Dilemma
My step daughters C70[2001 "Y" 2.4lpt manual]has always had a very small leak from the power steering reservoir but now it's gone big time making the car undriveable.a new reservoir and cap are on order,the dilemma is this,as far as I understand it the power steering fluid should be CHF however her car has always had red ATF[well it had when she bought it 3+ years ago]in it without issues apart from the small leak.Is there a definitive way of telling what should be in there? I have read that if the reservoir is on the pump it should be ATF and if it's at the side of the header tank it should be CHF however this does not seem to hold water as my V reg V70 has the reservoir by the header tank but has always[since before I bought it 8 years ago]had ATF without problems.So when I fit the new reservoir do I just go with the ATF it's had for more than 3 years or do I flush the system[how much fluid would it take to accomplish this?]and go with CHF?
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