.
These sys tems have a pres sure hose and a re turn hose. The pres -
sure hose as sem blies are sub jected to the high est pres sures found
in ve hi cle us age. Only the smooth bore PTFE with stain less steel
outer cover and Aeroquip FC300 sin gle wire re in forced hose are
suit able the lat ter be ing the most cost ef fec tive, flex i ble and be -
cause it has greater vol u met ric ex pan sion (more give), less likely to
pro duce noises caused by hy drau lic ham mer. Aeroquip of fer a lim -
ited range of re-use able fit tings mainly suited to Amer i can equip -
ment for both hoses We of fer the Moquip TFE hose as a cheaper al -
ter na tive to both, this uses Aeroquip TFE fit tings. Orig i nal equip -
ment hoses tend to have com plex end fit tings, we can some times
reswage old fit tings to new hose, please sup ply fit tings re moved
from hose to gether with a sketch show ing lengths and ori en ta tion.
Hoses to SAE 100R6 are suit able for re turn lines, fittings are usually
push over and part of the pump/box.