PAS pipe leak

[mjb]

Looks like my PAS pipe is leaking at the joint where the solid pipe from the pump joins into a flexible section which drops down the engine. I've just had a look for the price of the joint on servicebox and discovered you can only buy the whole high pressure pipe... for £448 sod that!

I think I'm going to use some Araldite putty to cover up the whole joint (overkill ftw?) to seal it up. What's people's thoughts on this course of action?

[ijmorrison]

mechanics isn't my thing but maybe a breakers yard or possibly if you have a decent engineering place near you they could repair / make something?

Iain

[steve_earwig]

Oh bugger bugger bugger Remember this? I had a new pipe made but it gave me even more ag so I ended up with a pukka part. The pressure goes up to something like 80 bar so I don't think there's much you can do about sealing it. I thought mine was the joint but it turned out to be a small crack in it. I suppose it might be worth trying to get it repaired, use as much of the old one as possible and don't let them replace the valve.

[mjb]

80 bar?


Take it duct tape's out of the question then?

[Captain Jack]

Still, you'll have an almost brand new car by the time you're done with it!

(When's the timing belt due? )

[mjb]

(When's the timing belt due? )

Not for a long long time

[jasper5]

I took a car for mot this morning, discussed the pipe with my mot guy, he told me they had a power steering pipe for a Jag repaired at a local hydraulics company, the cost was £35 quid plus vat.

Here is a list of your local people....there may be more, but this was just a quick look.

http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction ... nArea=true

[puggy]

Excellent jasper cos that reminded me of when i worked at a builder suppliers
and the old loader i was driving burst a pipe , parts were as hard to find as
rocking horse shite so the boss took it to an hydraulic engineers (cant remember
which ) and they did it there and then . Though steer clear of Pirtek apparently
they wanted an arm and a leg and take his pants down and butt fook him to do it

[Captain Jack]

Though steer clear of Pirtek apparently
they wanted an arm and a leg and take his pants down and butt fook him to do it

Literally?

[Welly]

Mine appeared to weep a bit at the pump's solid pipe which loops down and becomes flexible, I used to give it a wipe every now and again but I never saw it dripping as such