How to Check Power Steering Fluid 2000-07 Volvo V70

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Hi, everyone. Sue here form 1A Auto. And today, we got an O3 Volvo V70 with a 2.4-liter non-turbo. I'm going to show you where the power steering fluid reservoir is.

So we're going to open the hood. The hood latch location is on the driver's side. The left leg kick panel--You reach in there, you'll feel a handle. See it. Just give it a pull. So the safety latch is located right here in the center. You just pull up the tab and lift the hood open. It's on the passenger side fender well. It's clearly marked power steering. What we're going to do is with the car off, not running, we're going to open that cover.

It has a dipstick attached to it. I'm going to clean that off. And there is two indicators: hot and cold. So with it hot, that would mean that the car has been running. And you shut it off and come out here and check your fluid. Fluid expands and it rises up when it's hot. When it's cold, like this car's been sitting, it should be down somewhere in between the two here. So we're going to line up those two key points.

Drop it in on the canister and then pull it out. Let's see what we got. We're right in the middle. So the power steering fluid on this is at the proper location. We checked the maintenance color of it. It's clean. That's not dirty at all. So we're all set. Make sure your cover's closed tight and don't forget to check your maintenance manual to see what kind of power steering fluid this particular vehicle takes.

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