Power steering overheating, or?

[George Roffe]

Wayne Cox wrote:

>Seriously doubt it...  WW is water based.

Probably.  Never know.

>Plus the reason it works in
>water is you get localized boiling (like steam bubbles on the bottom of a
>pan on your stove.)  Any sort'a PS fluid would probably ignite or turn to
>charred sludge before boiling.

Nah.  What would ignite it?  It's certainly possible to boil oil.  And
simply getting it hot would not make it ooze out of the
reservoir.  Generally I would agree with you about sludge, but PS fluid
seems to react a bit differently from motor oil.  Some people even add it
to the crankcase to clean out any sludge (I wouldn't recommend this however).

George Roffe
Houston, TX  USA
http://www.nissport.com