Hi All, The brother-in-law fixed it yesterday. - He starts the engine with the reservoir lid off. - The fluid drains down. - Airlocked fluid foams up to replace it. - Switch off engine. - Wait for bubbles to clear Restart engine - the now bubble-less fluid drains down, repeat. Many times. Eventually...

Do you mean there's still some old fluid further into the system with new stuff sat on top of it?

Hi there,
Yes he pumped - rather than drained - via a syphon tube and an attached atomiser pump (!) a lot of brown fluid out and brushed out some grunge then filled it up with new stuff.
Should the fluid actually be drained out the bottom somehow instead? Will that help to remove air bubbles/locks?

Hi. My brother in law suggested that there might be a bit of air in it. But he checked all the hoses and they seemed fine.

Thanks again

Hi again,
It's Eurol brand.
Green in colour
Power steering fluid C.
Fully synthetic.
DIN 51524 PART 3

Reads, "meets requirements of VOLVO STD 1273.36"

The motor factors reccommended it for this year of v70.

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Hi all, The steering had been getting a stiff at times. Not always, sometimes. My engineer brother in law drained the power steering oil and replaced it yesterday and now it's even worse and accompanied by godawful whining / whirring sounds that raise in pitch and volume as we accelerate. The steeri...