Changing my power steering reservoir and hoses as part of my revamp. Nichols site says it will take "3/4 of a quart" of fluid, anyone know the amount in litres / ml before i head out and either by to much, or not quite enough? (read tfm and failed to come across capacity for the system)

 

My owner's Manual states "Approx. 0.7 liters"

 

Make sure you buy Automotic Tranmission Fluid... not power steering fluid.

 

Dr. Olson's all over it. From the '85-'89 Tech Specs book:

 

Dr. Olson? Hmmmm... I like the sound of that!

 

I would get at least 2 litres one to flush the system and the other to fill and top off if necessary, also the same fluid can be used in the transmission if you have an auto. To flush it out remove one of the lines on the power steering rack and let it drain inot the pan turn the wheels back and forth to get as much out of the rack as you can,connect the line, refill then start the car and turn the wheel to get out the air, open the line and dump the fluid out reconnect the line and repat this proceedure a few times till the fluid is clear air bubbles will dissapate after about 5 mins if you let it sit , then replace the resivour disconnect the line to the bottom of the rack turn the wheels to drain out as much as you can , replace the resivour, replace both of the resivour lines, refit the resivour refit the line with a new sealing washer, refill with fresh fliud, start the car turn the wheel lock to lock 10 times (careful dont hold the wheel against the lock as this will load the rack seal and they will fail ), also do this proceedure with the front end off the ground.

 

What Merlin said.............I went through 3 litres just to be absolute.

 

In addition to what Stan said, be sure to get new crush rings for the steering line you remove from the rack - it takes two, and they go on opposite sides of the line fitting. I mention this because when I took mine off both of them were together, and I put it back like that and it leaked like crazy.

I went through about 2.5 litres doing mine, the steering was much imnproved after this. I didn't even worry about how much I put in, you'll have to fill the reservoir almost full, and when the car is turned on it will drain most of the fluid out of the reservoir, and you don't want it to suck air.

 

Thanks to all!



So, whats the difference? Why not power steering fluid?

 

in the USA we have whats called Dextron 4 it is the correct fluid it is red, it is for automatic transmissions and for your 928 power steering system is will keep the seals in your pump and rack happy, I would up the buy it now quantity to 4 litres if you plan on flushing the system, And replacing the old resivour and old lines with new parts

 

Is this what i need?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tchlink:top:uk

 

Yes that will work, its Dextron although it says #2 it will be fine , they also make another red fluid call auto trans fluid and it is made especially for FORD products sometimes called type F you want the Dextron2,3,or4 in your car for the power steering and the auto trans