I was wondering if you would ever get a LS430 in to work on. Looks like the one here is a Ultra Luxury model, which has the air ride suspension, radar cruise control, the rear seats have a massaging feature and there is even a refrigerator for keeping drinks cool. Saw the engine cover and instantly knew what it is was, got me excited lol. I own one and they are incredible, the amount of engineering and attention to details that went into them is insane. IMHO, one of the best cars ever made. Ride is ridiculously smooth, has a surprising amount of get up and go and despite being a luxury car, very easy to service and incredibly reliable. I do most of my own repairs and maintenance on mine and it's so easy to do a lot of things that on other cars are much harder. Mine has 279K miles and all the interior gadgets and gizmos still work. The leather and other materials look like they have 150K less miles than they actually do. These cars will last forever with proper maintenance.
I had a 1995 corolla dx. Family heirloom. At about 190k if I turned and accelerated uphill the pump would whine so I got my turkey baster out and did it all myself, a poor mans exahange of fluid but I did it twice over a few weeks. All better. Car rarely ever had a problem its entire life. The end was me rear ending someone but it ran like a top then too. Not an issue other than it was totalled. Could have driven it home it just never gave up. Didnt use any oil and when I replaced the valve cover gasket it looked new inside!! It made its departure at 200k. Sad to see it go.
@@petermonk117 come on it was in the rain and the only safety features were air bags that burned your body. It had a good life!! I will say the accident was a no fault it may have been a two driver somewhat of a unknown disagreement of the speed limit sort of thing. I did try and pass but he did his thing and the struts were so bad it went under his pacifica. He left and never contacted my insurance for anything. Never heard a word
In ownings dozens of cars, trucks, motorcycles and lawn care vehicles, I can only recall changing brake/power steering fluid twice. I've added to these systems after repairing leaking or broken lines or changing filters, but never had I or a mechanic done this. Growing up around heavy equipment, we used the smell test: If it smelled burnt or like sulfur rotten eggs, find out what the problem was, fix it, change oil and filters. All this was back in the Fred Flintstone era and perhaps things are different now.
The problem with brake fluid being left alone is it absorbs moisture which lowers the boiling point and causes brake fade faster as well as loss of pressure. Water also causes corrosion on the fittings & such. It's an hour job on a small car to do yourself, and they make vacuum bleeders that take all the hard work out of it.
Just checked mine on my 2004 Lexus RX330. Bought it last year from an older woman who maintained it, less than 33,000 on the clock. Looked great. I live another year! Just changed it on my pristine 2016 Jeep Wrangler JKU with 64,500.
I don't have a fancy machine, but my method gets pretty close to 100% of dirty stuff out. Put car on jack stands. Turn wheels full left. Suck out old fluid from reservoir. Disconnect return line and add an extension hose to a bucket. Secure line in Bucket. Fill the reservoir full. Have your buddy turn on the car and turn the wheel full right while you're pouring fresh fluid into the reservoir. Stop engine. Reconnect the return hose. Top off reservoir, turn on engine, refill as necessary. Reinspect for leaks. Clean any mess made. Done. Note: If the reservoir had nasty deposits/stains, remove the reservoir completely. Use dish soap/ degreaser and clean with a bottle brush. Throughly dry before reinstalling.
I don’t know what was in my power steering pump, it was like jello, it almost looked like super thick syrup. There is a power steering leak so I’m guessing someone added some type of leak stop or just put in some super thick oil of some sort, which makes sense because when it’s cold out the wheel would refuse to turn until the engine warmed up and the fluid started flowing better. After a couple of flushes the power steering system works great even when it’s -10f.
@@paultaylor256 2005 Subaru Outback with a quarter of a million miles on the odometer. I assume the fluid was just the original fluid that had thickened up.
