Hi Scotti my wife's 2011 Santa Fe drives like a tank.
I borrowed a high pressure gauge and tested the power steering pump. It is only putting out 400PSI dead headed. The manual says it should be 1300PSI. It figures the pump was ran dry when the rack leaked. The new rack is in. I have a new pump on order. In the mean time I read the pump's changing procedure out of the official Hyundai manual. To purge the air out of the system it says something kinda odd.
1. Disconnect the fuel pump fuse
2 Fill the reservoir to the top level indicated
3 Start the engine and allow it to stall.
4 The fluid level will have dropped while the engine was running
5 Crank the engine using the starter while adding fluid until the level in the reservoir stops dropping. Do not run the engine while adding the fluid as the turbulence in the reservoir will entrap bubbles in the fluid.
Any of this sound strange? Deliberately disconnect the fuel pump and let the engine stall. Any risk to injectors or other fuel delivery components. Do you then have to bleed the injector rail. The manual does not say how to recover from this. Can the starter take it. I put one starter in this car 3 years ago.
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I think the wording in the manual is a bit off. Basically since you already disconnected the fuel pump fuse the car will not start and just crank over. And just crank until all the air is purged from the system. I would preferably disconnect the relay rather than the fuse, but that's just preference. As if for your starter motor can take it I'm not sure it's a Hyundai after all. Just make sure as well to not drain out the battery during this procedure. Since the car isn't starting battery will just keep draining cause the alternator won't turn over if the engine isn't running.
Also crank it in like 5-7 second spurts would also be my recommendation