Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

• ◆ 3094 Hose clamps
• ◆ V.A.G 1402 Power steering tester
• ◆ V.A.G 1402/3 Adapter
• ◆ V.A.G 1402/6 Hose from adapter set

• ‒ → Pinch off suction and return hose with hose clamps -3094-.
• ‒ Place drip tray in position.
• ‒ Unscrew pressure pipe from vane pump.

• ‒ → Screw adapter -V.A.G 1402/3- into vane pump in place of banjo bolt.
• ‒ Screw hose of pressure gauge -V.A.G 1402- to adapter -V.A.G 1402/3-.
• ‒ Use corresponding adapters to connect hose from adapter set
  -V.A.G 1402/6- to pressure gauge -V.A.G 1402- and to pressure pipe.
• ‒ Detach hose clamps -3094-.

→ Make sure lever on pressure gauge is in position -2-.

• ‒ Start engine and, if necessary, top up fluid level in reservoir.
• ‒ Turn steering wheel roughly 10 times from lock to lock.
• ‒ Then check delivery pressure.
• ‒ With engine idling, close cut-off valve -position 1- (max. 10 seconds) and take pressure reading.

Pump pressure specification (gauge pressure)

If readout does not match specification, replace vane pump

=> Page 48-104.

• ‒ → Move lever to position -1-.
• ‒ Switch off engine.
• ‒ Remove pressure gauge.
• ‒ Connect pressure pipe with banjo bolt to vane pump => Page 48-66, Item 22 or Item 27.
• ‒ Check hydraulic fluid level .
• ‒ Check steering system for leaks .
• ‒ Bleed steering system .