Leak in power steering hose, need part # .. any ideas?

[MadManMike]

yep, the manual calls for dextron ATF for the power steering. My local napa and autozone didn't carry it, finally found it at walmart. It was the dextron III/mercon ATF.

 

I thought I remembered hearing that.

 

Well the hose was not in at any local stores, including our big napa warehouse ( I really wanted to get my pathy fixed this weekend before we get snow)... So I had to order it online and now I am going to have to wait a week for it to ship.

 

Oh well... I suppose I can let the poor pathy sit another week.

 

-Mike

[Kittamaru]

What else would it be?

 

 

I dunno... I always thought Power Steering Fluid was just that... not Transmission Fluid 0o;

[WiredWrong]

I spliced the high pressure line right where the red arrow is on his pic up there, YES YOU CAN DO IT!

 

 

Ok fine , yes oh mighty one you can .

[adamzan]

I dunno... I always thought Power Steering Fluid was just that... not Transmission Fluid 0o;

 

It seems to be different for different vehicles, my friends 2000 neon required Power steering fluid, while my other friends Plymouth breeze (both Chrysler) called for ATF

[MadManMike]

It seems to be different for different vehicles, my friends 2000 neon required Power steering fluid, while my other friends Plymouth breeze (both Chrysler) called for ATF

 

Yeah I think I am just going to stick with what the manual says... And it says ATF.

 

I put PSF in while it was leaking so I could get home... I have had power steering go out before in smaller cars, but with my new BFG's I was having a hard time steering my pathy with no fluid

 

-Mike

[GrimGreg]

I have had power steering go out before in smaller cars, but with my new BFG's I was having a hard time steering my pathy with no fluid

 

-Mike

 

Yeah, I thought I would be smart and remove my PS belt until I could replace/repair the hose so I wouldn't run the pump dry and burn it up. Couldn't even turn out of the driveway! Went to the J-yard that day to get another one.

[MadManMike]

Got the hose today... Took me about 4 hours to install. Plus it was icy on the ground and in the 20's all day.. so I was freezing my butt off by the time I was done.

 

Couldn't get a couple of the clips back on, because the new hose really didn't line up with the old one. But I gave them a good wiggle and they didn't move at all, so I am not going to worry about it.

 

For people trying to do it in the future:

Taking off the fan shroud and the FAN/clutch makes it a lot easier.

Also you have to take off the passenger front tire to get to a clip in there.

 

Any way I got it all done before it snowed again... And now I can finally stop driving my moms corolla Embarrassing and it doesn't fit me

 

-Mike

[Precise1]

Glad you got it done!!

 

B

[vagabond]

hi mike-if it's the high pressure hose, yes, it's recommended to replace the entire hose. I just did it a few weeks back on my 1992 pathy. Here's what I did:

 

-drained the p/s tank

-remove fan shroud (I had to take the fan clutch out, but others say you can finesse it out)

-remove the hose clamps

-loosen the bolt to the p/s switch, then remove the banjo bolts, they are 15/16" size

 

Then I reattached the line, but not too tight first so I could get the clamps lined up first and tightened. I was pretty easy. Bleeding it was a breeze too. - julie

sorry to get into this so late, but that is about what I did on mine last summer when I replaced it and since I had a little over 50.000 miles on the T belt I replaced it at the same spent about 3 hours altogether. I picked up my hi pressure hose at Kragens for about $58.00 and it matched all the bends of the original hose. Hope this helps someone in the future