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[sunrise]

Hi - newbie question for you please.  

Have an elite 3.0 and it has just started with a steering fault.  Feels a bit light when driving normally and then when I try to manouvre in a small space it acts like there is no power steering at all and becomes too heavy to steer.  

We will be doing the work ourselves (thats the royal 'we' cos it will be my hubby doing the work lol).

He thinks it may be the power steering control unit??

Any ideas welcome??

D x

[Welung666]

Hi D, first thing to check is the power steering fluid level, thats the black bottle with the steering wheel image on it. If the level is OK it could be the pump, fairly common fault on the meega. Normally with the engine running and ther top off the fluid bottle any small movement in the steering will show as movement in the fluid.

Pumps are about £40 from any of the regular breakers on here

[sunrise]

Hi D, first thing to check is the power steering fluid level, thats the black bottle with the steering wheel image on it. If the level is OK it could be the pump, fairly common fault on the meega. Normally with the engine running and ther top off the fluid bottle any small movement in the steering will show as movement in the fluid.

Pumps are about £40 from any of the regular breakers on here

Thx for that...The fluid is ok - will get him to have a look at the pump... Is that an easy job to change - Jase (my hubby) says something about de-gassing the aircon to change it? Its a 99 by the way.
D x

[Welung666]

It's best to have the air-con drainde beforehand, then re-gassed afterwards, not a difficult job though. If you have a haynes it's on page 10.18

[hotel21]

Remember to check fuse 14 as well.  It covers the power steering as well as cigarette lighter, heated front seats, electrically operated rear window blind, air circulation system, electric air conditioning, heated rear window.    

[feeutfo]

only issue ive had with pas is the servotronic power stearing module, its behind glove box and changes the rate of assistence according to road speed, so it should be the opposite of what you are experienceing. Diagnosed and settings via tech2.

Bit of i wide range of answers so far though. I think a bit more diagnostic work and a few more opinions is needed before you change the pump. Dont know enough about it to advise myself. Hth somehow.

[markey mark]

dont need to touch aircon dawn ! try draining power steering fluid and putting fresh in there and add some slick50 ! cheapest option first !!