My friend Mary never changed her geo prizm power steering fluid. It was making noise mechanic had trouble chipping it out. Looked like old rock hard jello. Mary yelled at the mechanic saying it never needed changing
True but this CLOWN is all about 4 point checks, looking for that famous joiner on the exhaust and his top one THE RUST ON THE CHASSIE [flavour] Not a real mechanic at all , FRAUD if you ask me
I had to help a guy with his power steering pump. His car was super old and hardly road worthy. His pump gave up so he bought a new one and had no idea how to install it. Luckily we did it without losing any fluid (no idea how none was lost) and bled it fully. Steering felt like new again.
That’s some nasty PS fluid - if it still identified as fluid and not grease. I do the old turkey baster method for brake and PS fluid changes - with several passes I hope to get 80 percent of the old stuff out each time. Have also found large plastic syringes with tubing attached for the really tight places a baster doesn’t fit.
Thanks to this channel I went out to my car and started looking for FIFO in my entire engine compartment and cowl after watching that episode of them cars with tons of mice pee and 💩
So called experts say these services are not in the owners manual so therefore we technicians are overselling them. What interval do you think is appropriate for all the different flushes that the experts say are unnecessary?
damn.. something i don't even think about. my brake fluid, oil, greasing everything that has a fitting is done regular. 01 silverado, 4.8, runs so smooth, never any real work done. 250k+ hell, it runs so good, twice i started it after just running into a store, when it was already running. didn't think to look at the rpm.. GRRRINNND! opp's. but you really can't tell whether it's running, or not, unless you look at the rpm. power steering fluid? well? no problem at all. not something i thought about. but after over 20 years? probably should change it too. thanks for the reminder.
I feel like the dealer is just trying to make up time for this service. Literally all you do is suck out the reservoir. Unhook the return. Extend it with a different hose and start the car while continuing to add fluid in the reservoir. Or if the return is lower than the suction (only fn ford does this shit) run it til you start hearing the pump and shut it off. Fill up the reservoir to get new fluid in. Repeat one more time. Done. On most cars, I'm completely done in less than 10min. Ford is maybe 20min. This methid here is some nonsense almost.
You do realize that toyota calls for ATf for the power steering system. Worst stuff you can use is power steering fluid. No Automobile manufacturer uses power steering fluid from the factory. Ford, Gm, Toyota, Honda, etc, all call for ATF.
CAUTION ⚠️ OPPORTUNITY - Use only fluid recommended. Really should flush every five years. Can be done with engine off IF vehicle is jacked off the ground. Fill resivor. Let return fluid
@@paultaylor256 oh, you said "you" as in addressing me, that's why I didn't understand. I guess you meant to say, and "they" probably eat...........etc.
Why does all fluids on you tube look dirty???? Guest if it was clean no one would watch. What in this picture don't look right??? Painfully clean engine with painfully dirty power steering fluid reservoir. Lets flush it with this machine that I am promoting. Wait Wait. Lets flush the brake fluid system too. Lets do it every 3 to 5 years though it did last 18 years. Maintenance is important but alot of this is RUclips click bait. They make money showing you dirty fluids that is planted. Plastic pipets will give you a chance to look at your fluids. Then compare them to a RUclips video of the same vehicle. Funny how you live in a cleaner world.
Brake fuild naturally draws moisture. Plus the rubber brake line s start degrading. That's where the black brake Fluid comes. Same thing with Carmel colored crap. Same thing A total Automatic transmission flush. Be Sure they don't just flush it. Find out if You have a transmission fluid filter. A lot of them are just metal Screens now. If you're going to do a Complete flush consider buying synthetic. Your Transmission will run twenty degrees lower and replace your Transmission With New detergents. If you're fluid is not a pink or red just keep driving it. Clutches are Worn out.
Their Is Test strips for the brake test your brake fluid for moisture. With Vehicles With ABS Parts get expensive real quick! In general I do mine At A 100.000 Miles.
