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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
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When my D3 is cold and I'm driving to work in the morning my steering is lumpy until it gets warm. Does anyone else have this?
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 Mon Aug 21 2006 11:57am |
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10forcash
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Errr.... no  is the PS fluid level OK? TorqTune
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 11:59am |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
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10forcash wrote:Errr.... no is the PS fluid level OK?
Yeah that was the first thing I checked. When I took delivery of the car the steering was out and felt awful so it had a four wheel alignment etc. but it just doesn't feel right when it's cold.
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:00pm |
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10forcash
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could be contaminated PS fluid, does it look 'milky' ? TorqTune
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:02pm |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
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nope - looks like new
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:04pm |
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10forcash
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Has this only started recently? could be wear in a ball joint if so.
Could also be due to tyre wear TorqTune
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:08pm |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
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10forcash wrote:Has this only started recently? could be wear in a ball joint if so.
Could also be due to tyre wear
Don't think it would be but can't be sure, had the alignment done at 900 miles which improved things but noticed it after that. Not got any worse, car has done 2300 miles now.
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:11pm |
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10forcash
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OK, let's go back a step...
By 'lumpy' I'm assuming that you mean that the steering becomes tighter, then looser as you turn the wheel? is this at all speeds or just low speed manovering?
if you run your hand round the inner edge of the tyre surface (not the sidewall) does it feel castellated? TorqTune
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:15pm |
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oliver77
Member Since: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Mid Wales
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Been out and checked the tyres, they all seem fine.
By lumpy I mean sort of hard then soft. And the car seems to pull to the left and feel easier to turn in one direction than the other. After about 10 miles it seems fine.
I'm taking the car to the dealers on Thursday to have another problem fixed but i didn't want to mention it if they're all like it 
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 12:43pm |
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simon
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This happens to mine too. But not all the time. Often when I've gone from off road height to road height.
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 2:40pm |
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aitchy
Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
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had this on a car years ago turned out to be a bowed steering rack where the interaction of rack and sprocket goit tight at a certain point due to the arc in the rack..... TDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
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| Mon Aug 21 2006 3:38pm |
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