>>After following the process of purging old ATF fluid from the system and
Note: the old fluid is Pentosin, at $20+ a litre and you need about 1.25l to do the job. It is lower viscosity than ATF/Dexron-III. I use Castrols GT power steering fluid. Has a VW part# on back and is way closer to factory fill than any ATF. Both BEntley and owners manual say ATF, I know, but all the seals in my rack failed simultaneously about 3 months after flushing and filling with STPs Dexron-III ATF. My gut feeling, after $400 for getting my rack rebuilt, is that ATF will never get in there again. YMMV. Tim SMith
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