S600 Steering wheel not working, oil leaking
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S600 Steering wheel not working, oil leaking
Hello again everyone!
I could not find a similar issue and that's why I am opening a new thread.
Few minutes ago I started my car, drove 5 meters and I understood that the steering wheel is not working. It feels very hard to steer it, basically I cant turn it, after checking around i noticed that the oil is leaking out of the steering wheel.
Any ideas on what exactly is happening here?
I could not find a similar issue and that's why I am opening a new thread.
Few minutes ago I started my car, drove 5 meters and I understood that the steering wheel is not working. It feels very hard to steer it, basically I cant turn it, after checking around i noticed that the oil is leaking out of the steering wheel.
Any ideas on what exactly is happening here?
Last edited by tri-color; Dec 29, 2013 at 09:11 AM.
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Must be a leaking steering-wheel then ...lol
If the oil is gathering underneath the car on the front, you may well have a leak in the hydraulics of the power steering
system .Very often a pressure hose is damaged/broken ,could also be the steering-pump.Higly unlikely the steering-rack itself is damaged/ broken.
If you have 'ABC', the story could be more complex ,as the the steering- and suspension-systems are interconnected ;if I am not mistaken.
If the oil is gathering underneath the car on the front, you may well have a leak in the hydraulics of the power steering
system .Very often a pressure hose is damaged/broken ,could also be the steering-pump.Higly unlikely the steering-rack itself is damaged/ broken.
If you have 'ABC', the story could be more complex ,as the the steering- and suspension-systems are interconnected ;if I am not mistaken.
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You're not having a great time with your car at the moment, are you? Don't worry, its not just you!
Can you elaborate - where exactly is oil leaking out?
Maybe you simply have a slipping poly-V belt, but I doubt its a simple as that.
Have you checked your PAS oil level? Its in the small oil reservoir in the LHS fornt wing.
Nick
Can you elaborate - where exactly is oil leaking out?
Maybe you simply have a slipping poly-V belt, but I doubt its a simple as that.
Have you checked your PAS oil level? Its in the small oil reservoir in the LHS fornt wing.
Nick
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Oil is leaking in the front, but the leak doesn't seem like a puddle, it looks like the oil was forced out, like there was too high pressure..
No, I have not checked the PAS oil level, what is it for?
Tomorrow I am going to check it out more closely. This feels bad though
Yeah, right now I am quite angry, last year was really tough, I barely could drive it because of all the problems. Hopefully 2014 is going to be different!
No, I have not checked the PAS oil level, what is it for?
Tomorrow I am going to check it out more closely. This feels bad though
Yeah, right now I am quite angry, last year was really tough, I barely could drive it because of all the problems. Hopefully 2014 is going to be different!
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So basically they tried to fix the hose, which did not work. I was out for a 300 mile ride and it kept showing Yellow ABC failure sign, but it kept disappearing after i shut down the car, after few hours of driving a red ABC sign showed up.
Now Active Body Control does not work, serviceplace plans to order a new hose, which costs fortune in my country (thanks mb, thanks Latvia), as all imported parts do here. Hopefully that will work and ABC comes back to life!
I will update the forum if anything new or unexpected happens
Now Active Body Control does not work, serviceplace plans to order a new hose, which costs fortune in my country (thanks mb, thanks Latvia), as all imported parts do here. Hopefully that will work and ABC comes back to life!
I will update the forum if anything new or unexpected happens
Last edited by tri-color; Jan 16, 2014 at 06:26 AM.
