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I have a Gulf Stream Atrium motor coach with a Cummins 400 ISL on a Freightliner chassis. The power steering pump has developed a small leak around the pressure relief valve. I would like to put ...
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Dihydrogen Monoxide wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
How bad is it leaking? If you don't want to fix it on the road can you just keep the fluid topped off until you get home? In most cases that is what I would try to do. If you don't make it you are no worse off then you are now.
I think that's my best bet, CC. I think I'll buy a case or two of
ATF and just keep checking it on the way home and hope for the best.
Thank you all for your help and suggestions. They are very much
appreciated!
Really, they say,, there is a difference between ATF and power steering fluid. I've never seen much of a difference myself. What does Freightliner recommend? Maybe your pump is so special it requires a special fluid? I really, really, doubt that. Just giving you a head up.
On then farm where I work we have had to learn to keep a bunch of different types of oils, and fluids, around because they keep coming out with new ones all the time. A lot of these modern computer controlled vehicles will be screwed up quickly if you add the wrong type of oil.
