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306 power steering heavy

  • 24-08-2012 10:27am
    #1
    Conchurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭


    hi i have a peugeot 306 1.4 petrol year 2000 with 120k miles on it and the steering is gone very heavy in it so i taught the power steering pump was broken so i changed this, the power steering belt, fan belt and fluid.

    but it is still very heavy any idea on what could be the problem with it. i have a parts car for it so i will have no problem getting the parts that might be at fault.


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  • #2
    Conchurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Conchurl


    Conchurl wrote: »
    hi i have a peugeot 306 1.4 petrol year 2000 with 120k miles on it and the steering is gone very heavy in it so i taught the power steering pump was broken so i changed this, the power steering belt, fan belt and fluid.

    but it is still very heavy any idea on what could be the problem with it. i have a parts car for it so i will have no problem getting the parts that might be at fault.[/Quote


    Anybody?


  • #3
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Any vagueness in the steering?


  • #4
    OldmanMondeo
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    Is the power steering fluid still clean after you flushed the system? This could show that either the pump or rack is goosed. Is the a "grabbing" feeling when steering?


  • #5
    Conchurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Conchurl


    OldmanMondeo wrote: »
    Is the power steering fluid still clean after you flushed the system? This could show that either the pump or rack is goosed. Is the a "grabbing" feeling when steering?

    Ya still clean. Don't think there is a grabbing freling. It is just very heavy


  • #6
    OldmanMondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭OldmanMondeo


    Is the fan belt gripping properly? Would the steering be as heavy as if there was no power steering at all?


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  • #7
    Conchurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Conchurl


    OldmanMondeo wrote: »
    Is the fan belt gripping properly? Would the steering be as heavy as if there was no power steering at all?

    Ya fan belt ok. It would be a lot heavyer without power steering.


  • #8
    Buck Fizz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭Buck Fizz


    Same happened to me last year ( I don't drive a Peugeot). The power steering fluid was always leaking and I had to keep topping it up but I found out the steering rack was shagged so I replaced it...

    The boots of the rack were full of fluid when I squeezed them so that was the tell-tale sign..


  • #9
    Conchurl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 693 ✭✭✭Conchurl


    Buck Fizz wrote: »
    Same happened to me last year ( I don't drive a Peugeot). The power steering fluid was always leaking and I had to keep topping it up but I found out the steering rack was shagged so I replaced it...

    The boots of the rack were full of fluid when I squeezed them so that was the tell-tale sign..

    My car not leaking power steering fluid


  • #10
    Demmo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Demmo


    Nothing wring with the rack. It'll be the steering knuckle attached to the pinion. Common enough problem.


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