If your PAS pump fails is it still possible to steer the car ?

And is it legal to drive it in this condition ?

Nick

I think you would find it rather heavy and difficult to drive.

Well it depends if the steering wheel icon on the dashpod is amber or red, amber is hard to steer on a mk2 octy with 225 tyres. Red is even harder!

I felt i'd had a workout on amber, and i wouldn't recommend trying to drive it as you wouldn't be able to respond quick enough in an emergency imo and could pop the seals on the steering rack trying to steer it without.

If your PAS pump fails is it still possible to steer the car ?

And is it legal to drive it in this condition ?

Nick

I had the power steeering go on my Fabia completey as someone (not me!) clamped the pipe to the rack shut (so same affect as pump failure).:rotz:

Anyhoo, in my findings its fine on NSL roads, and anything over about 40ish. Actually felt nicer in my opinion, and a lot less skittish.

However, round towns and >40mph in was nigh-on undriveable. I almost got stuck at mini roadabouts, and almost crashed into the first big roundabout I pulled out onto as I couldn't turn fast enough. Parking, slow, tight conrers/ junctions were pretty much undo-able. Was only like this for a day or two, but it was really, really tiring to drive.

Also as said, no reaction speed, so serving would be hard, and could damage the rack as well.

Out of interest, why d'you ask?

RE the legal side, no idea, but I guess it would fail an MoT, so technically, not legal.

HTH, Joe

Edited 28 October, 200916 yr by TriggerFish

The MOT test for your vehicle : Directgov - Motoring

:)As others have said, possible to drive but really only just.

It's definately an MOT fail. [i'm an MOT tester]. However, the MOT rules and the law are not always the same.

3rded.