Hello guys and gals. I have a question. Do you flush your power steering system at all or do you leave the factory fluid in it all it’s life? I was just told by a few mechanics to never flush my power steering unit or my transmission or engine coolant because if I flush it then it will cause it to fail and not work correctly and slip. I call total old school mechanic thinking for these reasons they gave me. I look at it this way. Why would they make these fluids if they never need to be changed? Why do they make transmission filters if the fluid never needs to be changed? Fluids break down over time and don’t last forever. Saying not to change the fluids would be like saying don’t change your oil cause the new oil will just cause the engine to wear out faster and not operate properly. Lol
What do you guys think? Reason I’m asking is cause my car is a first gen Ford Fusion and it has about 130,000 miles on it and the power steering fluid has never been changed but it has been topped up cause it was low one time but it’s dark as can be and smells like old transmission fluid. I was thinking to do the turkey baster method and suck out the fluid in the reservoir and add new and drive the car for a day and do the same thing over and over again till the fluid is nice and red since this car takes atf fluid as the power steering fluid. Also I want to get a transmission service done in it with a new filter but I’ve been told if I do that with this many miles in the car it will just cause the transmission to slip really bad and fail. I had a transmission service done before at 75,000 miles I think it was and never had it slip. Just had the rpm flair when it shifted but that went away with reprogramming.
What do you guys think? Reason I’m asking is cause my car is a first gen Ford Fusion and it has about 130,000 miles on it and the power steering fluid has never been changed but it has been topped up cause it was low one time but it’s dark as can be and smells like old transmission fluid. I was thinking to do the turkey baster method and suck out the fluid in the reservoir and add new and drive the car for a day and do the same thing over and over again till the fluid is nice and red since this car takes atf fluid as the power steering fluid. Also I want to get a transmission service done in it with a new filter but I’ve been told if I do that with this many miles in the car it will just cause the transmission to slip really bad and fail. I had a transmission service done before at 75,000 miles I think it was and never had it slip. Just had the rpm flair when it shifted but that went away with reprogramming.
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