No, I'm in Preston! I've put it back together and reinstalled it, but it's actually worse! I'm still on the drawing board phase! I'm thinking I might have overheated it trying to dry it out! ECUtesting will look at the motor, its £450 for the service though. Any other motor is about £80 on Ebay.
Ah I see, guessing you've had bad flooding down there too, if you have the motor off, you could try taking the black electrical block off and checking the board, if water has been sat in there for a long time the board can go moldy and gather green gunk on it which in turn causes a short circuit throwing an error light in the van. I've dried mine off as much as I can and started it up this morning and it's still the same, so looks like I'm going to have to take the motor off like you have done and try fix it. Looked like when you take the motor off yours power steering fluid leaked out, have you checked the Ps level to see if its not drained down, as that will cause an error code too, you could also check the 100amp fuse the back of the battery under the drivers seat with a bleep voltmeter
That electrical cover is factory sealed to the motor, I think it would be difficult to get it back in properly, but maybe necessary. It's an electrical motor, not a mechanical motor, there's no power steering fluid feeding it.
@walshysworld245 ok mate, reassuring to know there's no power steering fluid behind the motor. Yeah the electrical block needs to come off in order to fix, but maybe best for a specialist to do, they would be sealed with like special silicone to stop any ingress of water, but looking at it there are 3 x bolts to take out, the one side would be mechanical with the metal splines on which would be on a bearing, and the other side would be electrical with the connectors on. Which would power the motor. I've taken electrical pumps apart in the past so I'm a little familiar with how they work, just never a electrical power steering unit lol
Just managed to get the motor off mine, it was easier to take the passenger wheel off for me and use a long extension bar with torques bit on a swivel socket, struggled to do it from underneath myself, I shook it in the sink and it was still full of water and dirt, it leaked out all the connectors. So I'm going to dry it off overnight on the radiator hoping it will work tomorrow fingers crossed lol
Got the same problems we speak my had water in it but dried out run for 5 weeks all good till this morning not a happy chappy good luck £3k its a whole power steering rack
You don't live by stratford by any chance 😂 I drove through flood water and this has happened to me , had power steering malfunction in my w447 vito, and taken the connector plugs out and water would not stop pissing out, so I'm guessing its full of water still, I'm hoping the board isn't blown a resister or 2 once it dries out, I jacked mine up high on the one side hoping gravity will do its work and used a hot air drier underneath', how much did it cost to repair in the end mate? I might take mine to an electrical shop near me
No, I'm in Preston! I've put it back together and reinstalled it, but it's actually worse! I'm still on the drawing board phase! I'm thinking I might have overheated it trying to dry it out! ECUtesting will look at the motor, its £450 for the service though. Any other motor is about £80 on Ebay.
Ah I see, guessing you've had bad flooding down there too, if you have the motor off, you could try taking the black electrical block off and checking the board, if water has been sat in there for a long time the board can go moldy and gather green gunk on it which in turn causes a short circuit throwing an error light in the van. I've dried mine off as much as I can and started it up this morning and it's still the same, so looks like I'm going to have to take the motor off like you have done and try fix it. Looked like when you take the motor off yours power steering fluid leaked out, have you checked the Ps level to see if its not drained down, as that will cause an error code too, you could also check the 100amp fuse the back of the battery under the drivers seat with a bleep voltmeter
That electrical cover is factory sealed to the motor, I think it would be difficult to get it back in properly, but maybe necessary. It's an electrical motor, not a mechanical motor, there's no power steering fluid feeding it.
@walshysworld245 ok mate, reassuring to know there's no power steering fluid behind the motor. Yeah the electrical block needs to come off in order to fix, but maybe best for a specialist to do, they would be sealed with like special silicone to stop any ingress of water, but looking at it there are 3 x bolts to take out, the one side would be mechanical with the metal splines on which would be on a bearing, and the other side would be electrical with the connectors on. Which would power the motor. I've taken electrical pumps apart in the past so I'm a little familiar with how they work, just never a electrical power steering unit lol
Just managed to get the motor off mine, it was easier to take the passenger wheel off for me and use a long extension bar with torques bit on a swivel socket, struggled to do it from underneath myself, I shook it in the sink and it was still full of water and dirt, it leaked out all the connectors. So I'm going to dry it off overnight on the radiator hoping it will work tomorrow fingers crossed lol
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Got the same problems we speak my had water in it but dried out run for 5 weeks all good till this morning not a happy chappy good luck £3k its a whole power steering rack
You don't live by stratford by any chance 😂 I drove through flood water and this has happened to me , had power steering malfunction in my w447 vito, and taken the connector plugs out and water would not stop pissing out, so I'm guessing its full of water still, I'm hoping the board isn't blown a resister or 2 once it dries out, I jacked mine up high on the one side hoping gravity will do its work and used a hot air drier underneath', how much did it cost to repair in the end mate? I might take mine to an electrical shop near me