power stering fluid drops too fast.

1994 LEXUS LS 400
185,000 MILES • V8 • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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JUAN TORONO
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on a 1994 lexus ls 400 power stering fluid drops every day i have fill up, i see a drop once in a while from the mittle of a power stering boot,i dont see drops on the floor, every morning i see smoke come out of the tail pipe for about a 15 secons and sometimes during the day. l dont know were my problem is please help thanks. if i had to replace the rack and pinion how hard is it to replace? thank you.
Jan 4, 2011 at 10:41 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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The oil smoke on start up may well be a problem with valve stem seals, this is a fairly common problem, this will not be the loss of steering fluid, if there is oil in the boot of the rack, this will be a end seal slowly leaking, the rack will have to come out to fix this.

mark (mhpautos)
Jan 4, 2011 at 11:00 AM