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Old 02-19-2011, 09:13 PM
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Default looks like oil in power steering fluid and I don't have a power steering cooler
I searched this and seen that this is sometimes caused by the power steering cooler. My car doesn't have this but i just replaced the pump and the old fluid was chocolate milky. When I put the new pump on with fresh fluid,within 5 minutes of running the car the fresh fluid was choco milky again. Any suggestions?
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Flush the rack out. Sounds like old burnt fluid. There's still some left in the rack, causing it to dilute into your new fluid.
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It discolors very easily. Just flush it out again.
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How did you Flush it out? If you just drained it and re-filled it, then it turn the new fluid dark again. A full flush is way better.
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