in my 00 maxima. i thought it was just a minor thing..had steering squeak and i saw canister of fluid was all out practically. upon filling that with lucas and steering fluid...i notice the area below in the picture.
that black foam housing was soaked in oil at the bottom. there is oil present around that area.

question is. what is this line for? possible issues that could come out of this?

 

Power steering pressure hose. This is a common issue on our cars. I just had to have mine replaced about 7 months ago. I had a leak that would run out my power steering fluid about every 150 miles.

It's not too expensive to replace. But it's a real PITA to install.

 

i shouldve known it had to do something with p/s....cuz when i bought this car 2 weeks ago, it had all fluids clean and topped..ran out in about 400 miles....
how much does the part roughly cost?
can you point me in the right direction to parts i need.

 

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Originally Posted by a33_ridah

i shouldve known it had to do something with p/s....cuz when i bought this car 2 weeks ago, it had all fluids clean and topped..ran out in about 400 miles.... how much does the part roughly cost? can you point me in the right direction to parts i need.

I think I payed $125 for mine. A buddy who's a parts manager ordered it for me. You'll find them anywhere from $125-160 depending on where you shop. I forget the part number, but I know it's called a power steering pressure hose. I'd say try calling DaveB and see what he can do.

 

I agree give Dave B a call for pricing, he also has an added incentive with an end of the month sale, here's his thread link and contact info http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...onth-sale.html

 

Very tempting to get a new MAF!

 

aight guys ill be giving dave a call.
its amazing the whole org knows dave b. he must be a cool guy!

thanks to everyone confirming the part..
any tutorials on it? or is it self explanatory?

 

It's pretty self-explanitory. It only has 3-4 bolts holding it in place. It can even be done on jackstands, but I had my mechanic put the car on a lift and do it to save time.

Took him about 30 minutes to get it done. It might take longer on jackstands.

 

Simple time consuming fix. I replaced mine at 140K. 10 mins to take off 2 hours to reinstall. lol

 

haha yea this is a pain to install my friend installed his and took him quite a while but if you know how to do it yourself I recommend you do it than paying someone a lot of money to fix it

 

easy fix. the hardest part will be reinstalling the large bolt that connects to the power steering pump.good thing your not replacing the pump,youll need little boy hands,its a tight fit!

 

We had no issues with the banjo bolt. We got that bolted up in about 30 seconds on the lift. The hardest part was getting the little bolt that holds the bracket for the hose behind the manifold back on.

 

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/200...sure_hose.html

that the ONLY thing i need or something else as well?
it mentions
The pressure switch at the hose outlet is not included with the Gates version of this hose (reuse the original switch or order separately).