why power steering fluid turning black?

[bigmitch117]

Like the title says.. every few hundred miles my power steering fluid is turning black.. I replaced the hoses and cleaned the filter a few times already. So what else could it be? The pump? Or the rack? Any help would be appreciated.

[jayjaya29]

Fluid could be eating away at the hoses.

[bigmitch117]

No sir.. I replaced the hoses.. they look great.

[gk325is]

It just breaks down as it gets hot and cool and is used over and over.

[CMG]

Ur using red atf right? Should get dirty not black

[bigmitch117]

Synthetic atf.. gets dirty after a couple hundred miles. To the point where its black ..

[nighthawk328i]

Did you replace the power steering reservoir too? It has a filter built into it. I wonder if that might be causing the issue?

[bigmitch117]

No I just flushed the reservoir a few times with parts cleaner and re-installed it.. do you think the filter is breaking down?

[CMG]

If you do all the lines you should do the reservoir too.

[nighthawk328i]

If you do all the lines you should do the reservoir too.

Yep, it's what you're supposed to do. I can't say for certain whether it would help but a new reservoir is like $25 so I think it is worth a shot.

[bigmitch117]

ok.. ill try that. thanks

[CMG]

And flush of course