Power steering flush
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01-13-2012, 09:05 PM
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I just checked the Magnefine website and it shows part number: Item #: R038M-P
Does this look like the correct one? I just purchased a 2005 F250 with a 6.0 with 44K and noticed the power steering fluid a little low. When does the fluid need to be changed? should I just add the filter at the same time?
Does this look like the correct one? I just purchased a 2005 F250 with a 6.0 with 44K and noticed the power steering fluid a little low. When does the fluid need to be changed? should I just add the filter at the same time?
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01-15-2012, 11:50 AM
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I just checked the Magnefine website and it shows part number: Item #: R038M-P
Does this look like the correct one? I just purchased a 2005 F250 with a 6.0 with 44K and noticed the power steering fluid a little low. When does the fluid need to be changed? should I just add the filter at the same time?
Does this look like the correct one? I just purchased a 2005 F250 with a 6.0 with 44K and noticed the power steering fluid a little low. When does the fluid need to be changed? should I just add the filter at the same time?
FoMoCo doesn't have a PS fluid change interval that I am aware of.
And yes, do the filter when you have it apart for the flush.
#94
01-16-2012, 07:45 AM
Here is the link to an old thread on how I installed my Magnafine P/S filter.
My posts include items needed, procedure installation photos and what the filter looked like after 24,000 miles (and I flushed before installing it).
Hope this helps.... (start with post #5 and read down).
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post7197278
On a yearly basis, I now just suck out the resorvoir, change the filter and refill with fresh Mercon V fluid (single spec fluid only and not multi-spec).... Our trucks were designed for Mercon/Mercon V and that is what I will use. I take the position that multi-spec fluids can not meet all the specs they were created to meet 100% of the time.... somewhere there is a compromise to be a "multi-spec'd" fluid.
My posts include items needed, procedure installation photos and what the filter looked like after 24,000 miles (and I flushed before installing it).
Hope this helps.... (start with post #5 and read down).
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post7197278
On a yearly basis, I now just suck out the resorvoir, change the filter and refill with fresh Mercon V fluid (single spec fluid only and not multi-spec).... Our trucks were designed for Mercon/Mercon V and that is what I will use. I take the position that multi-spec fluids can not meet all the specs they were created to meet 100% of the time.... somewhere there is a compromise to be a "multi-spec'd" fluid.
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#97
01-19-2012, 04:24 AM
Even though the flow of fluid only happens when the brakes are applied, you will still get the benefits of fresh clean fluid (since you changed the fluid previously and now your filtering it).
Think of all the city driving and how often you apply the brakes and all the parking lots and slow driving you do... so you will be filtering more fluid than you think.
I change my filter 1/year (first filter was 6 months and then 1 year thereafter) and the fluid in the resorvoir.
BTW - you should have bought a second filter and install it on your window washer fluid.... now that would be "protecting your truck to the fullest"! Just kidding.
Enjoy.
#98
02-04-2012, 11:46 AM
Just completed a 4 quart flush of my ps system and still making lots of noise when turning the steering wheel from stop to stop and stepping on the brake pedal. And still getting little air bubbles in the resevour. What else could be the issue? And where is the air still coming from? Is this an indication of a bad pump?
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02-04-2012, 09:51 PM
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Just completed a 4 quart flush of my ps system and still making lots of noise when turning the steering wheel from stop to stop and stepping on the brake pedal. And still getting little air bubbles in the resevour. What else could be the issue? And where is the air still coming from? Is this an indication of a bad pump?
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02-04-2012, 09:58 PM
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#102
05-09-2014, 02:10 PM
See:
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$20 delivered from Amazon. Its a reboxed Raybestos-Magnefine filter with 2 sections of tubing and 4 hose clamps.
Also note the bad reviews from folks who used it for a transmission.
$20 delivered from Amazon. Its a reboxed Raybestos-Magnefine filter with 2 sections of tubing and 4 hose clamps.
Also note the bad reviews from folks who used it for a transmission.
#103
05-09-2014, 02:14 PM
- It is recommended by ExxonMobil for use in applications requiring DEXRON® III, Ford MERCON® and MERCON® V performance levels.
- Meets or exceeds the off-highway power transmission requirements of Allison C-4.
- Recommended by ExxonMobil for use in any power steering unit where a DEXRON® or MERCON® fluid is recommended.
- JASO 1-A
- Ford MERCON® V
- Allison C4
- GM DEXRON® IIIH
- GM DEXRON® IIIG
- GM DEXRON® IIE
- GM DEXRON® IID
- GM DEXRON® II
- GM DEXRON®
- Ford MERCON®
- Voith H55.6335.3X
- MAN 339 V1
- Volvo 97340
- Volvo 97341
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#105
10-01-2014, 07:53 PM
I disagree with the proposition that adding a filter to a crude closed hydraulic system with no wear material will extend the life of either the fluid or the components. If the power steering fluid is dirty, change it.
Sometimes modifications cause more problems than they solve.
But to each hits own.
The easiest way I have found to flush the system is to take the suction line from a mityvac fluid extractor.
Suck the reservoir level down to the return port, remove the return line and insert the vacuum tube- the factory clamp holds it all together well. Start it up and dump fresh fluid in the reservoir while the mitivac takes the fluid from the return line. When fluid runs clean, you are finished. Reassemble, fill to level. Close hood.
Clean, simple done.
And PS: The suggestion that anyone continue using Ford Gold after all the issues reported, and when ELC coolants are superior in pretty much every aspect, runs contrary to fleet experience.
-Mike
Sometimes modifications cause more problems than they solve.
But to each hits own.
The easiest way I have found to flush the system is to take the suction line from a mityvac fluid extractor.
Suck the reservoir level down to the return port, remove the return line and insert the vacuum tube- the factory clamp holds it all together well. Start it up and dump fresh fluid in the reservoir while the mitivac takes the fluid from the return line. When fluid runs clean, you are finished. Reassemble, fill to level. Close hood.
Clean, simple done.
And PS: The suggestion that anyone continue using Ford Gold after all the issues reported, and when ELC coolants are superior in pretty much every aspect, runs contrary to fleet experience.
-Mike
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