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Ryan Renko 
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 Topic: D17 Power Steering Fluid
Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 7:35pm |
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Finally hoping to get the old girl started after a longer than ever expected paint job. The manual says use automatic transmission fluid in the system. Is that still the fluid of choice nowadays with all these universal oils? Thanks in advance. Ryan
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DrAllis
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Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 7:41pm |
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Universal hyd/trans fluid. Steering will work better and leak less.
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Ryan Renko
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Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 7:47pm |
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Thanks Dr.!! I will put some in the front bolster and hopefully fire her up. Hopefully the system will clear the air out of the lines easily.
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DrAllis
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Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 8:00pm |
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Approx 5 quarts. Just over the gear inside 1/2".
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DSeries4
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Posted: 22 Oct 2020 at 8:13pm |
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If the leaks are fixed, ATF works well. Especially in colder weather.
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Brian G. NY
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Posted: 23 Oct 2020 at 7:53am |
 DSeries4 wrote:
If the leaks are fixed, ATF works well. Especially in colder weather.
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I found this to be true as well........hydraulic fluid is a little slow in real cold weather and tends to "pump out" of the breather until it gets warmed up a bit.
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D14JIM14
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Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 9:18am |
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I had a series 2 17 and had trouble with foaming out of the breather plug . As some one on here said be sure the hydraulic fluid is anti foaming . I dropped the oil I was using and got universal hydraulic from NAPA that was anti foaming and problem cured . Ran it blading snow in winter and was not stiff when cold .
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 26 Oct 2020 at 3:23pm |
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I followed the Dr’s advice and used the universal Hy-Tran in my early D17D. I can’t really speak to the cold weather function since it parks in a heated shop.
If you’re getting foam out of the breather you have a leak on the suction side of the pump between the reservoir.
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