Disco 2 Power steering fluid

Can't fet ravenol SSF easily.

What can I use?


May have leak

ATF. I've had in mine for ages, in fact I don't remember it ever having anything else in, especailly since I cured my leak!!

May have to, but will check other garages, seen LHM.

Leaking pool under the car on left hand side

Booked in garage for 30th

Got some red stuff for now, looks like the front reservoir is leaking.

Check the U bend in the low pressure pipe to the pump. Known to rub against sump and leak.
Griff

MJI said:

May have to, but will check other garages, seen LHM.

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I'm not sure but I think that is the stuff the Frogs put in their Citroen type cars that have the fancy suspension.

If you have a pool under where you said, you may find you are "lucky" and that it is pipe that has rubbed through and leaking, either feed or return to the tank. It was in my case. The hard pipe had rubbed on another pipe. As it wasn't under pressure I just shortened it and replaced the dodgy bit with hydraulic flexible. That was years ago.

I then went all over both sides under the bonnet. checking and where pipes and /or wires/loom were rubbing or looked like they might I insulated them with garden hose.

Access through those little panels in the inner wings makes it a lot easier.

Just got dexron something for now, better than dry.

Wondering now if to fix or give up driving.

MJI said:

Just got dexron something for now, better than dry.

Wondering now if to fix or give up driving.

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You won't know until you have investigated. In my case the pinhole was so small it was more or less invisible. If I'd had a welder a blob on it would have mended it. But I didn't as it happened in France. So did the other thing.
Best of luck.

Speed of leak is manageable until repair.

Found new puddle today, idiot error, not normally an issue in October, water, under gearbox, yes aircon.

Use this mate...

Bone9 said:

Use this mate...

1L Land Rover ACE Fluid / Cold Climate Fluid by Westway Lubricants 1 Litre | eBay

1 Litre of Semi-Synthetic Cold Climate Fluid. Suitable for Land Rover ACE Systems as found on the A high-performance semi-synthetic power steering / active suspension fluid for use in Land Rover Dynamic Response Systems.

www.ebay.co.uk

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Nothing around here dexron or dry pump

MJI said:

Nothing around here dexron or dry pump

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The same stuff as you would put in a Disco 2 auto box, I swear it is fine.

Cold climate? FFS!
In the UK? Nowadays?

Stanleysteamer said:

The same stuff as you would put in a Disco 2 auto box, I swear it is fine.

Cold climate? FFS!
In the UK? Nowadays?

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I used up my spare a while ago as did partial change on ace

Stanleysteamer said:

ATF. I've had in mine for ages, in fact I don't remember it ever having anything else in, especailly since I cured my leak!!

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Mine too, always used Dexron .

Bone9 said:

Use this mate...

1L Land Rover ACE Fluid / Cold Climate Fluid by Westway Lubricants 1 Litre | eBay

1 Litre of Semi-Synthetic Cold Climate Fluid. Suitable for Land Rover ACE Systems as found on the A high-performance semi-synthetic power steering / active suspension fluid for use in Land Rover Dynamic Response Systems.

www.ebay.co.uk

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Second that, that's what I've used, I got 5 litres (& glad I did) as I had to replace the rear ACE pipes & I've now got to fit the p/s pump I picked up recently.

Put dexron in as only stuff around here.

Will be enough to get home.

MJI said:

Put dexron in as only stuff around here.

Will be enough to get home.

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Have you got a secondhand or new reservoir to fit?
Or are you going to clean up the old one and glue it back together again?

Just going to chuck into mm4x4, still not well