Dear all,
I have an issue on my MK1 2002 1,4mpi where the power steering pump decided to not work anymore after i started it.
What happened:
I drove to work and everything was working fine. When i started it later I immediately didn't have power steering anymore.
It did not return when I made several corners and drove on the highway etc. All this happened yesterday.
Then today I diagnosed alot, turning enigine on/off clearing ecu faults several times, battery on/off (see below). All of a sudden when driving to work it worked again. Untill I turned the engine off and on again the powersteering failed again and didnt come back anymore.
What i diagnosed:
Reconnected powersteering pump connectors on the pump itself.
Checked fluid level --> OK
Scanned the ECU for faults (with vagcom/delphi and ELM dongle) --> No faults except for some general error saying "Control module failure, check wiring", When i cleared it it didnt come back anymore
Checked the fuses --> Interior fuse 7 and engine bay fuse 3 are both OK. Though im not 100% confident the interior fuse is the correct one. My legend doesnt have a clear picture of anything powersteering related.
Im kind of running into a dead end here. At first I thought the pump was broken and i was about to order one untill it started working again for that brief moment, this would indicate that at least the pump and motor are not broken.
Kind regards,
Jarno