byablun

I ran over a railroad and broke my power steering hose. I brought it to mechanics and they've been telling me that I should drive my car without power steering. I've been told my power steering can lock up within like 10-20 miles of driving it. I've drove it around 400 miles so far and nothings happened. I was kinda wondering if someone can tell me that it's okay to drive it without power steering, because if I can I won't fix it. Not worth it for the money that it takes to replace it. Please give me your opinion on the matter.

It's a 2005 Audi A6 American car

Dave788

raj99

You probably have a leak in the power steering, since if you have NO power steering in your car, I'd say you'd need to have forearms like Arnold to drive that car. By not running the fluid you can cause damage to the vehicle, which in the long-run will be much more expensive to repair. Why not just replace the ps fluid hose?

byablun

Yeah I know that the hose is cracked. If I don't repair it can I still drive the car? I'm already used to driving it without power steering already and it seems like nothings happened so far. I think if I get it fixed now that it will cost even more since I will probably have to replace the power steering pump and the p/s hose. so the question is if I choose not to replace it will it still work months from now? No mechanics have been honest with me they just want to steal my money.

Worldwidebeagle

raj99

moral of the story...avoid fixing a relatively small problem, soon escalates to a rather big issue.