weslangdon Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Noisy power steering, fluid level fine, no leaks and I can't see any old threads on these failing, some WD40 to sort it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 Bearings can go in the pumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Bearings recently went in the pump on mine, no leaking to mention but the noise it made during operation by the end was like a bag of nails going through an industrial blender, and sure enough once the pump was off there was lots of play in the shaft. I ended up fitting @Skezza's old pump bought on a whim 6 months earlier (Good move on my part as my pump was fine at the time) FWIW mine failed at 134K where-as I believe Skezza's had done around 170k(?) so age has no 'bearing' on life expectancy (See what I did there?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyEunos Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Also, could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the bearings are to all intents and purposes 'sealed in' and can't be got at with WD40 and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 i had a polo gti in with 5.5 litres of oil in it, sounded terrible and puffed oil out. customer panicking. alt belt off and the noise went, was the pas pump, worked fine but sounded like nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 also i find filling with atf instead of the vw green **** provides a longer life due to viscosity of fluid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Mine has 170k miles on, but whether it's the original pump is hard to say. I did however go out of my way to maintain it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Did you strip and regrease the bearings in the casing then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted November 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 All I've done is check the fluid level, fine, spayed a lot of wd40 onto the wheel and it has quietened down somewhat but at 167k on the clock I don't expect it to last much longer so I'll seek out a replacement, thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 did you spray it with a lubricant for when the wd evaporates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted November 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 I'll try and spray some white grease in there but its tight and I don't want it on the belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Take the belt off? Although I would say just change the pump, grease won’t last 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted November 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 are the pumps the same for every Lupo model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 I’d imagine so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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