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Old 04-28-18, 11:21 PM
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Hello All,

I have Lexus ES300 , Year 1999. last week there was steering oil leak , but fixed with local Mechanic. Since the Problem is fixed but i am not feeling the same smoothness as before.

I am checking regularly there is no any oil leakage.
can any one advise what may the problem.
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Bleed the air out of the steering rack.with the engine running go to full lock and hold for a second or so. then go do full lock in the other direction and hold for a second or so repeat a few times.
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Originally Posted by tomr51
Bleed the air out of the steering rack.with the engine running go to full lock and hold for a second or so. then go do full lock in the other direction and hold for a second or so repeat a few times.
Hello Tom,

Thank you for your reply, Could you please advise how to Bleed the air out of the steering rack.
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as above turn the steering wheel to full lock and hold for a few seconds on the RHS then the LHS and repeat a few times
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