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Message: Re: Advise please on how to check power steering fluid and top it off if need be

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Changed By: jlegelis
Change Date: June 03, 2015 09:57PM

Re: Advise please on how to check power steering fluid and top it off if need be

Dude - You're scaring me, perhaps consider a professional mechanic to keep you from making an expensive mistake? And remember that brake fluid (which you didn't list) is perhaps super important too.
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Here's a [url=http://www.planet-9.com/987-cayman-boxster-service-tech/61249-checking-power-steering-level-help-needed.html]thread[/url] on the topic, but in short, blue cap is coolant, and black cap is power steering. Here's a diagram from the same post.

[img]http://www.planet-9.com/attachments/987-cayman-boxster-service-tech/20113d1315161162t-checking-power-steering-level-help-needed-dsc07843.jpg[/img]

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Author: jlegelis
Date: June 03, 2015 09:55PM

Re: Advise please on how to check power steering fluid and top it off if need be

Dude - You're scaring me, perhaps consider a professional mechanic to keep you from making an expensive mistake? And remember that brake fluid (which you didn't list) is perhaps super important too.

Here's a [url=http://www.planet-9.com/987-cayman-boxster-service-tech/61249-checking-power-steering-level-help-needed.html]thread[/url] on the topic, but in short, blue cap is coolant, and black cap is power steering. Here's a diagram from the same post.

[img]http://www.planet-9.com/attachments/987-cayman-boxster-service-tech/20113d1315161162t-checking-power-steering-level-help-needed-dsc07843.jpg[/img]