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This is a discussion on power steering within the Diagnostics & VAG-COM forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; i have driven a few octavia vrs's these past few weeks and they all seem to have heavier steering than ...
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19-08-2007, 17:15
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: todmorden
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| power steering i have driven a few octavia vrs's these past few weeks and they all seem to have heavier steering than mine.. mine is too light for me and was wondering if it is possible to stiffen the steering up
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19-08-2007, 21:25
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| Re: power steering i beleive you can with vag com, i read this somewhere else on here in the last few days. |
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20-08-2007, 08:33
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| Re: power steering It was possible on the Fabia, so I'd guess it should be possible on the Octy. It was in module [44 - Steering Assist] from the Chassis tab, and [Recode - 07]. No idea what the acceptable values are, but the smaller they are, the heavier on the Fabia... (Fabia-vrs.com - Coding Options) Chris
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20-08-2007, 14:35
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| Re: power steering no module found --- bugger could there be any reason why mine is so light then ???
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20-08-2007, 15:25
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| Re: power steering Different tyres? Different tyre pressures? Chris
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20-08-2007, 17:47
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| Re: power steering Is it an Octavia 2 then? |
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20-08-2007, 20:01
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| Re: power steering is it the same for a octy 2? just want mine slightly heavier as at speed it seems too light. |
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20-08-2007, 20:06
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| Re: power steering Not exactly the same as the Octavia 2 isnt hydraulic, but can be adjusted in diagnostics. |
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