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  1. MCS02

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    #3 MCS02, Jul 23, 2013
    Is your car covered by the extended power steering pump warranty? If so its a trip to the dealer.
     
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    #4 RallyMini370, Jul 23, 2013
    Long trip! The cars in Costa Rica ..haha
     
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    #5 MCS02, Jul 23, 2013
    So you saying you don't want to do a little road trip? :biggrin5:
     
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    #2 Jason Montague, Jul 23, 2013
    :cornut: I'm an R56 type and we have electronic assist as opposed to 'hydraulic power steering' in the R50/52/53 sense so I'll bump you back to the top and we'll await the R50/52/53 gurus.:Thumbsup:

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    #6 Jason Montague, Jul 23, 2013
    :cornut: Oxford Motors CR is the Official MINI dealer in Costa Rica. Try avenidaescazu.com :Thumbsup:

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    #7 beaner, Jul 23, 2013
    i'd try to get a free one first! I've never had a problem with either my street car or the race car. pump is relocated in the boot in the race car. I don't remember exactly, but I think that most PS pump problems are related to the fans. fans (resistors) die, then PS pump overheats and dies. not sure if this is R53 specific or not....glad I could help.
     
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    #9 RallyMini370, Jul 26, 2013
    Did the clean yesterday. The only difference in the procedure I made was the seperate the pump part from the motor under the car so i did not have to drain the PS fluid. Fluid does leak out the shaft hole, so I plugged in with a rubber glove.
    I could not turn the shaft by hand, my motor bushes were half worn and the module board a little dirty with carbon dust. Once I put the motor together I could turn the shaft by hand but I counldn't test the pump as I have the fuel filter out for replacement.
     
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    #10 Minidave, Jul 27, 2013
    That computer board is what controls the speed of the pump, I've had good luck just taking it apart and cleaning the accumulated dust out from brush wear and have gotten a lot more miles out of one of these, but if you can swap it for the new style under the warranty you'll never have to buy another one.

    If the board is bad or the armature shorted you'll be getting a new pump.
     
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    #11 Norm03s, Jul 27, 2013
    Still waiting on the dealership, SA said he would call when they got replacements in. 4 weeks next Tuesday.
     
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    #12 RallyMini370, Jul 29, 2013
    Thanks for the info.

    I fitted a new fuel filter which canceled out the P0313 error. The filter was tolally blocked up. So now I could test the PSP which after the clean still did not work but the crazy electrical issues are gone which must have been related to PSP pump. Actually running without the pump does not affect the feel of the steering wheel, just parking requires a little more effort. haha

    I'm going to see it I can get a new pump for free from the dealer, if not I'll run without it.
     
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    #13 RallyMini370, Jul 30, 2013
    Seems the dealer here does not have the extended warranty for PSP

    Dear Chris,

    My guarantees partner tells me that this vehicle has no campaign to tell us replace this pump, so we cannot make any changes by guarantee, if any local campaign to USA this is valid only in that country.

    Greetings.