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Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:08 pm
by nipper76
Hiya peeps

ok i know its not a Pug, but they use the same parts as far as i know (citroen + Peugeot)

basicly my brother in law has brought a 1.1i from ebay, got it home, and we noticed the power steering wasnt working.... i.e it mite as well not have powersteering.

wot could the possible problems be??

could it need bleeding ??
or would it be more likely to be the pump??

many thanks for any info

dan

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:12 pm
by jameslxdt
are you sure it even has power steering?

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:18 pm
by nipper76
yeah... defently :oops:

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:26 pm
by jameslxdt
i mean, really sure, the 1.1 rarely had powersteering

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:51 pm
by nipper76
oooh... well ill ave 2 double check then... It is a T reg :roll:

it defently looked like the filling point for the fluid, at the front, passengers side. ill get him to let me know, it was dark when they got back.

cheers :lol:

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:52 pm
by nipper76
it was this car on ebay..... 140202765363

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:58 am
by djp30djp
nipper76 wrote:it was this car on ebay..... 140202765363
It doesn't say anything about p/s in the add?

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:48 am
by nipper76
morning peeps, i phoned up whos looking after it, and they say they are pritty sure its a power steering pump.

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:54 pm
by mikey s
it does have power steering, the rservoir is bolted to the slam panel. 9 times out of 10 its the complete pump unit thats at fault. they cost a pretty packet new aswell. :(

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:02 pm
by teamster1975
If it is the pump there a couple of cheapies here (and bloody expensive ones too!)

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:19 pm
by Captain Jack
Last time this happened on my dad's 106, it was the alternator that packed up, causing PS failure.

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:36 am
by nipper76
cheers peeps.... will look into a new one 2day

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:29 pm
by nipper76
hiya peeps, got someone local whos breaking a saxo VTR

would the power steering pump from that do... as they have the pump and rack up for grabs

many thanks

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:14 pm
by nipper76
hiya chaps....

just been thrown a odd one..... ignition barrel?? could that be a possibility??

Re: Citroen Saxo power steering prob

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:21 pm
by steve_earwig
:shock: You mean it's electric??