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hi, me again. more problems.
ok, My wife has a c class 270CDI, w203, 52 plate.
recently she said it sounded funny when turning the steering, and this got worse over a few days, and also had the pulsing left and right slightly issue when on long sweeping bends.
was due a service so off I went. changed the oil, all good. listened to the engine and could hear something not good, and it got worse when the steering was turned. got a wooden stick on the PS pump, and you could really hear something was not good.
so I got another pump from a well known auction site, and changed it over. steering fluid in the old one was a yellowish colour, but I got new stuff from MB and it was green. topped it up, and away I went, off the drive, then straight back on again. god, what a horrendous noise!! very noisy now, and steering is very hard to turn.
checked fluid in reservoir and it was full of bubbles, like washing up liquid!
I realised did not bleed correctly before driving and was far too gung-ho. but this aside, the lovely green power steering fluid I put in is now a horrid grey / green colour.
also got fluid dripping from underneath now, passenger side of the rack, near one of the big unions on the front of the rack
help please, as I am near the end of my tether with this car, and cannot afford to spend much more money on it before it gets scrapped.
cheers
Andy
hi, me again. more problems.
ok, My wife has a c class 270CDI, w203, 52 plate.
recently she said it sounded funny when turning the steering, and this got worse over a few days, and also had the pulsing left and right slightly issue when on long sweeping bends.
was due a service so off I went. changed the oil, all good. listened to the engine and could hear something not good, and it got worse when the steering was turned. got a wooden stick on the PS pump, and you could really hear something was not good.
so I got another pump from a well known auction site, and changed it over. steering fluid in the old one was a yellowish colour, but I got new stuff from MB and it was green. topped it up, and away I went, off the drive, then straight back on again. god, what a horrendous noise!! very noisy now, and steering is very hard to turn.
checked fluid in reservoir and it was full of bubbles, like washing up liquid!
I realised did not bleed correctly before driving and was far too gung-ho. but this aside, the lovely green power steering fluid I put in is now a horrid grey / green colour.
also got fluid dripping from underneath now, passenger side of the rack, near one of the big unions on the front of the rack
help please, as I am near the end of my tether with this car, and cannot afford to spend much more money on it before it gets scrapped.
cheers
Andy