Powesteering drain/fill?
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06-05-2011, 10:05 PM
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Powesteering drain/fill?
Do I just pour the atf fluid into the place where you check the level of the powersteering or is there a process to adding fluid? Do I need to drain it first some how? Suddenly I have no power steering fluid when I checked yesterday and heard noise when I made the first turns for a week now only during the first min of driving
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06-05-2011, 11:32 PM
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Yup!
or is there a process to adding fluid? Do I need to drain it first some how?
If the level has become very low you mau have to burp the sytem of air. Slowly turning the wheel lock-to-lock three of four time should do the trick
Suddenly I have no power steering fluid when I checked yesterday and heard noise when I made the first turns for a week now only during the first min of driving
Perhaps it wasn't sudden at all. It was probably gradual, from a slow leak. When the level dropped low enough to hear noise you suddenly noticed it.
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DD
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06-05-2011, 11:58 PM
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Try burping it and see if the level drops. If it doesn't, it's full.
If the noise remains ....does it?.....then lack of lubrucation from low fluid level may have caused some damage.
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