NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/rec/autos/tech/15134

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Subject: Black Plague
Date: 9 Nov 1992 08:15:24 -0600
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I just noticed (well I noticed a long time ago, but it finally dawned on me
that maybe something wasn't quite right) that the power steering fluid in my
wife's '84 Buick Skyhawk (64K miles) is the color and consistency of black
fountain pen ink.  I would imagine it's not supposed to look like that, right?
We recently had a long discussion here about the importance of changing your
brake fluid.  What about power steering fluid?  Should I be worried about this?
What made it turn black?  It's been this way for years.  It seems to be
functioning OK, although it does have a minor leak at a pressure hose fitting,
and it suffers from the classic "high effort when cold" problem that plagued
some early '80's GM offerings.  (If you don't know this, when the weather is
cold (below 35 or so) the first turn you try to make feels like there's no PS
boost.  After a second or two, the boost magically appears and the PS functions
normally from then on.)

            - Michel

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