Morning all,

I've posted about this before but couldn't work out what the issue is. I was just thinking about it and in the past I had a seal go on one of the lines into the pump. I replaced the seal and topped up the fluid.

The seal went after about 6 months of having the car and the steering has always felt heavy to me.

Do you think its possible air may have creeped into the lines and thats causing the heavy steering? If so do you think its worth bleeding the sytem and is this an easy job to do? It cant do any harm can it. If its easy enough I'll attempt it myself if it doesn't solve the problem I'll leave it be.

My front shocks need replacing in the near future, is it possible this is causing the problem bearing in mind I've had the car 4 years and the steering has never felt like its been getting heavier as the shocks are wearing?

Any help much appreciated as always, thanks

Air would make the steering feel "spongy" rather than heavy".

 

How worn are the tyres? Seriously, steering gets heavier as the front tyres wear down.

Tyres and brakes all round are near new it does kind of feel a little spongey I guess. Could it make the steering feel heavier do you think? I can hear the pump working when I turn the wheel at a standstill or moving slowly/maneuvering

I don't know if this is possible on the Furbie, but it is theoretically possible to adjust the level of assistance given by an electro-hydraulic (usualy just called "electric") power assistance system.

Adjusting the steering sensitivity via VCDS:

 

Steering 

44 – steering assist 

07 - recode 

Soft coding = 011x0 or 012x0 

Replace x with a number from 1 – 9 

2 = GTI 

3 = Comfort 

6 = Handicapped (very light) 

Edited 11 August, 201411 yr by Alexandru