U need to shoot video a little better. Your videos , instant vertigo. Not too bad on this one but every time u shoot under a car it’s a definite turnoff. Check others u will see what I mean. The constant jerkiness and fast movement is not good. Check it.
Really goes to show that fluid flushes are really unnecessary. I have owned hundreds of vehicles and honestly oil and atf seem to be the only fluids worth changing at scheduled intervals. I never really see anything happen due to coolant (except with dexcool) or power steering fluid/brake fluid.
I was wondering if you would ever get a LS430 in to work on. Looks like the one here is a Ultra Luxury model, which has the air ride suspension, radar cruise control, the rear seats have a massaging feature and there is even a refrigerator for keeping drinks cool. Saw the engine cover and instantly knew what it is was, got me excited lol. I own one and they are incredible, the amount of engineering and attention to details that went into them is insane. IMHO, one of the best cars ever made. Ride is ridiculously smooth, has a surprising amount of get up and go and despite being a luxury car, very easy to service and incredibly reliable. I do most of my own repairs and maintenance on mine and it's so easy to do a lot of things that on other cars are much harder. Mine has 279K miles and all the interior gadgets and gizmos still work. The leather and other materials look like they have 150K less miles than they actually do. These cars will last forever with proper maintenance.
I have a base model 2005 with 176k. I humbly agree.
I had a 1995 corolla dx. Family heirloom. At about 190k if I turned and accelerated uphill the pump would whine so I got my turkey baster out and did it all myself, a poor mans exahange of fluid but I did it twice over a few weeks. All better. Car rarely ever had a problem its entire life. The end was me rear ending someone but it ran like a top then too. Not an issue other than it was totalled. Could have driven it home it just never gave up. Didnt use any oil and when I replaced the valve cover gasket it looked new inside!! It made its departure at 200k. Sad to see it go.
Damn fam
"......got my turkey baster out..."
Giggerty
".......was me rear ending someone...."
Giggerty
"......driven it home......."
Giggerty
Sooo much wasted Giggerty James......tsk tsk
"......Poor man's exchange of fluid......"
Giggerty
@@petermonk117 come on it was in the rain and the only safety features were air bags that burned your body. It had a good life!! I will say the accident was a no fault it may have been a two driver somewhat of a unknown disagreement of the speed limit sort of thing. I did try and pass but he did his thing and the struts were so bad it went under his pacifica. He left and never contacted my insurance for anything. Never heard a word
Just don't make them like they used to. SMH
Hmmm another day another adventure mate. WOW..Ty always amazing to see the neglect some put their cars through. Keep Safe Keep Strong Mate🦘🦘🦘🦘
In ownings dozens of cars, trucks, motorcycles and lawn care vehicles, I can only recall changing brake/power steering fluid twice. I've added to these systems after repairing leaking or broken lines or changing filters, but never had I or a mechanic done this. Growing up around heavy equipment, we used the smell test: If it smelled burnt or like sulfur rotten eggs, find out what the problem was, fix it, change oil and filters. All this was back in the Fred Flintstone era and perhaps things are different now.
The problem with brake fluid being left alone is it absorbs moisture which lowers the boiling point and causes brake fade faster as well as loss of pressure. Water also causes corrosion on the fittings & such.
It's an hour job on a small car to do yourself, and they make vacuum bleeders that take all the hard work out of it.
IKR!? SMFH LMFAO
Just checked mine on my 2004 Lexus RX330. Bought it last year from an older woman who maintained it, less than 33,000 on the clock. Looked great. I live another year! Just changed it on my pristine 2016 Jeep Wrangler JKU with 64,500.
Could have gotten at least another 300 feet with that fluid! 😳
I don't have a fancy machine, but my method gets pretty close to 100% of dirty stuff out.
Put car on jack stands.
Turn wheels full left.
Suck out old fluid from reservoir.
Disconnect return line and add an extension hose to a bucket. Secure line in Bucket.
Fill the reservoir full.
