(bÄsh) v. bashed, bashÂ·ing, bashÂ·es. v.tr. 1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer. 2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
What is this? In power rack-and-pinion steering, fluid pressurized by the pump pushes on either side of a piston mounted to the rack, helping you turn the wheels. Simply put, power-steering fluid is the hydraulic fluid that transmits the power in power steering. Servicing it involves draining or flushing out your car's old power-steering fluid and then adding fresh power steering fluid. Absolutely. The fluid is the cheapest component of your power-steering system.
1 Remove the power steering fluid return hose from the power steering pump. 2  Remove the rear support bracket mounted behind the power steering pump to the engine block. 3  Remove the 3 mounting bolts that secure the pump to the alternator/power steering pump and belt tensioner mounting bracket. Remove the accessory drive belt splash shield. 2  Disconnect the power steering remote reservoir supply hose from the fitting on the power steering pump. 3  Allow fluid to drain from the hose. 4  Remove power steering fluid pressure line from the power steering pump and drain any excess power steering fluid.