Gingy4Life

So it turns out the roads were not the only things devastated by Snowpocalypse 2010. My 1999 A4 2.8 Quattro is too! Not only did I smack my rear wheel into a curb, misaligning my wheels and creating annoying humming, but my Power steering cooling line is now bent. I didn't realize this until last night when my steering wheel became nearly impossible to turn and started making squealing sounds. So a couple of questions.

1. Where is the best place to find a new (or used) power steering cooling line

2. Is it east to replace myself? If so, how?

Thanks so much guys!

brownrice

I had a leak on one of the lines and changed it up. There are two lines, one is directed towards the resevior and the other goes to the rack. I changed out the one to the resevior and it was super easy. One clamp on the resevior and another on the cooling system. I would imagine that the other one that goes to the rack probably is a bit harder to reach. I got the line from rmeuropean. It was about $11. Hope that helps.

kaosimontw

i had the same problem.
my 98 a4 was lowered, was having too much fun in snow.
hit a pile of snow on the road and lost the bottom half of my bumper
my power steering pipe was dragged under the car and there was crack leaking
dealer charges 200 for a piece of pipe about 3 feet long...
there's one on ebay for 10 dollars
i got mine at a nearby junk yard for 80
it was surprising hard to find in junk yards,
at least in the ones nearby my town
replacing it was easy for me sine i lost half of my bumper
donno how difficult it would be with a stock bumper
there are 2 clamps holding the hoses in and out of the pipe
plug them out and re clamp and it was done

JS///w124\\\B5

I'll probably be doing this at the same time as t-belt, waterpump, thermostat, etc... I took a look at it and i think it will be much easier with the bumper off. Mine is really rusty, it looks as if it could burst anyday

rs4tech

the cheapest place to get a new one would prolly be force 5, also you should deffinately remove the front bumper for it because the lines run through the rubber fins around the radiator