Just had my timing belt replaced by a local shop. Picked it up and it had no power steering. I just recently purchased the car and it seemed to be working fine before. Hadn't heard any noises or anything. The shop is saying it is the pump but I'm not sure if it something they did or did not do. They said they replaced everything except the serpentine belt because it looked new, had to replace the accessory belt because it "blew up", and replaced a power steering hose that broke. They found a piece of the old PS hose in the actuator which they thought originally was causing the problem. I put the front up and tried to bleed it but had no success.

Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

While in the shop for my last timing belt change, the power steering pump on my 02 A4 3.0 died. The mechanic bled the system several times hoping the problem was air in the system, but it turned out to be the pump. Maybe some stress is placed on the pump during the timing belt change, I don't know. This was the original pump on my car, and the odometer was at 225k at the time, so I assumed it was a case of the pump's time being up.