Buick/Olds: Dirty power steering fluid, power steering fluid, trans fluid

Question
Hi, I have a 95 Olds 98m 3.8L engines. The power steering fluid is BLACK! I sucked the old fluid out and kept changing new fluid, hopefully it would get better. It is still BLACK after few days driving. Please let me know what the cause is and how to solve it. Thank you very much.
Sy Huynh,

Answer
The only times that I have run across this discolorization, Is when the WRONG type of fluis was installed in the system. Years ago most vehicles ude transmission fluid to put in the power steering, BUT this has been discontinued and they recommend a SPECIAL TYPE of fluid but people still use the trans fluid of which starts to eats away the seals in the P/S units.

Once you put in trans fluid it is very difficult to getr the trans fluid outy.


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