Hey guys how are we all? just signed up today after years of lurking ... now cut to the chase. my missus's owns a horrible vt commodore ( v6 ) it has been nothing but trouble.. we took it too the mechanic and got it quoted for a new power steering pump, and he started right away ended up that it was just the O-ring being worn. now initially he quoted us $345+$85 p/h for labour ( reckons it'd take 2 hours but ####ing bullshit ) anyways. he then rang us about 20 minutes after we dropped the thing off and tells us " hey guys just ringing to let you know you got out of this one clean no pump was need just a new o-ring. i was over joyed at the thought of saving money, heres the killer...we picked it up about 1 hour after leaving it and as we walk to the counter the prick turns around and says " 2 hours labour + 345 for the new pump 515 thanks " i hit the ####ing roof...ended up getting it down to just $85 for the labour ( he didnt charge for the o ring how generous ) but 85 bucks for 20minutes work? pull the other one.. so to save myself the pain in advance.. does anyone at all know what size O-Ring you need to re-seal the highpressure hose back into the pump? ill just do it my self next time thanks everyone
Just go to Holden and tell them which O ring you want and you will get the correct one and I'm sure it won't be too expensive either.
You can buy seal kits for these pumps for around $10 on ebay. They are easy to rebuild yourself too. The main problem with these pumps is not wear etc, its the seals, they get old, go hard and leak.
Hey Guys sorry about the late reply, due to my occupation ratio ( its ####ed up.. 3/1 ) i barely get the chance on the net! soo after reading about what everyone had posted it turned out it was just a little ####ing 45c O-ring.. but hey all in the name of making the missus happy!! thanks again!
