Al,

I have the same car, and had the same problem too.

I changed the head gaskets, and in the process I pushed this pipe out of the
way. The flexible section isn't all that flexible. I manged to create an
internal leak in the upper flexy section (beside cyl head).

Beware - these are £180 from VAG new !!!

it has a second flexy section, running left / right behind the engine, I
took it out and had the leaky bit cut out and replaced in rigid copper pipe
by a radiator workshop (in Aberdeen) - worked a treat.

Bit tricky to remove, as it wriggles around behind the rack, and comes back
up from behind it. Removal is about 2 hours whilst you are working out where
it's going - and about 40 mins to fit back in.

Make sure you use the correct fluid - VW G2 or Citroen LHM - not traditional
PS fluid !!

have fun

DA



"Alan J. McFarlane" <alanjmcf@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I've a UK 1993 80 Quattro 2.6 V6. Would someone like to confirm that pipe
> that runs along the top of the engine on the drivers side is carrying the
> power steering fluid... I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, as I'm losing
> lots of fluid and there's lots of fluid lying on the engine there...and
> making lots of nice white smoke. So the garage's changing of the rocker
> head gasket would have been just a waste of time.
>
> What is the best workshop-ish manual for this car? Is there one? I know
> that there's no Haynes suitable. Can one get the official Audi workshop
> docs?
> --
> Alan J. McFarlane
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/
> Please follow-up in the newsgroup for the benefit of all.
>
>
>

 

Me <me@home.com> wrote:

> I have the same car, and had the same problem too.
>
> I changed the head gaskets, and in the process I pushed this pipe out
> of the way. The flexible section isn't all that flexible. I manged to
> create an internal leak in the upper flexy section (beside cyl head).
>
> Beware - these are £180 from VAG new !!!
>
Yup, I know... :-,( The work is being done as I type and I'm warming up my
credit card in preparedness...

> it has a second flexy section, running left / right behind the
> engine, I took it out and had the leaky bit cut out and replaced in
> rigid copper pipe by a radiator workshop (in Aberdeen) - worked a
> treat.
>
Ahh, we never thought of that type of pipe...

Thanks for you help
--
Alan J. McFarlane
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/
Please follow-up in the newsgroup for the benefit of all.