Have your buddy turn on the car and turn the wheel full right while you're pouring fresh fluid into the reservoir.
Stop engine.
Reconnect the return hose.
Top off reservoir, turn on engine, refill as necessary.
Reinspect for leaks.
Clean any mess made.
Done.
Note: If the reservoir had nasty deposits/stains, remove the reservoir completely. Use dish soap/ degreaser and clean with a bottle brush. Throughly dry before reinstalling.
GOOD JOB MY MAN!! KUDOS TO YOU!!!!!!
Never knew you were supposed to change PS fluid! My 1998 Oldsmobile Regency must be googats! But it only has 100k mileage though.
It’s not just the mileage…. It’s time too
That was my first car, same color but an 01. Smooth ride with some speed to it and it had lots of room in the back seats 😏
giggity
giggity
You could always use a bottle brush or a light wire brush to clean the reservoir
Toothbrush
Toothbrush works great
Not on this car you can’t, the reservoir has a built in funnel, it’s only like 1/4” hole
Good thing my old Saturn had manual steering! One less thing to break.
I don’t know what was in my power steering pump, it was like jello, it almost looked like super thick syrup. There is a power steering leak so I’m guessing someone added some type of leak stop or just put in some super thick oil of some sort, which makes sense because when it’s cold out the wheel would refuse to turn until the engine warmed up and the fluid started flowing better. After a couple of flushes the power steering system works great even when it’s -10f.
What year of car, and make and model, I might know.
@@paultaylor256 2005 Subaru Outback with a quarter of a million miles on the odometer. I assume the fluid was just the original fluid that had thickened up.
My friend Mary never changed her geo prizm power steering fluid. It was making noise mechanic had trouble chipping it out. Looked like old rock hard jello. Mary yelled at the mechanic saying it never needed changing
Replacing the reservoir is a must, especially when the have filters in
I was thinking the samething because I just did that with my car. The screen inside was so clogged up.
True but this CLOWN is all about 4 point checks, looking for that famous joiner on the exhaust and his top one THE RUST ON THE CHASSIE [flavour] Not a real mechanic at all , FRAUD if you ask me
@@williecosgrove good thing we didn't ASK YOU ... a FEMALE
@@williecosgroveWow is this a Disgruntled ex🤔?
I have "NEVER" heard of a filter, a screen at most. But if you have particles that big, YOU have "bigger" issues.
"you don't want to overfill it and make a mess"
Missed a giggity opportunity
Wow caramel from Car. That is nice fatory there.
Looks like a more expensive version of the "turkey baster" method.
is it true new toyotas dont use power steering fluid anymore?
yes, its electric. My 2018 Corolla LE doesn't have any power steering fluid.
What cleaner did you use ? Was it from the Purple max brand?
It was B G
I had to help a guy with his power steering pump. His car was super old and hardly road worthy. His pump gave up so he bought a new one and had no idea how to install it. Luckily we did it without losing any fluid (no idea how none was lost) and bled it fully. Steering felt like new again.
You got lucky. It must have been a older car.
@@paultaylor256 Peugeot 405, nasty thing had lots of failed MOTs yet he still drove it.
@@timehunter9467 I don't deal with foreign cars.
@@paultaylor256 Ah, I’m in the uk. I hate Peugeots anyway, the new ones have dreadful electronics.
@@timehunter9467 No different that the junk we have in the U S
Engine compartment is so clean? How come?
Somebody cleans it! DUH
0:25 ... Apple butter! My favorite! 😋
Looks good, I bet my 92 has 30 year old fluid in it.
I don't think it's been done on my 222k mile Lexus GX470. The res looks about that color and leaking around the hoses going into the res as well.
Elec power steering is sweet.
If I was the customer and you showed me how bad the old reservoir was stained, I would have paid for a new one installed.
I wouldn’t because it’s just a stain and the tech deals with it not me
You probably can't get one, too old.
That's a "Dirty Sanchez" dipstick Giggitty!
