Should You Change Power Steering Fluid in Your Car? Myth Busted

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Of course it's quiet!...it stopped working!!! What a classic line from Scotty!

I knew a lady who took her Chevy Into the dealership for service . It only had 30,000 miles on it but they told her she needed a ' Power Steering Flush ' . They said if she didnt get it done , It would void her warranty . Afterwords I checked her owners manual looking for the Recommended Time / Mileage that Power steering fluid should be changed but there was nothing about it in the Owners manual . So I called the 800 Number in the manual and talked to GM . They keep putting me on hold . So I figured it was just a rip off that the dealer was doing on that lady . I called the Attorney Generals office and told them it was a ripoff . A car with only 30k miles on it isnt required to have its power steering changed . They told me to call the Dealer and tell them we were filing a complaint and that a 2 year old car with 30k miles on it , did NOT require a Power Steering flush . I called the dealer / service writer and told him he ripped her off . He never disagreed and just said " Send her back " . They refunded her $88.oo for the Power Steering flush and never said a word . Bottom Line ? Dealers will rip you off especially if you are a woman who knows nothing about cars .

Take off the return line to the reservoir off and put it in a container, have wife start the car and turn the wheel while you pur new oil in the reservoir. When it's all clean, stop and put the return line back on. Done.

Exactly what I did to my recent purchase of 1990 Jeep Comanche. I extracted the fluid with a turkey baster. I didn’t drive it between extractions, tho. I just turned the wheel back and forth lock to lock. I repeated the process four times because the original fluid looked like black coffee.

OMG! where else can you go and be so entertained and educated at the same time. Thank you Scotty for sharing your knowledge. I’ve been maintaining my own cars for over 40 years now and I still have a lot to learn with the new tech that is being used. This is one of the first places I check when I need advice or guidance.

Owning the same car as Scotty makes my life 10x as easy. Thanks Scotty!

It’s so important to maintain all your lubricant on your vehicle love your channel Scotty hope you’re okay

When I managed a lube shop, I offered a power steering fluid change for $15. This was back in the late eighties, early nineties. We used the same vacuum tank we used to drain automatic transmissions while the pit man was removing the pan and replacing differentials without drain plugs.

Another way of doing hydraulic power steering fluid change: You can also put the front wheels off of the ground on jack stands, and take off one end of a power steering hose. Put several drain pans underneath. Then turn the wheels left and right a few times. Put the hose back on and refill the reservoir with power steering fluid. Start the engine, let it idle, then slowly turn the steering back and forth all of the way until you have smooth, quiet steering and enough fluid in the reservoir. Keep adding fluid as needed. Then cap the reservoir, put the car on the ground, and test drive it. This is also what you end up doing if you have to replace a bad power steering pump like I did on two different Subarus.

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Heads up: Some cars nowadays use ATF in their power steering systems. Definitely read the car manual and read what the lid says. Most times it tells you exactly what fluid it takes.

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I’ve learned more from Scotty that I ever have from any tech school with an auto shop

My 250,000 mile power steering was getting very loud without any air in the system, so I was scoping out changing the pump. Before I got another I did a ' non- running ' flush and freshened the fluid. That helped it out 90% and I'm still using it.

I watch your videos over and over again Scotty. I've been working on cars since 1974 or there abouts it's like listening to a friend.

Great reminder to do a more thorough PS Fluid flush/replace on my 06 Tundra DC! Did 2-3 cycles a couple years ago and after only a few thousand miles a 5 cycle refresh should have it fine for years! Thanks Scotty!