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Old 11-20-2008, 06:48 AM
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Default Can anybody explain why the steering is "light" when car is very cold...
until the car gets going some. I am sure it has something to do with the viscosity of the steering fluid at that temperature, but I can't figure out why that would make the steering light. If anything I would think it would have the opposite effect.

I have a 2001 2.7t with the servotronic relay pulled.
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Old 11-20-2008, 07:23 AM
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I can't tell you why it happens, but I can tell you it is common.
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My car does it, but to the right only, till it warms up. Servotronic getting tired, methinks.
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ME too, but my servitronic 628 thingy is pulled????
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Mine does it to, despite the fact that the relay is gone. Only lasts a few minutes though.
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I wonder if there's a pressure valve that gets stick when it's cold or something.
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Default I just noticed the same thing tonight with the wife's A6
was wondering what was going on. Thought last week's changing of the control arms had something to do with it.
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It happens to me when after start up even when the car has been parked indoors (i.e not too cold)
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