Power Steering Pump

[nokio]

My power steering died recently and as a result the pump was changed.

It has since failed again, what else could there be that is causing the pump to fail and hence remove the power steering capabilities.

Any ideas guys??

Please Help!!

Thanks

Nokio

[Mr Singh]

Check the lines and drain/refill the system. Also with car running open the cap and turn the steering to release any air bubbles.

[nokio]

Check the lines and drain/refill the system. Also with car running open the cap and turn the steering to release any air bubbles.

checked those extensively, that hasnt seemed to be the problem, any more suggestions.

Thanks

[feeler]

this same thing has happined me. had my altezza 2 week and the pump failed. i replaced the pump with a new one from toyota. and last week after doin a few ring on the way home it failed again. new pump had only been in the car 6 weeks.

did you ever get to the bottom of it.

[ROYT]

Have'nt a clue on Altezzas but on LS400 there is a little mesh filter at the rack end.

Don't know if you have one but it causes problems on the LS if it gets blocked.....

[feeler]

thanks for the info. the cars is going back to the garage tomorrow so we'll have a look for as mesh filter on the rack.

tryin to look at every thing, before puttin another new pump in. waitin on a diagram of rs200 power steering system. from one of the lads on tezzaworld. hopefully that will give us a better idea whats going on.

[Monster-Mat]

there is no filter on the rack that ive ever seen, ive stripped and rebuilt 2 now

the P/S pump is rebuildable aswell