My latest power steering change was on my brother's bull nose F-250. It had been leaking massive quantities of fluid to the point he was adding every time he drove it. I mistakenly put in WAY too much UV dye to find the leak. What a mess! An ounce of dye turned the fluid into a baby diaper yellow color over night. I totally wasn't thinking and dumped the whole 1 ounce bottle in like I would for an engine leak not accounting for 1 or 2 pints of volume vs 5 or more quarts of engine sump capacity.
I ended up having to replace the gear box, so it was no huge deal in the end except for the clean up and having to flush the power steering pump with a few extra quarts of transmission fluid to get the dye out.
Out: standard power steering fluid
In: Valvoline DexMerc (factory fill was Type F)
I ended up having to replace the gear box, so it was no huge deal in the end except for the clean up and having to flush the power steering pump with a few extra quarts of transmission fluid to get the dye out.
Out: standard power steering fluid
In: Valvoline DexMerc (factory fill was Type F)