"MM54" (mm54mk2)
12/17/2018 at 18:37 • Filed to: 4Runner
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"MM54" (mm54mk2)
12/17/2018 at 18:37 • Filed to: 4Runner | 0
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Noticed the 4Runner’s steering was groaning a bit this afternoon. Being unsure of the fluid’s history I checked when I got home and found that it wasn’t old, it just wasn’t.
Engine was hot, so this is the correct side to use to check the power steering fluid (hey, air is a fluid).
In looking for the leak I found quite a bit on the floor under the rack (which was all very oily). I’ve cleaned it off and will refill with ATF (per the cap)
after dinner; I’ll check back tomorrow to see if I can tell where it’s coming from. Hopefully nothing too much of a pain.
A coworker was complaining that I “leaked oil all over” his driveway (accompanied by a picture of a tiny spot)
last week
, which I called bullshit because the oil level hasn’t changed at all since I changed it months ago
;
so this s
hould be a slow leak;
I drove ~250 miles this past weekend and it wasn’t until this afternoon that it got this low. Technically it is an oil, but not the oil which was implicit.
lone_liberal
> MM54
12/17/2018 at 19:07 |
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Only groaning a bit? I’d think it’s would sound like the ghost of Jacob Marley.*
*Seasonal reference.
Urambo Tauro
> MM54
12/17/2018 at 19:10 |
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Laugh it up, fuzzball.
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MM54
> lone_liberal
12/17/2018 at 19:57 |
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There was still some fluid in the system, just below the level of the d
ipstick (I looked down in to guess how much to add)
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MM54
> Urambo Tauro
12/17/2018 at 19:58 |
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Reminds me of the crown vic, which would randomly start and stop groaning from the power steering for no reason.