Power Steering Questions

[jro909]

The temps have turned from cold to bitterly cold in the recent days..the wind chill is about -6 right now, with that my power steering seems to be quite stiff when i first start driving the truck..i assume its because the truck sits in the cold all night and the fluid is thick..even today i let the trick sit and idle until it hit 210 on the temp guage and the wheel was still a little stiff till i drove it 30 miles to school..

 

1) so is their an easy trick to de-stiffing the p/s in the cold?

[ChevyTech77]

GM Cold Climate or aftermarket full synthetic power steering fluid.

[Black02Silverado]

You can use AMSOIL's Power Steering Fluid. If you want I can get you a quote to your door. Just PM me your address.

 

[markw8]

Redline helped mine.

 

Mark

[jro909]

i have a few bottles of gm winter power steering fluid in the garage..my plan was to do the turkey baster trick before it got cold..and guess what i never found the time lol anyways is it going to blow a line or hurt anything if i drive with the wheel a bit stiff?

 

thanks for the replys guys

[ChevyTech77]

Should be fine, other than the noise. My truck has been doing it for the past 6 years that I've owned it

with not one issue.