Re: steering noises

Okay, refilled the power steering (using Dextron ATF). This helped a
LOT!! So far so good. I must be color blind, I dipped a paper towel
in the resevior and the fluid was a darking maroon/rust color).
Looked orange sitting in the filter. I'll just now have to keep an
eye on it.

You need to look around all of the hoses and see if you find what looks like
grease, esp. where the hoses connect. You don't notice small leaks in the
steering by looking under the car -- they evaporate to look like grease esp.
if you neglect maintainance. You need to check all of your fluids regularly.

If I were you I would suck the fluid you installed back out, replace it
with a sealer and top it off with new fluid. If it went dry you might have
crap residue you can remove now that it is dissolved.

By the way, have you checked your trans fluid lately?

Pflu