Power steering pulsation damper line interchangeability
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Power steering pulsation damper line interchangeability
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I took my car(04 S55) to a mechanic today to investigate a hydraulic fluid leak. He told me that the hose between the pump and socalled pulsation damper is the culprit. However, when I looked up the part number 2203204572, it seems that this item has gone out of production. Here are my questions: can I buy 2203204372, which was used on 01-03 car, instead? What are the differences between these two parts besides that one comes with the damper? Thank you.
I took my car(04 S55) to a mechanic today to investigate a hydraulic fluid leak. He told me that the hose between the pump and socalled pulsation damper is the culprit. However, when I looked up the part number 2203204572, it seems that this item has gone out of production. Here are my questions: can I buy 2203204372, which was used on 01-03 car, instead? What are the differences between these two parts besides that one comes with the damper? Thank you.
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There may be others out there for less. But a little leg work and a used OEM part is what I'd be after if I couldn't find a new one. These lines should never break. They only break on cars where the system has not been maintained. Someone will challenge me on this for sure, but I remain unconvinced that these lines go if the system has been maintained.
So the lines in the parts yards are typically just fine.
For a direct answer to your question, I would just call a MB Dealer parts desk. Mostly I use MB Naperville because they're known as one of the best around from the 500E crowd. Also the Classics Center in Irvine. But I know they played around with the pulsation dampers on these cars during the model run, so prior hoses may not work.
maw
There may be others out there for less. But a little leg work and a used OEM part is what I'd be after if I couldn't find a new one. These lines should never break. They only break on cars where the system has not been maintained. Someone will challenge me on this for sure, but I remain unconvinced that these lines go if the system has been maintained.
So the lines in the parts yards are typically just fine.
For a direct answer to your question, I would just call a MB Dealer parts desk. Mostly I use MB Naperville because they're known as one of the best around from the 500E crowd. Also the Classics Center in Irvine. But I know they played around with the pulsation dampers on these cars during the model run, so prior hoses may not work.
maw
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