On my golf the power steering is noticeable quite light and easy. On my
wifes golf its quite heavy, I've checked the fluid and its on full. The
garage who fixed the broken exhaust mount noticed there is a slight week
on the power steering pipe and howed me it was just sweating and he said
worth mentioning but not worth fixing not sure if this can cause heavy
power steering.

Also a scan shows these two fault codes:

power sterring pressure sensor switch fault ? 00557 - short circuit to
earth.

idle speed regulation sporadic 00533

....when started the idle is a little like its hunting for s few seconds.
Just the power steering heavyness makes it a bit hard for her to drive.

the car is a 1.6 8v 1999 AEH engine auto which drinks petrol lol

Joseph Craine wrote:

On my golf the power steering is noticeable quite light and easy. On my
wifes golf its quite heavy, I've checked the fluid and its on full. The
garage who fixed the broken exhaust mount noticed there is a slight week
on the power steering pipe and howed me it was just sweating and he said
worth mentioning but not worth fixing not sure if this can cause heavy
power steering.

Also a scan shows these two fault codes:

power sterring pressure sensor switch fault ? 00557 - short circuit to
earth.

This sounds like what I'd be first looking at. Especially if you have
electric/speed sensitive power steering.

idle speed regulation sporadic 00533

...when started the idle is a little like its hunting for s few seconds.
Just the power steering heavyness makes it a bit hard for her to drive.

Air leak, or dodgy idle stablisation valve, or maybe just a clean of the
inlet.

the car is a 1.6 8v 1999 AEH engine auto which drinks petrol lol

That sounds possitively frugal.
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Pressure sensor is just to let the ecu know it has to raise the idle a bit.
Hunting is usally a case of a dirty throttle valve body.
The s.pump could be down on pressure or the steering rack has a internal
leak...

SFC

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Joseph Craine wrote:

On my golf the power steering is noticeable quite light and easy. On my
wifes golf its quite heavy, I've checked the fluid and its on full. The
garage who fixed the broken exhaust mount noticed there is a slight week
on the power steering pipe and howed me it was just sweating and he said
worth mentioning but not worth fixing not sure if this can cause heavy
power steering.

Also a scan shows these two fault codes:

power sterring pressure sensor switch fault ? 00557 - short circuit to
earth.

This sounds like what I'd be first looking at. Especially if you have
electric/speed sensitive power steering.

idle speed regulation sporadic 00533

...when started the idle is a little like its hunting for s few seconds.
Just the power steering heavyness makes it a bit hard for her to drive.

Air leak, or dodgy idle stablisation valve, or maybe just a clean of the
inlet.

the car is a 1.6 8v 1999 AEH engine auto which drinks petrol lol

That sounds possitively frugal.
--
Jon B
Above email address IS valid.
http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/ Apple Laptop Repairs.