Tinman14
Junior Member
ADDING POWER STEERING FLUID
I want to point out that I searched every sight (Google, YouTube and this 5th Jen Forum) along with a few others that ONLY talk about 4th generation trucks. My attached photos show a white reservoir (black on all other years) that only holds about 10 - 12 oz of fluid (like a ten or 12 oz. coffee cup) and the steel tubing that I think are the return and supply tubes. The upper tube is where I found the fluid coming from. No one has ever worked on anything that involved or anything around this area except to change batteries and I was there watching. That upper tube was just finger tight? All so the upper tube where it connects to the tube going into the dash area has no white line that should show that it was checked at the factory. The lower tube has a white line on both tubes matching across each other. I don’t know if that means anything but I thought that means some kind of plant inspection showing that things were property installed?
What I read on all of the sights is I have to get the front tires off the ground so it would make it easier to turn the steering wheel while adding fluid. That’s what I did but when you put fluid back into the reservoir (10 oz at a time) it will back up out of the reservoir. I found out the hard way that you have to go VERY VERY slow or it will pump it up and out of the reservoir. SO cleaned up that mess and proceeded to turn the steering this time with the cap installed. I started to pump slowly but it still built up pressure and oil came out around the installed cap. I now left the cap off and turned the steering wheel VERY slowly and was able to get about 5 oz into the reservoir. When I say slowly I mean about 5 to 8 minutes for about 4 ozs. to disappear.
Let see it takes 3 ½ quarts to fill up the power steering so It will (I think you know where I am going with this)…….. NOW I know everything is always correct on the internet but when it says to turn on the engine when adding oil all I can see is a giant gusher blowing up to the sealing of my garage or all over my truck. I know just go and take a shower, put a big plastic on me and let it blow. That might be interesting…….
THE BIG QUESTION IS…. HOW do you add power steering fluid to a 2019 Ram 3500 400HP truck?
JUST A LITTLE NOTE: I found out when I was jacking up the truck that the little screw jack that comes with the truck will not take a front tire off the floor. You need a 4x4 under it. I had to get my hydraulic jacks and jack stands from my shop 400 ft down hill . Boy what a day …..
I want to point out that I searched every sight (Google, YouTube and this 5th Jen Forum) along with a few others that ONLY talk about 4th generation trucks. My attached photos show a white reservoir (black on all other years) that only holds about 10 - 12 oz of fluid (like a ten or 12 oz. coffee cup) and the steel tubing that I think are the return and supply tubes. The upper tube is where I found the fluid coming from. No one has ever worked on anything that involved or anything around this area except to change batteries and I was there watching. That upper tube was just finger tight? All so the upper tube where it connects to the tube going into the dash area has no white line that should show that it was checked at the factory. The lower tube has a white line on both tubes matching across each other. I don’t know if that means anything but I thought that means some kind of plant inspection showing that things were property installed?
What I read on all of the sights is I have to get the front tires off the ground so it would make it easier to turn the steering wheel while adding fluid. That’s what I did but when you put fluid back into the reservoir (10 oz at a time) it will back up out of the reservoir. I found out the hard way that you have to go VERY VERY slow or it will pump it up and out of the reservoir. SO cleaned up that mess and proceeded to turn the steering this time with the cap installed. I started to pump slowly but it still built up pressure and oil came out around the installed cap. I now left the cap off and turned the steering wheel VERY slowly and was able to get about 5 oz into the reservoir. When I say slowly I mean about 5 to 8 minutes for about 4 ozs. to disappear.
Let see it takes 3 ½ quarts to fill up the power steering so It will (I think you know where I am going with this)…….. NOW I know everything is always correct on the internet but when it says to turn on the engine when adding oil all I can see is a giant gusher blowing up to the sealing of my garage or all over my truck. I know just go and take a shower, put a big plastic on me and let it blow. That might be interesting…….
THE BIG QUESTION IS…. HOW do you add power steering fluid to a 2019 Ram 3500 400HP truck?
JUST A LITTLE NOTE: I found out when I was jacking up the truck that the little screw jack that comes with the truck will not take a front tire off the floor. You need a 4x4 under it. I had to get my hydraulic jacks and jack stands from my shop 400 ft down hill . Boy what a day …..