{"id":58927,"date":"2019-12-17T04:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=58927"},"modified":"2019-12-17T04:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T12:36:18","slug":"power-steering-pump-2004-toyota-avalon-xl-3-0-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/12\/power-steering-pump-2004-toyota-avalon-xl-3-0-l","title":{"rendered":"Power Steering Pump 2004 Toyota Avalon Xl 3.0 L"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2006-toyota-avalon.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota Avalon\" width=\"552\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2006-toyota-avalon.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2006-toyota-avalon-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m in the process of fixing my power steering&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/ask-mechanic.html\">My mechanic<\/a> in laws said to replace the pump but every time I put fluid in there it works for a week or so and then the reservoir is empty so I was thinking maybe a leak.. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/questions.html\">My Question<\/a> is Would I be better off replacing the whole pump or do I only need to do something else?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- In-Article --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5950293074584657\" data-ad-slot=\"3814845838\"><\/ins> <script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You need to locate the leak and repair it. Then fill it with fluid. The power steering is a closed system and should not loose fluid ever. Replace the pump if that is what is leaking.<\/p>\n<h3>Power Steering Pump, Replace<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Remove righthand front fender apron seal.<\/li>\n<li>Raise and support vehicle, then remove righthand front wheel.<\/li>\n<li>Remove clamp plates and holders, then the clamp from tube.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram.png\" alt=\"2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram-768x1092.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2004-toyota-avalon-power-steering-pump-diagram-720x1024.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Loosen drive belt adjustment bolt, then remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/serpentine-belt-routing-diagrams.html\">drive belt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Disconnect oil pressure switch connector.<\/li>\n<li>Remove power steering pump mounting bolts, then the pump with pressure tube attached.<\/li>\n<li>Remove oil pressure switch from union bolt.<\/li>\n<li>Remove union bolt and gasket.<\/li>\n<li>Reverse procedure to install, noting the following:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>a. Torque wheel lug nuts to 76 ft. lbs.<\/p>\n<p>b. Torque power steering pump mounting bolts to 32 ft. lbs.<\/p>\n<p>c. Torque power steering pump pressure tubes to 33 ft. lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m in the process of fixing my power steering&#8230; My mechanic in laws said to replace the pump but every time I put fluid in there it works for a week or so and then the reservoir is empty so I was thinking maybe a leak.. My Question is Would I be better off&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/12\/power-steering-pump-2004-toyota-avalon-xl-3-0-l\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Power Steering Pump 2004 Toyota Avalon Xl 3.0 L<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[10442,20903,236,9260],"class_list":["post-58927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-toyota","tag-avalon","tag-no-power-steering","tag-power-steering","tag-power-steering-pump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}