PAS Pump Options?

[e21Keith]

I've never been that happy with the PAS pump in my 323i, it's a bit noisy and has some lateral movement in the shaft. New/recon ones are eye wateringly expensive.

Does anyone have experience of fitting an e30 pump, is it possible, alternatively is there a reconditioner that doesn't take payment in the form of kidneys?

[e21Keith]

And the answer was AutoDoc. In fact they were the only place that could do a recon pump, price was pretty good although the 2 weeks for delivery and poor customer service were a bit of a let down. Lets see how it works when I get the car running again in the next few days?

[Jeroen]

They're always slow indeed! Keep us posted how this works out buddy!

[e21Keith]

I've heard of fitting a filter to the PAS system, does anyone have experience of these, where does it go, which one to buy?

[Jeroen]

There's one at the bottom of the ATK tank, underneath the metal bottom you see with an empty tank

[uwbuurman]

Availability is a problem with those filters. Last batch we ordered after market in the USA.