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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Squidy on 12 April 2012, 18:30:56

Title: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 12 April 2012, 18:30:56: hi just looking for a pointer in the right direction, the other day my steering went heavy, the PAS is working and feels fine at speed but around town 30mph and under its too heavy, could this be Servotronic steering problems? is there a sensor i can replace or a way of diagnosing the issue!
help very much appreciated thanks
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: albitz on 12 April 2012, 18:45:12: Check fuse first. :y
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: kcl on 13 April 2012, 06:07:29: Fluid level ok? As Albs said, check the fuse, third option would be relay.

Can someone give us a short lecture of Servotronic, what components is involved and how it works? I'm still having a stiff spot in my steering and it for sure is nothing mechanical and it is only intermittant (I've posted about this some months ago)
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: feeutfo on 13 April 2012, 19:14:30: Servo tronic tends to be intermittent.

Try swapping the relay out. Behind glove box. Red. About 1.5 inches high by an inch square. Can be diagnosed via tech 2 to confirm.
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 14 April 2012, 20:40:26: Solved ;D

Turned out to be the fuse for the heated seats!!!!!! :o

was on my way to the supermarket today and tried to put the rear blind up but it didnt work, so then tried the heated seats and rear heated window, but nothing worked other than hazzard lights and traction control! So got to supermarket and swapped the 30amp seat motor fuse for the heated seat fuse and suddenly everything worked and the steering was light! it blew again on the way home so i bought a few 30amp fuses, and so far jobs a good'n :y
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: freecall666 on 15 April 2012, 01:01:55: if it keeps blowing the fuse would find the fault or it could get worse, check the wiring..
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 15 April 2012, 13:46:23: yep plan to as it blew again today! it blows with nothing switched on so i was planning on changing that red relay first and go from there.
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: RobG on 15 April 2012, 14:12:10: Quote from: Squidy on 15 April 2012, 13:46:23
yep plan to as it blew again today! it blows with nothing switched on so i was planning on changing that red relay first and go from there.
In excess of £80 from VX
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: omega3000 on 15 April 2012, 14:20:24: Quote from: RobG on 15 April 2012, 14:12:10
Quote from: Squidy on 15 April 2012, 13:46:23
yep plan to as it blew again today! it blows with nothing switched on so i was planning on changing that red relay first and go from there.
In excess of £80 from VX

£00.50p from breaker's 8)
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 15 April 2012, 16:48:58: cheers was gonna pop in to vx cos "it wont be that much", breakers it is then!
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 21 April 2012, 21:51:07: Found the source of the problem yesterday after replacing 5 blown fuses i found a metal ball bearing in the rear lighter socket that my 4 year old son had kindly placed for safe keeping. ::)

kids, you cant beat em! (unfortunately)

least it didn't cos a fortune sourcing the problem :)
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: omega3000 on 21 April 2012, 21:57:21: Quote from: Squidy on 21 April 2012, 21:51:07
Found the source of the problem yesterday after replacing 5 blown fuses i found a metal ball bearing in the rear lighter socket that my 4 year old son had kindly placed for safe keeping. ::)

kids, you cant beat em! (unfortunately)

least it didn't cos a fortune sourcing the problem :)

;D Never heard of that one , glad you sorted it though ;)
Title: Re: steering trouble
Post by: Squidy on 22 April 2012, 16:28:34: my mate suggested the cig lighter as he found someone had a similar problem caused by a newly installed cb radio which was plugged there!