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Power steering not working - now it is - what gives?

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Old 05-29-2013, 11:55 AM
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Power steering not working - now it is - what gives?

My power steering was not working and this morning I got in and it was working fine.

What would cause this?

More importantly what should I do to ensure that it doesn't happen again? Change the fluid completely?

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Old 05-29-2013, 08:13 PM
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This has happened to me before, about 2 years ago. Power steering stopped working for 2 days then came back to life. I never did a thing and its never happened again.
 
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Old 05-29-2013, 10:12 PM
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Mine was fine this morning but seemed to be either out or at half power tonight when I went out.

Very strange.
 
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Old 06-08-2013, 11:41 AM
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Use a turkey baster to suck all the fluid you can out of the reservoir and refill it with Mercon V ATF. Repeat every 2 weeks till you have used up a quart bottle.
 



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