I need to replace my power steering hose (it's leaking) and was wondering if there an any tips/tricks for 4age cars?
I have watched a few videos on how to do it and most people
1. disconnect hose from pump end
2. take off wheel and disconnect hose from steering end
3. install new hose and top up fluid
4. jack car off ground, turn on and turn left and right to bleed the system.
Is it that simple?
my questions:
Would it be easier to remove the intake and undo the bottom end of the hose from the top?
Is there p/s pressure sensors and other stuff to disconnect?
What's the correct way to bleed the system?
Anything I have missed?
Here's a pic of my p/s hose
Thanks
Last edited by shogun on Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Not knowing exactly what car you have (you don't say model, year etc), but having replaced a fair few hoses myself, the way that works for me is usually as follows.
Make sure you have the correct hose before you start, try to check it visually, or try to hold the new hose near the old and compare. Make sure it has the same fittings and any other provisions (pressure sensor etc).
Remove whatever you have to that's in the way, things like intake etc that are 5 minute jobs can usually make things a whole lot easier, stuff that looks like it could be a bit longer, like coolant hoses or something, I try to work around as I don't want to dick around draining and topping up coolant.
Disconnect the lower part of the hose (catch all the fluid that comes out)
Disconnect the upper part of the hose, be ready for any fluid that might come out of there too.
Fit your new/replacement hose (If necessary use new copper washers on either sides of banjo fittings), I like to fit the hose, put the bolts in but leave the bottom loose.
Top up the fluid and get ready to tighten the bottom fitting, tighten it when fluid starts to come out (this helps bleed air out of the system).
Put everything back together and double check all bolts are tight.
Fire it up, turn the wheel lock to lock a few times and keep an eye on the fluid level, top up if needed.
Cheers mate - yea that's pretty much what I did. Went pretty smooth (lower end nut was on there pretty good but that's about it).
AE101 by the way.
There are 2 bolts holding the hose in place. One you can see in the picture above and the other is holding the u bend section to the firewall. There were no sensors to disconnect.