See if that car was made in Canada. Rumor has it that all their power steering fluid is actually maple syrup 🇨🇦
O, Canada; whoah, Canada. 🤦♀️
As a hillbilly Canadian I can confirm we only use maple syrup,, we run it through a special filter first though .🍻🇨🇦
Maybe But It doesn't spoposed two be that cream color. That's A misfit
@@christopherl2143 he prolly didn’t filter it correctly and it prolly wasn’t pasteurized .
Lol
That’s some nasty PS fluid - if it still identified as fluid and not grease. I do the old turkey baster method for brake and PS fluid changes - with several passes I hope to get 80 percent of the old stuff out each time. Have also found large plastic syringes with tubing attached for the really tight places a baster doesn’t fit.
So, you're telling us you're a.............WAIT FOR IT!!......Master Bater??
@@markh.6687 How long have you been waiting to use that one?
@@markh.6687 Not even funny
Works good for the back yard mechanic. May even keep it out the shop. WIN WIN !!!!
@@paultaylor256 Oh Boy, tough crowd! Even the women are men tonight! I tell ya I don't get no respect! (#respect to the late Rodney Dangerfield).
Could u use baby bottle brush to clean the res
Thanks to this channel I went out to my car and started looking for FIFO in my entire engine compartment and cowl after watching that episode of them cars with tons of mice pee and 💩
Fiefel
The reference is "Fievel" a mouse cartoon movie from 1986.
So called experts say these services are not in the owners manual so therefore we technicians are overselling them. What interval do you think is appropriate for all the different flushes that the experts say are unnecessary?
It's really condition based, keep an eye on the condition of your fluids and perform service as needed.
damn.. something i don't even think about. my brake fluid, oil, greasing everything that has a fitting is done regular. 01 silverado, 4.8, runs so smooth, never any real work done. 250k+ hell, it runs so good, twice i started it after just running into a store, when it was already running. didn't think to look at the rpm.. GRRRINNND! opp's. but you really can't tell whether it's running, or not, unless you look at the rpm. power steering fluid? well? no problem at all. not something i thought about. but after over 20 years? probably should change it too. thanks for the reminder.
I keep waiting to find a reason to change the PS fluid in my 2000 Camry...and 2003 4Runner...
Then go ahead, nothing is stopping you, except the cost of course! L O L
@@paultaylor256 thats just silly
You're supposed to use dexron III atf
1:14 Lipstick stains excluded. ;)
A stained dipstick can be very embarrassing
Gigitty🤣
Lifetime fluid
Suction action, that’s an giggity
That ps fluid is the very definition of googats
Doesnt toyota use ATF for Power steering fluid?
They use to
So how often is this fluid supposed to be changed? Asking for a friend.
I would treat it as brake fluid, every 2 to 3 years. Also based on condition as well. So just check your fluids and perform service as needed.
@@customerstateswhat Will do. Thanks!
Very good.
How was it we drove domestic cars forever and never flushed the power steering systems?
That was 18 years old…
My RAV4 has electric power steering courtesy of the poly phase electric motor invented by Nikola Tesla.
My Honda Insight has electric power steering too.
Most cars are moving to electric power steering. Improves fuel economy.
Why not REPLACE the reservoir??
That's not power steering fluid 😂😂 that's chocolate syrup 😂
Mine is 20 year old RX300
Shrek got an enema
Do the job once & rite. My father told me that long time ago he was right .
Is the pump going out?
My dipstick been stained a few times lol
it won't stain the tool as long as you don't get any on yourself
You can use seafoam trans tune also to flush out fluid at home
Im not sure why I thought a 18 year old put a wrong fluid in the power steering, wow I need to not glimpse at things.
Sometimes your tool just gets stained,,,,,Gigitty
Was it found during the multipoint? Please say yes.
DID YOU "NOT" READ THE CAPTION??? SMFH
Should have oversold a not in stock reservoir . Lol
Installing it could take some time though....
