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A8 creaking steering rack


quattroboy
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Good afternoon all. My '02 A8 with 83,000 on the clock has developed a rather loud creaking noise when turning the steering wheel. There is no play in the steering and it handles fine but the creaking is really annoying.

Interestingly it seems more prevelant in warmer weather/when the car had warmed up. it doesn't happen first thing in the morning.

I appreciate that it's probably down to some worn bushes in the steering rack but would be interested to hear if anyone has had the same experience. Is it an expensive fix and am I likely to be heading for the next ditch as the steering fails?

Thanks in advance.

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Not sure if the FL model was different, but in mine, when you took the lid off the power steering reservoir, there was a 'cylinder' in their below it that could be pulled out which had a metal mesh in it to filter the fluid.

Gotcha.

Lifted the lid tonight thinking it was actually in the lid. Will have another go tomorrow then.

Cheers

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