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I remember that I post the problem here yesterday, but I can't find it anymore.
I bought a 1990 es250 six weeks ago. It run good that time. The steering is very light. I didn't drive it untill tomorrow. Of couse the battery is discharged and I jump start the car. It seems that there is no power steering or even worse. It is very hard to turn the wheel at low speed. When I turn the wheel, there is some noise and smells come under the hood. I searched the forum and did find some lexus power steering problems. I want to know if electricity malfunction due to the discharged battery caused the problem. And I really want to know where is the steering rack located in my es250?
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I bought a 1990 es250 six weeks ago. It run good that time. The steering is very light. I didn't drive it untill tomorrow. Of couse the battery is discharged and I jump start the car. It seems that there is no power steering or even worse. It is very hard to turn the wheel at low speed. When I turn the wheel, there is some noise and smells come under the hood. I searched the forum and did find some lexus power steering problems. I want to know if electricity malfunction due to the discharged battery caused the problem. And I really want to know where is the steering rack located in my es250?
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You may have a big leak at your power steering pump. It's located on the passenger side of the engine toward the firewall. I think the guy may feel up with the PS fluid before sell it to you.
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Thank you for your reply. I filled it with ATF fluid. It leaks quickly and power steering works again. I will check where is leaking tomorrow. And if it is pump, how much to repair it?
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I had this problem cheched by a mechanic. He told me that the high presure line is leaking. The hose is priced at $100. But they want to charge 5 hours labor. Is it reasonable?
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I checked price of ps hose at autozone.com. They have pressure hose priced at $25. Is this one high pressure one? Part number 71434
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yeah..same problem with my car a month ago. i paid $26 for the pressure hose at autozone then $40 to have it installed. 5 hrs labor? go have it fix somewhere else.
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I figured out which hose is leaking. It's the hose to gear, not the hose from pump. I got the hose from autozone for $37. But I tried several shops, they all ask $130 to $200 to change it. Is it really a hard work? If not, I will try to do it myself?
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Another problem. Because the es250 is based on camry v6 and the pressure hose from pump are same for these two model, I bought a hose for 88 camry v6. I tried to replace it myself today. It seems that I can do it in 30m mins. But I find the connection to the rack is not the same one although the lengh and the other side are same. Now the problem is where I can get the hose. I searched the internet and get nothing. Can anyone help me?
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