Power Steering

[Jden]

I replaced the PSP with a refurb. Everthing seemed to go fine, but at low speeds the power assit is not working. Any suggestions? are there any sensors involed? any help would good, thanx

'92 LS400

[silvermate]

have you checked your PS fluid?? you might want to give that a look and see if its low in the resevoir. its something simple i know, but wouldn't hurt to check and go from there.

[Jden]

I checked it, but i will check it again. any other ideas? This seems to be a common problem.

[silvermate]

If you do a search(at the botton of the page) in this forum you will find a ton of information on power steering problems, as they are very common problems with the LS's

just type in power steering in the search bracket.

good luck

[Jden]

thanks a lot i will try that

[SKperformance]

You may have gotten dirty stuck in the solenoid causing it to not move properly to adjust the amount of assist.

[Jden]

this might be a dumb question but, how do you clean it? are you talking about the valve that the vac. hoses connect to?

[SKperformance]

I don;t think it uses vacume .Atleast on mine it is controlled by a electric solenoid which opens and closes to adjust the pressure. To clean just remove the valve with a screw behind it and wipe down and clean its cavity with brake cleans reinstall with a new gasket if needed and your done.

[Jden]

is the soleniod on the pump itself? on mine there are no elect. connections. problem cleared up by it self. must have been a plugged.