Lift your vehicle high enough to work under it, place caps on all open hose ends, pump fittings and the steering gear and you are ready to proceed. Recover the front crossmoemnt from below and note where it used to be to access the high and low pressure ports on the steering gear. Detach the power steering pressure hose from the steering gear and let the drain the power steering fluid. Remover the pressure hose routing bracket from the return hose and unbolt it from the cylinder head on vehicles with a 2.0 or 2.4 liter engine. On a 2.5 liter engine, eliminate the two routing brackets and bolts. Unfasten the tie-strap holding the supply hose to the pressure hose, then take off the pressure hose from the pump, never allowing the copper sealing washers to come loose in pumps that are speed sensitive. Throw away all used O-rings that you remove from the hose fittings. Replace the newly purchased pressure hose by fitting it in the reverse order of how you removed the old hose. Don't forget to use a dry cloth to remove any dirt from the inside of the hose ends and ports. For non-speed-sensitive systems, use new lubricated O-rings and for speed-sensitive systems, replace them with copper washers. Secure the pressure hose to the pump in an untightened way so that it doesn't block the exhaust and so hoses are loose on bends. Thread the hose to the steering gear, place on the tube nut and tighten the nut to 31 Nm (275 inch lbs.) using a crow foot. Put the front suspension crossmember back in its original spot before tightening the flow control valve fitting bolt to 275 inch lbs. and the banjo fitting flow bolt to 31 Nm. Put the tie-strap on the supply hose back onto the pressure hose, lower the vehicle, start the engine for a short time and add fluid where needed after checking. Lift the front end, turn the
Steering Wheel in both directions and measure the fluid. Top up the fluid if necessary. In case your refrigerant looks foamy, give the vehicle some time and check again after a little while. Lastly, check all the hose links to make sure nothing is leaking.