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That's why I don't replace my power steering fluid (archive)
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Posted by Nate on April 17, 2000 at 07:27:03:

In Reply to: Re: something is leaking from under the hood posted by thomas on April 16, 2000 at 12:46:29:

Sounds strange, but when a steering rack has alot of miles on it, the seals are probably shot. So if I were to change my fluid, the detergent in the new fluid would clean off all the gunk on the seals, and cause leaking.

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