Power Steering Pipe

[jcol]

I have a leaking power steering pipe - the metal one that runs inside the front bumper (M2 tdi). I've managed to get a second hand one. In the FAQs it shows how to remove the front bumper - looks easy. Will that give complete acces to replace the pipe? If so any other guidance welcome!

[jcol]

So, did this today. Getting the front bumper cover off is really easy - only one problem - where it attaches underneath, Ford say remove three screws. Actually, Ford, there are three plugs, and I wasn't sure how to remove them, but luckily found a youtube video of how to remove a sharan bumper. See link below for an idiot's guide! Really useful. By way I didn't even know that what I was trying to remove was not the bumper, but the bumper cover!

Removing the power steering pipe should have been straighforward, but I had huge difficulty undoing the two torx screws holding it on. I rang the breaker yard who supplied my replacement pipe and they said that they often just lever it off! Lots of WD40 later, and I was close to just drilling the screws out, when they finally gave way. The other issue I had was what fluid to buy. By the way thanks Seatkid for an earlier post saying that fluid with G002.000 is the one. That is I think the VW code. The one in my Galaxy handbook says use N052146VX00. Suppliers I rang weren't very helpful, but I found a Silverhook power steering and hydraulic fluid on Amazon which has both those codes on the bottle, but managed to find a stockist in London by ringing Silverhook. One litre seems to have filled the system. Hope someone finds this info helpful..