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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 05:25 PM
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I had the Jeep pared in my driveway or a couple days. Shoveling snow this morning, I moved it to find fluid leak under right front. Looks like power steering fluid, but I can't figure out from where. What does steering stabilizer fluid look like. Haven't had time to check it out. Anyone have issues like this. BTW I had right tire up against stop I keep to prevent hitting the wall
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 07:28 AM
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Could just be power steering or if auto tranny lines just seeping a little from sitting.
Steering stabilizer oil would be darker oilly look....
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 07:29 AM
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Steering stabilizer fluid is just light hydraulic oil and should be clear to a light brown color. Transmission cooling lines are known to leak on the automatics and your coolant is red in color and could come from the overflow.
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 07:34 AM
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When I first got mine I had some leakage in the garage and couldn't see where it came from, finally found it coming from the front diff breather - they overfilled it from the factory. Might check all your fluid levels ....
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by zstairlessone
When I first got mine I had some leakage in the garage and couldn't see where it came from, finally found it coming from the front diff breather - they overfilled it from the factory. Might check all your fluid levels ....
How did they do that?
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Doiron
How did they do that?
I'm guessing they have the axle assembly rotated to fill so they don't spill any and the auto fill machine or the dude that pulls the trigger were just a bit slow to stop.
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 05:53 PM
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If I had my front wheel up against the stop could that have caused steering box leak?
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