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[JamesV6CDX]

If you are not able to rectify this yourself then get that car to a garage BEFORE DRIVING IT ANYMORE and get the PAS problems sorted.

Driving a car of that weight around without PAS is a recipe for disaster, not having PAS could make the difference between running over a pushchair and killing a baby if you had to act quickly.

[huxley]

I totally understand your concern. It will get fixed when we have more of an idea of the problem to look for. John is in no position financially for his car to go to a stealers for fixing!!! after all its only worth £400

[JamesV6CDX]

I totally understand your concern. It will get fixed when we have more of an idea of the problem to look for. John is in no position financially for his car to go to a stealers for fixing!!! after all its only worth £400

The police / courts won't see it that way if he kills someone by driving a defective car...

[Entwood]

Johnislost

You might be thinking James is over reacting .... he's not...

Legally you have not a leg to stand on AND knowingly driving a defective car INVALIDATES YOUR INSURANCE...

So in the event of an incident you really would be in the s***.

If you were to have a blowout the car would be uncontrolable and you could/would probably be seriously injured or dead.

Do NOT drive with no PAS

[JamesV6CDX]

Johnislost

You might be thinking James is over reacting .... he's not...

Legally you have not a leg to stand on AND knowingly driving a defective car INVALIDATES YOUR INSURANCE...

So in the event of an incident you really would be in the s***.

If you were to have a blowout the car would be uncontrolable and you could/would probably be seriously injured or dead.

Do NOT drive with no PAS

I had a Pug 605 once, used to randomly lose it's PAS. Did it to me once on a motorway roudabout, scared me silly. It became a case of enough is enough, and I had to have it sorted!

[shyboy]

You can't afford more discussion on this. Get it done now, one way or another!
The fuel filter on an estate is difficult to get at and has special clips on the pipes which are theoretically easy to release but hard to get at. A mechanic friend of mine (very competent normally) broke the new filter and the fuel pipe trying to get the things back on and had to do a complicated repair job using jubilee clips. Try to find the special tool used to remove the clips in  the first place.

[Andy B]

Years back the power steering belt went on my Senator - 3 seperate belt - just as I was going on to the works car park. I very nearly went into a row of parked cars - just couldn't turn the wheel fast enough.

[jules]

The power steering failed on our Laguna whilst my wife was driving it before Xmas.

I sold it that week and bought her a Scenic.

Scary sh*t trying to control a modern car without it !

There was no way I was letting her take another chance with that car and our 7 month old son.

John needs to park the car up until he's raised some cash to get a mechanic to check it over properly, it sounds like a death-trap to me.

[Andy B]

.....it sounds like a death-trap to me.

Have you never been towed in a modern car? Not only have you to swing off the steering, you also have to stand on the brakes to make the bugger stop!  

[jules]

.....it sounds like a death-trap to me.

Have you never been towed in a modern car? Not only have you to swing off the steering, you also have to stand on the brakes to make the bugger stop!  

Yes actually, just last month, 50mph+  4 feet behind an AA van in the dark, pouring rain in a 2 litre renault with a snapped timing belt.

I know exactly what you mean, fortunately it was on a bar so the brakes weren't as much of a problem
 

[ians]

You can't afford more discussion on this. Get it done now, one way or another!
The fuel filter on an estate is difficult to get at and has special clips on the pipes which are theoretically easy to release but hard to get at. A mechanic friend of mine (very competent normally) broke the new filter and the fuel pipe trying to get the things back on and had to do a complicated repair job using jubilee clips. Try to find the special tool used to remove the clips in  the first place.

Its not that bad - just fiddly access on the estate.  If it hasn't been changed in ages though it could be corroded on which makes it harder to remove.    Shouldn't be more than a tenner in Halfords.

[TheBoy]

Huxley - the PAS pumps are normally reasonably reliable, so may be worth getting cheap one from scrappy.  Does his work if you rev slightly?

Got to be honest, if pas suddenly goes, it does tend to catch you out.  If it never works, that is less of an issue in my book...