[Shotimes] Power Steering fluid change

Kevin & Cheryl Airth clubairth@cajunnet.com
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:18:50 -0600


Paul:
 This is how I change my P/S fluid too! Much less work and after changing
the reservoir several times mine turned back clear again too!
.
.



> What I did, after two flushes and still getting dark fluid, was to get a
> gallon of WallyWorld ATX fluid.  Once a week I would siphoned the
reservoir
> down and refill.  I did this for a couple of months till the fluid stayed
> clean.  Then I flushed and refilled with good fluid.
>
> Paul Nimz
> '97 TR SHO
> '93 EG mtx SHO
>
>
>
> > I just went out and bought the Lucas Power Steering Stop Leak that was
> > suggested to fix the hard spot in my rack.  Just a little pointer for
> anyone
> > that wants to do this.
> > The bottle of Lucas is 12 oz.  It appears that the PS reservior holds
> about 16
> > oz. So you need to either buy two (expensive at ~$7 for 12 oz.) or add
> some
> > "normal" PS fluid to bring the level up.
> > BTW the fluid that I took out was REAL dark and smelled burnt even
though
> I
> > had just had the PS pump replaced and the fluid flushed less than a
month
> ago.
> > I guess I'll just have to do this all over again in a couple of weeks
> (after I
> > get back to work and can afford the luxury of $7 for 12oz.!!)
> >
> > Jim
> > '93 MTX