I feel like the dealer is just trying to make up time for this service. Literally all you do is suck out the reservoir. Unhook the return. Extend it with a different hose and start the car while continuing to add fluid in the reservoir. Or if the return is lower than the suction (only fn ford does this shit) run it til you start hearing the pump and shut it off. Fill up the reservoir to get new fluid in. Repeat one more time. Done. On most cars, I'm completely done in less than 10min. Ford is maybe 20min. This methid here is some nonsense almost.
Well there's a job I've never done.
That Lexus is a tank. Will run forever.
NOPE
Oh I like to stain my dipstick!
Googats!
You do realize that toyota calls for ATf for the power steering system. Worst stuff you can use is power steering fluid. No Automobile manufacturer uses power steering fluid from the factory. Ford, Gm, Toyota, Honda, etc, all call for ATF.
I don't know man I've have a 19 and my fluid looks the same and it stinks it has since it was new
power steering fluid's at level
x18 :-)
I do not want a stained dipstick that is why I always shower frequently. Giggity.
CAUTION ⚠️ OPPORTUNITY - Use only fluid recommended. Really should flush every five years. Can be done with engine off IF vehicle is jacked off the ground. Fill resivor. Let return fluid
Keep resivor filled. Drain return hose into container until fluid is clear. Turning wheels to stop will pump it through the system.
Bad things happen when you don't take care of your fluids.
I can't find the power steering fluid reservoir on my car that has electric assisted steering 😂
So gross, but, in the wise words of these folks in Tennessee, "I'll drive it til the wheels fall off"
Well. A car that came in for something other than Fieval evection and cleanup.
How sad to see the neglect.
I've seen worse sadly.
That reservoir was pathetic. The whole system must be all stained. Nice car like that and people don't maintain it properly, what stunads.
Yea , and you probably eat greasy foods everyday, just saying.
@@paultaylor256 don't understand the point you're trying to make. 🤔
@@frankbiz It was pertaining to the human body. (Like people eating junk food)
@@paultaylor256 oh, you said "you" as in addressing me, that's why I didn't understand. I guess you meant to say, and "they" probably eat...........etc.
@@frankbiz CORRECT! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Why does all fluids on you tube look dirty???? Guest if it was clean no one would watch. What in this picture don't look right??? Painfully clean engine with painfully dirty power steering fluid reservoir. Lets flush it with this machine that I am promoting. Wait Wait. Lets flush the brake fluid system too. Lets do it every 3 to 5 years though it did last 18 years. Maintenance is important but alot of this is RUclips click bait. They make money showing you dirty fluids that is planted. Plastic pipets will give you a chance to look at your fluids. Then compare them to a RUclips video of the same vehicle. Funny how you live in a cleaner world.
Brake fuild naturally draws moisture. Plus the rubber brake line s start degrading. That's where the black brake Fluid comes. Same thing with Carmel colored crap. Same thing A total Automatic transmission flush. Be Sure they don't just flush it. Find out if You have a transmission fluid filter. A lot of them are just metal Screens now. If you're going to do a Complete flush consider buying synthetic. Your Transmission will run twenty degrees lower and replace your Transmission With New detergents. If you're fluid is not a pink or red just keep driving it. Clutches are Worn out.
Their Is Test strips for the brake test your brake fluid for moisture. With Vehicles With ABS Parts get expensive real quick! In general I do mine At A 100.000 Miles.
U need to shoot video a little better. Your videos , instant vertigo. Not too bad on this one but every time u shoot under a car it’s a definite turnoff. Check others u will see what I mean. The constant jerkiness and fast movement is not good. Check it.
Really goes to show that fluid flushes are really unnecessary. I have owned hundreds of vehicles and honestly oil and atf seem to be the only fluids worth changing at scheduled intervals. I never really see anything happen due to coolant (except with dexcool) or power steering fluid/brake fluid.