2009 skoda yeti 2.0tdi elegance power steering reservoir location?

[Whatsthatcomingoverthehill]

Could anyone please tell me where I could find the power steering reservoir (pump or whatever you want to call it...basically where you can top up the fluid level) on a 2009 skoda yeti elegance 2.0tdi?

[langers2k]

I'm pretty sure it's electromechanical so there is no fluid.

 

What problem are you having or did you just want to check the level?

[Whatsthatcomingoverthehill]

Ah, thank you very much. That makes sense. Yes I just had a nosey under the bonnet and wondered why I couldn't find it (or any sign of it)

[Ryeman]

Welcome

Sign of the times.....sealed for life (10 years) usually these days.

[trundlenut]

Welcome

Sign of the times.....sealed for life (10 years) usually these days.

No, just no fluid, so nothing to top up or change. As above its an entirely electric system.

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[Whatsthatcomingoverthehill]

Thanks all, quite interesting (its my first car with electromechanical steering). Out of pure curiosity; what happens if your car is over ten years old or a warning light comes on regarding the steering system needing attention?

...Would the steering rack get replaced?

[Ryeman]

Thanks all, quite interesting (its my first car with electromechanical steering). Out of pure curiosity; what happens if your car is over ten years old or a warning light comes on regarding the steering system needing attention?

...Would the steering rack get replaced?

You recycle it.

[Ryeman]

No, just no fluid, so nothing to top up or change. As above its an entirely electric system.

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I'm living in the age of the spanner

[freedie]

Nuts

[DonjSZ5]

Electromechanical load sensors/cells. I remember them well at their birth into F1.

 

I was once asked to manufacture development units and my price was too high....they were complex little beasts. They were to be purchased from me cheap and then sold on for mega bucks to the F1 boys. Those were the days.

[Whatsthatcomingoverthehill]

Haha Let's try avoid the topic of being 'eco friendly'...we are talking about cars that are basically VW....

Do garages still 'service' power steering on electromechanical cars? Do Parts of the electromechanical steering sytem get spruced up on high mileage cars? Or is this now a thing of the past with this style steering systems?

[SuperbTWM]

Haha Let's try avoid the topic of being 'eco friendly'...we are talking about cars that are basically VW....

Do garages still 'service' power steering on electromechanical cars? Do Parts of the electromechanical steering sytem get spruced up on high mileage cars? Or is this now a thing of the past with this style steering systems?

 

They don't get touched unless something is wrong, and then a new one gets fitted in nearly all cases.

 

Some cars have an electro-hydraulic system which basically uses the same hydraulic rack as before but a motor to power to pump instead of the engine. In this case the tank may be hidden under the battery or somewhere ridiculous like the Polo 9N

[Whatsthatcomingoverthehill]

Great, thank you all!

[SuperbTWM]

Also I will add that there is a advantage to safety with electro hydraulic and electro mechanical. If your going round a corner and your engine blows up then you still have power steering