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Makes 🢒 Oldsmobile 🢒 1998 🢒 Achieva 🢒 Steering 🢒 Power Steering System 🢒 Foaming, Milky-Appearing Power Steering Fluid

Condition

Causes

Foaming, Milky Power Steering Fluid

Low Fluid Level

Possible Low Pressure
    • Air is in the fluid.
    • A loss of fluid due to an internal pump leak causing an overflow.
    • Air bubbles in the system are caused by a low fluid level in extremely cold temperatures.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Inspect for a leak.
  2. Correct the condition.
  3. Bleed the system.