Weep on power steering pressure hose

mk4 golf 1.6 8v 99 auto

I have had a weep on the high pressure power steering line from pump to rack for a while now not gotten any worse but I should fix it before it worsens and I run the pump dry causing more pain to my wallet. Can I use anything to patch this pipe or is it best to replace ?

I was hoping to put a patch on it of some sorts ? as vw quoted me £137 for the pipe.

Its such a minute weep and i don't even need to top the pas fluid up. I check it often but only top it up every 4 months or so. So I just want to patch it if it won't upset the mot guy who noted it down as an advisory, that said maybe best to replace the pipe. But just wondering whats involved with that ?

Try a hydraulic hose supplier, not VW

Try a hydraulic hose supplier, not VW

The part from vw costs £160 + vat but I called a hydraulic pipe repair firm near me and they said if I remove the pipe and leave it with them for half a day it will be £80, what do you think ? should I get a new one or get this one repaired, they say they can repair it full to just as strong as a new pipe.

I would get it fixed rather than buy a new one. Hose places will do it while you wait or even at your place (certainly in my area anyway)

I would get it fixed rather than buy a new one. Hose places will do it while you wait or even at your place (certainly in my area anyway)

Yeah he said it could be done while I wait depending on how much work is involved or pick it next day if that's more convenient. I gather they reuse a bit of the old stuff the connector ends and what not and just replace the piping and make a hole for the power steering pressure switch. No entirely sure what the process is but surely must be worth a shot at 50% less than a new pipe from vw and even ebay ones cost more.

Now to figure out how to remove it.

Is this correct jack up and put on stands

remove under guard and front passenger wheel

drain fluid from bottom of pump and disconnect hose from that end, then the other end where it connects to the steering rack.

Now is it a case of wiggling it out as I recall its a bendy bit of pipe with a few curves and goes around the gearbox I think from memory or do you need to remove anything else to free its access out ?

Thanks

I would get it fixed rather than buy a new one. Hose places will do it while you wait or even at your place (certainly in my area anyway)

Forgot to add my local garage said he would just put a "patch" on it but no idea what or how good that is and a proper fix would be best I guess.

it will be just suck it and see, sorry, but unless you could find someone that has recently changed one you are on your own as regards fine details.

As others have said, getting the old one fixed is a much better option. If you take it to your friendly local hose fixer, they will put new hose between your old ends. On the admittedly slim chance that you have a BH postcode, I recommend Thread and Pipe, of Elliott Rd. If they're not too busy, sometimes they'll do it while you go off for a cuppa. Years ago I needed a pair of brake hoses with banjo ends instead of the normal type. Dealer wanted 55 each, they did them for a tenner each, and as a bonus they used armoured braided hose.

Steve

I've got a TT and an A3, which are both really MK4 Golfs. Have had the racks off both of them for various reasons.

The PS feed pipe on the cars I have (Both 1.8Ts) leaves the bottom of the pump in a flexi pipe, changes to solid, and goes for a curvy adventure all over the front of the gearbox. It's held on in a couple of places by rubber-lined 'P' shaped clamps. After that it goes up the side of the gearbox held on by another clamp and then turns into flexi again with a Banjo on the end where it connects to the ramp.

Not sure how it looks on a 1.6, but I'm not sure it'll be possible to undo the banjo bolt on the rack without at least removing the NS driveshaft or possibly dropping the front subframe a bit. Worth peering at it to see, but the 'chassis' gets in the way a bit so I couldn't get a socket straight on. The other side is much worse though.

Is the pipe weeping from a solid bit or a flexi bit? I fixed quite a bad leak on a rusted section of the solid pipe on the TT by cutting the bad section out and fitting a straight hydraulic connector I blagged from a hydraulics supplier.