AndyJudge
Monday 15th December 2008, 18:46
Hi All Wonder if anybody can help me out here ?
Car in Question 2001MY C70 T5 Convertible
My PAS fluid bottle appears to be leaking, or rather it seems to pressurise when the engines running & the fluid is getting out (maybe through the cap)
This morning I found the steering had developed a squeak at full lock & when I removed said cap the PAS fluid was only just on the bottom of the dipstick
Popped up to the local dealers & asked for some PAS fluid & the dealer gave me a bottle of Green Fully Synthetic stuff, however the smidge of Fluid I could register on the dipstick was more an orange colour as oppossed to the bright red seen in my Scooby.
Spoke again with the dealer & he gave me some of the red stuff & I've now topped up the bottle & the squeak has gone.
Questions are
1) Have I purchased the correct stuff there seems to be 2 schools of thought here ?
2) If its the wrong stuff how do I get it drained & replace with the corrrect fluid ? & will the 100ml (max) added do any damage ?
3) How easy it it to swap the PAS bottle ?
Thoughts anybody ? don't really want a big bill to sort it, car sailed through its MOT a month or so ago so I'm sure its not the rack leaking anywhere
Andy
Car in Question 2001MY C70 T5 Convertible
My PAS fluid bottle appears to be leaking, or rather it seems to pressurise when the engines running & the fluid is getting out (maybe through the cap)
This morning I found the steering had developed a squeak at full lock & when I removed said cap the PAS fluid was only just on the bottom of the dipstick
Popped up to the local dealers & asked for some PAS fluid & the dealer gave me a bottle of Green Fully Synthetic stuff, however the smidge of Fluid I could register on the dipstick was more an orange colour as oppossed to the bright red seen in my Scooby.
Spoke again with the dealer & he gave me some of the red stuff & I've now topped up the bottle & the squeak has gone.
Questions are
1) Have I purchased the correct stuff there seems to be 2 schools of thought here ?
2) If its the wrong stuff how do I get it drained & replace with the corrrect fluid ? & will the 100ml (max) added do any damage ?
3) How easy it it to swap the PAS bottle ?
Thoughts anybody ? don't really want a big bill to sort it, car sailed through its MOT a month or so ago so I'm sure its not the rack leaking anywhere
Andy