Hello all. Very new to the forum and I’m struggling with the power steering on my Polo GT.
I’ve just bought a Polo GT a few days ago with the power steering already not working. I took it to the mechanic who discovered that the pipes were leaking very badly. I got another steering rack with pipes off a vrs that was being broken. After the mechanic changed those it still was not working. The light was not illuminated but still no power steering. It kicked in at a small range towards the right end of the lock but then would not work.
Yesterday I changed the pump from another working car and still nothing. It kicks in fully in a small range of the turning circle but for the rest there is no assistance at all.
I’ve primed the system, checked all fuses. Made sure there was no air in the system. I had a fault before when I moved the engine bay wire for the pump back to the fuse box (previous owner put it directly on the battery) 00566 implausible signal but that hasn’t come up again after that.
Please any help is appreciated.
Car battery was just replaced with a nearly new one. Idle voltage 12.8 but when started 14.4.
Thank you!