Power steering
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Fleet Owner
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From: Spanaway
I popped the top on it today and thought that is some nasty looking fluid.
I am tempted to pull the line off and blow out all the fluid. I do have the
fitting for the vacuum pump for bleeding the air from the system. I am
starting to get tired of all the little shortcuts and mistakes. That and the
little mess that the squirrel made out of the insulation below the passenger
side battery.
I am tempted to pull the line off and blow out all the fluid. I do have the
fitting for the vacuum pump for bleeding the air from the system. I am
starting to get tired of all the little shortcuts and mistakes. That and the
little mess that the squirrel made out of the insulation below the passenger
side battery.
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thats why i ran a cheaper fluid through the system first before reconnecting the gear box.. when i pulled the old one out i found shiny bits in the fluid.. continued to do so as i continued to reconnect each part of the system.. once i was done with that i drained it and refilled with the RP ATF.. now theres also a filter in line to catch anything that could float through the system..
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transmission fluid as power steering fluid? Is that normal?
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From: Saskatchewan
Ford wants trans fluid to be used. I know it seems silly but that's what the manual calls for. Honestly I bet there is more than one Ford on the road running power steering fluid. At the end of the day it's just a hydraulic fluid.
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From: Spanaway
Yup, Just plain old red hydraulic fluid.
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From: Norlina NC
older days that was all that was ever used.. newer vehicles (GM & Imports dont know about dodges) are really the only ones i know of that call specifically for specifically power steering fluid.. but even with them its still about 80% of the models will use regular ATF and maybe 20% of them call specifically for PSF.