Teagar

Thanks i found a radiator from a junkyard getting it fixed at a radiator shop now .

thank you very much john i used their website and they will get back to me with some good new i hope.

I have a big crack in my plastic side tank of the radiator. I am hoping to get one sent to me in the near future. IF any one has a xt6 radiator or passenger side plastic tank (temp senor side and drain plug side). Even a good place to get one new or used i am in the sacramento california area. I have checked all of the places dealer ect . One big headache this has turned out to be.:-\

Greetings from sacramento I have a xt6 also with powersteering problems maybe it is something to do with this nice clean california air we have here. Lots of subarus in the junkyards around here. Cars are shown no mercy around here that are parked in the streets. High dollar threats are posted on red notices by the city so lots of great cars end up in the pick and pull junkyards. Sacramento craigslist is a goldmine for older cars.

I am going to the foreign pic n pull in rancho cordova pretty soon as soon as i fix my power steering. There are 3 pic and pulls here in sacramento rancho cordova on sunset is the best as far as I am concerned.

Actually I am not to bad at things like that. I live in a apartment where I can not work on stuff other than sneak around and do it like in the early hours in the weekends. The problem got much worse today and I will have to do something. The car only has 51 k miles on it so I am sure it has not had any work done to the power steering dept.I uploaded some pics of it and my speedometer. I just need to do this smartly like having the parts I need on hand when I do it. I have no air compressor just hand tools. I do not like to just start tearing stuff apart until i understand the does and dont of the issue it save me time and I work 50 hours a week and I do not have alot of extra time. Thank you for all of the advice everyone and I will try to take it out and clean it this weekend

It did it to me again. I was right in the middle of a turn and the steering wheel got real hard to turn for about 2 seconds then the steering light went on and then the power steering came back before I came out of the turn. THis is the first time this has happened in a turn and the 3 time the light has come on . :-\

What would be the best and easiest way to flush the power steering system? I could put the new bottle of fluid in and save the old fluid for emergency that would be a good idea. My power steering light has not come on since I started this thread I hope to never see that again. Just diconnecting the clamp and hose seems the easiest but I would rather find out from someone who has done it before so I dont mess something up.

I just got the cyber fluid or liquid gold fluid as I like to call it . Thanks for the advice garygross yes I did tighten the clamp. I have had the car for 2 and a half years and this is the first time I had to add fluid to it. I could see where it was slightly seeping from the hoses and I tightened them the first thing.I was supprised how little fluid it took to make it to the full mark. Because it is such a hard to find and expensive job to replace I thought it would be a good idea to change the fluid in the power steering unit but instead I am going to drain it out with a turkey baster and filter the fluid then put it back. It should not be to hard to do. I will clean the inside of the cylinder also when I do . The dealer told me there are 29 quarts left in the USA but more could be ordered from Japan when they need to. The first dealer I went to did not know his head from a hole in the ground and the local subaru specialist his head from a hole in the ground but only somtimes as far as I am concerned. These guys know nothing on XT6 Here in Sacramento. The only other xt6 I have seen here are in the junkyards. Good to see a few familiar names from XT6.net in this post. I hope my power steering light stays off and this solves my problem.

Yes 2nd dealer I called can still order some of the cyber fluid . THis guy took about 15 minutes to look it up and call me back. The other dealer parts dept just told me off the top of his head it is a out of stock item. It is 25$ and it will be in tuesday. If I heard him right there are only 29 single left.(pint,quart?) I will check on it tues. I hope to have my car for a long time is there any other souces of this power steering fluid beside the dealers . CarQuest ,napa ? I hope this fixes my problem. It would be very expensive to drain it and add new fluid at these prices.

I Have a 91 subaru xt6 all wheel drive. It has 51k miles on it. I have had the car for 2 and a half years it is a daily driver. I have not had to add any power steering fluid to it yet. It finally went down from the max full line to just below the fill line. My power steering light has come on twice now. I hope it is just because of the fluid being slightly low. I know we are only supposed to use cyber fluid but I found out it is no longer in stock through the dealer. I have heard other fluid can be used .The car handles great and is in great shape still. Can I top it off with another type brake fluid ? I would kind of like to change the fluid out of it and put all new fluid into it. Fluid looks ok just a little gritty. Anyway Huck , gary gross , king bob dole to just name a few I could use some of your much valued advice.