Clean it up, drive and look again. That will tell if its constant or from a spill

 

The cold may have impacted it, contracting and causing the tension band to be a tad loose. I would wait for all the extreme cold to pass, clean the hose and drive it a bit and see.

 

Spray with brake cleaner, check on it later.

 

I have a similar leak on my wifes 06 Solara and I wonder if the standard low pressure side power steering hose could be used. the rubber hose that is on there is held on by standard clamps. If it is a standard size I would think it could be replaced with a short piece of hose and new clamps

Does anyone know if it is a standard size or as my usual luck an odd ball size?

 

I saw a similar post on here about this issue.



My 2009 had leakage around the low pressure hose and fluid level was down. I replaced the band clamp with a screw down type and cleaned up the area with brake clean. Its been dry since then.

 

P.S. hose

My 04 leaked at the reservoir fittings after a very cold winter in 2015. Given the age of the hoses and clamps I replaced the feed hose to the pump and the upper return hose ( which includes the 2 rubber hose ends and the metal pipe). I ordered the parts online from Toyota of Texas Grapevine. I got a very good price and a flat shipping charge. My local dealer couldn't touch the price.

 

The power steering rubber hose on the Metal line goes from meta line to ps res is some funky side. No wonder Toyota doesn’t sell it standalone (I don’t know why really) One side is smaller than the other side. You can get a “‘compatible” size and stretch it on.... I had to do it to my 1998. More of an annoyance really.