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alantd



Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Tonga Green
PAS - not the pump!
Just as I left the driveway yesterday my steering started making a horrible noise and getting very heavy. A quick look underneath and there's fluid dripping all over the drive. Inside the bonnet and there's fluid sprayed everywhere.

Ah ha! I thought. I know what this is - clearly the PAS pump seal has gone (knowledge courtesy of Defender2.net).

Land Rover Assist were here within the hour. The guy had a quick look and revealed that actually the hose connecting the pump to the steering had come loose. The fluid had sprayed out and onto the PAS pump belt at the front and then been catapulted round the engine bay.

1 x 16mm spanner later and we were back in business.

He had no explanation as to why the hose had come loose and had never seen it before. I recall now that spudfan had a similar issue although his wasn't ever tight from assembly. Mine has done 9000 miles so I've no idea why it has come undone now.

LR assist's advice - monitor it regularly to make sure it doesn't come loose again and carry a 16mm spanner Neutral One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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110SEB



Member Since: 29 Jan 2009
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Re: PAS - not the pump!
alantd wrote:

He had no explanation as to why the hose had come loose and had never seen it before. Neutral


I do. Our cars are put together by a bunch of Brummies (I am one so can be rude) in a British Leyland factory with a British Leyland attitude that runs from supplier of the front windscreen washer sprayer (see thread this week) right through to the dealers - permeating everything in between.

If ever there was a case of "compu'er says no" Land Rover is it.

Never-the-less I still LOVE our 110 and Defenders of ALL kinds. Heart over head? You bet!

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dm_td5



Member Since: 20 Jul 2008
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I knew there was a use for a 16mm spanner!

Actually I've seen a reference to it either here or on another forum from another of the Australian Puma owners. I remember at the time checking mine and finding it to be tight. 110 2.4TDCi
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alantd



Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
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The LR assist guy didn't have a 16mm spanner with him!

He was digging around for ages and then asked if I had one.

"Never use a 16mm" he said.

"Never worked on a Defender" I thought. I seem to have every combination of metric and imperial on mine. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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shorty



Member Since: 31 Oct 2008
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My hose came lose after 10000 km whilst off road. Had a pretty good upper body work out on my way to the dealership. Land Rover's don't leak oil, they simply mark their territory!
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one_iota



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dm_td5 wrote:


Actually I've seen a reference to it either here or on another forum from another of the Australian Puma owners.


Both mine and I think TimmyNZ's suffered from this. Mahn
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alantd



Member Since: 14 Dec 2008
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Not so rare then.

Interesting. I guess it's another to add to the list. One that started out as a 2.4 TDCi 110 XS
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Eduardo



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Other thing to be check.
At least is not a big one
Maybe in some days we will see a bulletin with that.

Cheers! Eduardo

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