Checking delivery pressure of power steering pump, vehicles with 4-cyl. petrol and diesel engine — AUDI
Checking delivery pressure of power steering pump, vehicles with 4-cyl. petrol and diesel engine on Audi: 11 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A6 C5 (4B)
- Renewed: power steering pump
📋 Procedure
- Clamp off suction and return lines using hose clamps3094.
- Unbolt expansion hose (1) from power steering pump.
- Screw the adapterV.A.G 1402/3 into the power steering pump in place of the banjo bolt.
- Screw the hose of the pressure gaugeV.A.G 1402 onto the adapterV.A.G 1402/3.
- Close cut-off valve on pressure gauge (lever pointing to the left).
- Detach the hose clamps up to 25 mm3094 and top up the fluid level in the reservoir if necessary.
- Renew power steering pump if specification is not attained .
- Switch off engine.
- Check hydraulic fluid level .
- Bleed steering system .
- Checking steering system for leaks
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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