Checking delivery pressure of power steering pump, vehicles with 6 cyl. 2.7 l petrol engine — AUDI
Checking delivery pressure of power steering pump, vehicles with 6 cyl. 2.7 l petrol engine on Audi: 12 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
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- Unscrew pipe from expansion hose (arrow). (Counterhold hexagon flats on expansion hose.)
📋 Procedure
- Unclip engine top cover and remove.
- Clamp off suction and return lines using hose clamps3094.
- Unscrew pipe from expansion hose (arrow). (Counterhold hexagon flats on expansion hose.)
- Screw the hose of the pressure gaugeV.A.G 1402 to the section of the expansion hose leading to the pump.
- Close cut-off valve on pressure gauge (lever pointing to the left).
- Remove hose clamps3094.
- Top up fluid in 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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