Austin Hoover
>Yep, more in the 'dad has the car' saga...
>
>Got a call from flagstaff, AZ. My dad was driving
>toward the east coast in the STX. The peugeot
>dealer on Lincoln blvd in Santa Monica had went
>thru a complete inspection of the car after the
>ABS brake problem. Some electrical problems were
>discovered but eventually the alternator died,
>a few days after the inspection where everything
>had been fixed. supposedly. My dad went to pep
>boys and you know that story. As he got to
>flagstaff today, he felt the steering heavy.
>Stopped and a mechanic looked at the car.
>
>Power steering was empty. Note that a hose
>had been changed by the peugeot dealer and
>the system had been checked for any leak...
>What happened? The mechanic says either a
>seal, or the rack itself...
>
>He removed the belt from the pump to not
>fry it so my dad will drive to Albuquerque
>where a better equipped mechanic will have
>a look at it. He wanted to stop there
>anyway...
>
>So my question: can he drive very long
>without fluid, with the pump disconnected?
>Could it be simply a seal? Well, simply
>is a big word, it is probably a major job...
>Or is it the rack? How much $ are we talking
>about, and mostly what's the availability?
>Is that another ZF component?
>
>Any good mechanic around that area?
>
>Ciao,
>Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)
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