SETOYOTA

other than too much fluid is there any reason I would have pwr steering fluid pumping out of the vent hole on my M816? The fluid level seems fine when checked. However the truck is pumping quite a bit out of the vent. The steering is working fine.


thank you in advance.

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R Racing

Is it coming from the pump or the steering box ?

SETOYOTA

It is coming from the pump itself.

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42 M10 ammo trailer
42 GMC CCKW 352
42 M2A1 Auto-Car Halftrack
42 M3 37mm anti-tank gun BATF registered live
43 Dodge WC51
60 M274 Mechanicle Mule
7? M105A2
87 M998 HMMWV
92 M101A2
95 M116A3
05 M1101

Have owned A whole bunch of other jeeps, trucks and armor.

02 Ford F-750 CAT
04 Chevrolet 2500 HD Duramax

I love my carbon footprint and no I don't own a Toyota

Floridianson

On some of these they don't like to be run at the level that is on the sitck. Don't add any and see if it stops and just run at that level. If it does stop just remark the dipstick and that is your new full level.

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R Racing

Mine leaked at the vent in my gearbox.Normaly when there cold you will just see them in the sight glass. Just keep an eye out on it because they can fool ya. lol.

Autocar

I've had an M813 and M818 and both of them did the same thing. When the oil level falls to just about the base of the fill neck(where it connects to the round pump body), it stops spitting oil. I just run it there and it seems to be ok.

03silverado

You may also want to replace your power steering fluid if some one had put anything other than power steering or hydraulic oil (engine oil will foam really bad) in the system it could be foaming up and causing your leak

MyothersanM1

What is the proper procedure for draining, flushing and refilling the 809 power steering system. I can't seem to find the steps within the TM's.

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03silverado

Im not sure as to the proper procedure but I would unhook the return line from the power steering pump and place it in a jug start the truck and have one person turn the wheel back and forth while you pour new power steering fluid in the resovior once the return line appears to be pumping new fluid, turn off the engine annd reconnect the return line to the pump. start the truck again have one person turn the wheel back and forth while you add fluid to the cold mark. I would suggest driving the truck a couple miles so the fluid gets hot then check the fluid with the engine running and top off if neccessary

Floridianson

Might work but you have to put a cap on the return line port of the pump so the tank don't drain out.

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2 Military expandable semitrailers
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