Hi guys and girls. I've been surfing in this forum for few years and today decided to register. Hoping that we can help each other and have some nice interesting discussion.
My beloved maxima is in some pain. I was away from home (Saudi) for about 5 years and she was parked all that time. Mum done some basic thing to look after which was ok but wasn't enough. My car has 155.000KL on it now. I drove it yesterday for less than 5mins, felt like suspension is lose and she jumping a lot, it was expected actually. I guessed I will have dry and cracked bushes and stuff. As I'm not worry about those things, my worries is about the engine as I gave best care in the past. I noticed the power steering is almost empty and there is a big leak somewhere thus the pump still working.
Is there any checklist that I could do to save this car. I don't like mechanic around here, I doubt they are not qualified. For me, my interests on cars have been swapped and replaced by other few things since I left home home but I guess I still can do few things. Also my previous car was an Australian GTO which is totally diff from my maxima. Now I have an OBD device that I'm gonna use. But I still need some advice from you guys. Any input will be highly appreciated. And I forgot to mention it is a33 maxima,manual trans. Thank you so much folks. Naif)

 

[I]Check the power steering pump leak, check and replace the tubing. Replace the strut, get the Bilstein B4 Series Shock Absorbers front and rear strut at Stillen.com[/I ]I believed you need to replace the sparkplug, the valve cover and the valve cover gasket, use the 2004 valve cover and gasket , the same fit as the 5th generation and cheaper. Drain and replace the transmission fluid, use Amsoil or Redline Transmission Fluid.

Good Luck

 

Suspect is more than likely the high pressure P/s hose assy.....leaks and fills the heatsheild wrap with p/s fluid....The top crimp area is usually where this fails....the problem is normal in the 5th gens due to the smaller p/s cooler when compared to the 4th gens! Nissan P/s pumps are bulletproof and rarely ever fail....

 

It was helpful, Thanks folks. it's the h/p hose very leaky. Cheers

 

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