Power Steering Pump Failure

[AeroJonny]

the power steering pump on the mini one's now intermittently coming on and off...my gut feeling is that this is just it in the final throes.

I spoke to philthy and he gave me the name of the company he used when his pump gave out but I was wondering if anyone else had any advice, or even a power steering pump laying around ;)

[Gismo]

Speak to Crombers, he got a very good deal with his scenario ;)

[AeroJonny]

sounds intriguing ;)

[Gismo]

Read this thread (http://www.newminiscotland.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=15264)

[AeroJonny]

cheers alan, I'm currently waiting for a call back from my preferred dealer (read not the closest;)) and I'm going to see if they can cut me a similar deal. If they don't, then I'll be doing the job myself.

[ianking]

Jonny

Powersteering pump is a fairly easy job if you are mechanically minded. There is a company advertised on eBay that will recondition your pump and return it to you with a 2 year guarantee. Cost about £180.
There are good instructions in the haynes manual but if you get the car up on a pair of drive up ramps its pretty obvious how the pump comes out.

[AeroJonny]

that's a great help thanks ian :) I'm gonna try my luck with MINI customer services first. I had a look on mini matt's site and they're selling used pumps for £85 apparently. what do you make of that??

[philthy]

Wouldnt go with a used pump as it will only fail quicker.

As said Il do it for you (mates rates ;) )if you dont have any luck with Mini, but dont hold your breath, they swiftly gave me a no.

[AeroJonny]

yeah, I was thinking that too.

It can't hurt to give it a try, I'm in a similar situation as crombers in terms of having had 3 steering racks on the car.

[ianking]

To be fair Jonny I think you are much better going down the recon unit route as it has a 2 year warranty. The only down side is that the car is off the road for about a week whilst the pump is away.

[AeroJonny]

To be fair Jonny I think you are much better going down the recon unit route as it has a 2 year warranty. The only down side is that the car is off the road for about a week whilst the pump is away.

You and phil are right, I'll see how I get on with MINI and a recon unit's my fallback option. I don't mind the waiting time so much as my sister's driving the car and she's not strong enough to drive it without power steering anyway.

[J444 JNY]

I had to replace my power steering pump and my hydraulic hose and it cost me 600 quid, but that was me been daft and not shopping about, because i just wanted it fixed.

Also i could only find the hose from BMW and it cost 157 quid, wasnt to happy but its done now!!

[philthy]

why did you have to change the hose?

[Crombers]

yeah, I was thinking that too.

It can't hurt to give it a try, I'm in a similar situation as crombers in terms of having had 3 steering racks on the car.

You've simply gotta give it a try after 3 racks mate, best of luck :thumbs up:

[J444 JNY]

why did you have to change the hose?

Becasue it had three large holes in it, which caused my power steering pump to pack in and the hose wasnt repairable.

[AeroJonny]

You've simply gotta give it a try after 3 racks mate, best of luck :thumbs up:
Cheers mate, it's in getting looked at as we speak ;)

[AeroJonny]

Apparently there's nothing wrong with it...bizarre!

[Craig]

Apparently there's nothing wrong with it...bizarre!

If I had a pound for every time I have heard that....:argh::argh::argh:

as you say Jonny... Bizarre.. :thud::Whistle:

[philthy]

Apparently there's nothing wrong with it...bizarre!

remember lauras failed intermittantly (they said it was fine too) until 2 months later it failed mid corner. Laura couldnt get the wheel straight cause it went solid and completely wrote the wheel off (and scared the **** out of her...lucky no one was walking along the pavement!)

so it will fail again at some point just hope max isnt driving when it does.

[AeroJonny]

precisely what I'm thinking phil...

[Crombers]

If I had a pound for every time I have heard that....:argh::argh::argh:



........ you'd be feckin minted :thumbs up: