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Originally Posted by HPsauce
My sons S4 is allegedly coming back to him tomorrow morning (Good Friday) at 10am. Not sure if has to collect or it gets delivered.
Seeing him later in the day so I'll hopefully get the full story!  |
Turns out it was "just" an airlock and that this is quite normal/common after replacing the rack/fluid. Hmmm..... 
Apparently it says on the invoice that the car should be brought back after about 3 weeks to bleed any air from the system.
On the invoice!
I was with him when he collected it after the initial repair and no-one said anything about this or pointed to the comment.
And anyway, why is this necessary and why would it fail totally? Surely, like brake bleeding, there's a procedure to follow that should ensure the hydraulic fluid is bubble-free?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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