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Old 02-15-2013, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by balbs
You don't measure if the car is running or not. You measure based on if the fluid is hot or cold. I believe there are markings depending on the fluid temperature.
I mean i looked under my hood and opened up the power steering fluid container that says CHF11S only and the amount of fluid in the container was look and it had a little dip stick on the top.
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Old 02-15-2013, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by turboawd
older bmw's used transmission fluid for the power steering systems, but not on the e60.
BMW has been using Pentosin CHF-11s for quite some time. My old 1995 E34 required it as we'll for the PS. Still have a container of it laying around.
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