Another little problem on this 2002 Mini Cooper 1.6, bought it 18 months ago and I have a receipt that shows it had a new power steering pump fitted 3 years ago.
There was a constant fluid leak from under the car and one day the steering was feeling strange so I checked the power steering reservoir and the level was low.
Got some CHF11S fluid - never used it before and then noticed that this fluid was green and the fluid in the reservoir was red. So it appears that someone has topped or filled with the wrong fluid and so from what I have read online the seals are gone, hence the level kept dropping, there are leaks at the end of the rack and I'm leaving oily deposits everywhere whilst wasting money on fluid.
A second hand rack wouldn't be dear and even a recon one seems to be relatively cheap. Never swapped a rack out before so looking around for info - any pointers from you helpful folk ? I also obviously need to make sure that all traces of the old red fluid are gone from the system.
There was a constant fluid leak from under the car and one day the steering was feeling strange so I checked the power steering reservoir and the level was low.
Got some CHF11S fluid - never used it before and then noticed that this fluid was green and the fluid in the reservoir was red. So it appears that someone has topped or filled with the wrong fluid and so from what I have read online the seals are gone, hence the level kept dropping, there are leaks at the end of the rack and I'm leaving oily deposits everywhere whilst wasting money on fluid.
A second hand rack wouldn't be dear and even a recon one seems to be relatively cheap. Never swapped a rack out before so looking around for info - any pointers from you helpful folk ? I also obviously need to make sure that all traces of the old red fluid are gone from the system.
