Lauren's 1985 Kouki Trueno
04-17-2012, 01:06 PM
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Well, after 27 years it would seem that my PAS feed hose from the reservoir to the pump had started to disintegrate and had a slight fluid weep.

I trundled off to Toyota and £43+VAT later I had a new hose (that's with 15% discount). Expensive I know, but it's one of those things you'll only replace once, so might as well fit the correct part.

Old hose in Situ, seen going behind the sheathed AC pipe:

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I had a cunning plan for getting the fluid out of the reservoir. This involved using a syringe and some vacuum hose I had lying around:

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A quick delve into the recycling and a suitable vessel for temporary storage of power steering fluid was procured:

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Got the hose off without too much of a struggle really. That power steering fluid is really horrible stuff, it's all slippery and slimey and stinks (not as bad as gear oil though!):

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There was still a little fluid in the reservoir which I caught with a small pan.

New hose popped on dead easy. This is the beauty of OEM parts over finding an appropriate hose to fit I guess:

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Pump end:

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Reservoir end:
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Then it was just a matter of re-using the power steering fluid and job done. Smile

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