oil hanging on the passenger side front control arm

by **JvR** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:15 am

Yesterday i was looking at the exhaust system and I noticed oil hanging on the passenger side front control arm and the area around it.
It looks like engine oil. Anybody know what the leak is?

Thanks :party:

by **Mole** » Sun May 03, 2009 10:29 am

might not be oil, but cv boot leak.

by **trd4life** » Sun May 03, 2009 10:34 am

power steering rack

by **JvR** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:21 am

The color of de oil is blank (light yellow)

Almost the same color of new oil??

by **carstenmeiner** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:30 am

Like Gabe says it's the powersteering. I have the same problem

You can get a rebuildkit for the powersteeringpump.

by **JvR** » Sun May 03, 2009 12:20 pm

on thing is funny, i checked every fluid and they are all full (brake, transmission,oil,coleant,etc.) :-?

by **TRDSleeper** » Mon May 04, 2009 7:22 pm

^ Yeap, I have the exact same problem. I was under my car when I noticed oil leaks in the same area as you described. When I took off the front wheel I saw that the power steering pump was covered in oil. My mechanic said it's a slow leak, nothing to be too concern about since the fluid level is still full. I would like to get the rebuild kit though. Does anyone know how much it costs and how difficult the job would be?

by **samarai912912** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:19 pm

heres one. not a hard job to do at all. plus you can get in there and clean clean the crap out of it. might as well replace the belt also. powersteering fluid is bad for other components.

ebay oem toyota rebuild kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOTA-4 ... ccessories

by **GreeKAvaLoN** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:30 pm

^one bigass sig. Are you sure its not your CV boot leaking or squirting out grease? Mine is horribly and its EVERYWHERE so maybe look around your rims too. Just a thought =P goodluck!

by **jetbtkng** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:52 pm

samarai912912 wrote:heres one. not a hard job to do at all. plus you can get in there and clean clean the crap out of it. might as well replace the belt also. powersteering fluid is bad for other components.

ebay oem toyota rebuild kit:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOTA-4 ... ccessories

those rims look familiar,

oil hanging on the passenger side front control arm

oil hanging on the passenger side front control arm

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