I operate on the theory that it's a fluid & should be replaced SOMETIME. That being said, if the fluid looks ok, I don't go out of my way to change it. I recently replaced quite a bit of the fluid with new ATF just because I was moving the reservoir's mount point around & replacing a hose... no problems with the ATF over about 5 months of occasional use. I'll be putting more ATF in today, because I didn't like where I put the reservoir last time & I'm moving it again. :) For comparison, I've only replaced the fluid on one other car we've owned (and we've owned mostly older cars)- an '88 Cabby when I swapped in a 16V & other stuff. It's doing fine on the ATF as well- about 2 years now- but it's being sold for other reasons. HTH, Simon
On Aug 6, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Kevin Mulligan wrote: > How often should power steering fluid be changed, if > at all? > > Any recommendations for the type of fluid, or will any > Dexron ATF work fine? > > - Kevin |
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