Re: : <all> Black PS fluid

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mine is like this too...I haven't got around to replacing it. It looks like
old hypoid gearbox oil...all dark and smelly. I don't have any *big*
particulates in it.

Is it major, or should I just change it and not be so paranoid?

Allan Williams
91 E30 325i SE/4 5spd
- -----Original Message-----
From: bmw-digest <owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided>
To: bmw-digest@domain.elided <bmw-digest@domain.elided>
Date: Tuesday, 15 December 1998 4:18
Subject: bmw-digest V9 #690
>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 98 04:13:05 -0700
>From: "S. Cooperman" <bullseye@domain.elided>
>Subject: <all>  Black PS fluid
>
>When I noticed that my power steering fluid had black particulates
>suspended in it I replaced the fluid.  My question is where did the black
>particulates come from?  Did the fluid break down?  Is this little parts
>of PS pump, or are the insides of the rubber hoses disintegrating from
>the inside out?  Does anybody know where the black particulates came from?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve Cooperman
>Tucson, Arizona
>Sonora Chapter

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