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well the time has come to top-up my HICAS oil as the pump's been making a bit of noise the past two days and is a bit low.

I opened the cap up and saw that the oil in there wasn't the pink i expected.

it was yellow.

Now, i thought that you can just use normal Power Steering fluid in there (which from my expiriances is pink) but this stuff being yellow has me thinking that there might be a different oil ?

And auto part places look at me weird when i say it's yellow.

Any pointers/advice on what to use ?!?!?!?

wanna do it soon before the pump blows up.

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mechanic's i've spoken too (a fair few)

no idea they say. never seen yellow oil before is all i hear.

And the response is just put any old pink P/S oil in it...

But i'm reluctant to do it as i don't wanna if it's gotta be a specific type of oil as the HICAS is hydralic (sp) and stuff on a 31 (same as a 32).

Last thing i need is to try and find a 31 HICAS P/S pump. I know what my chances are of that.

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From my experiance, Auto-tran fluid is pink, brake fluid is a tranparent/clear/yellow and P/S fluid is greenish... this prob won't be of any use to you, and prob complicate the situation futher!

I'd have to agree with DAHXX, ask a nissan dealer, or my a compliance/performance workshop???

sorry, no very useful... never had to do mine before either!

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Does the R31 have a separate reservoir for the Hicas?

My R32 shares the reservoir, I know because when my steering fluid level got low my HICAS light flashed before anything else (I had a leak at the PS pump).

Any old power steering fluid should do it (or auto gearbox fluid if your in a pinch and cant get anything else, trust me it works). It's all hydraulic fluid after all. I wouldn't be too concerned.

Can't say I've ever looked at the colour of oils/fluids before though.

Dave R

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Dave, with that leak was it just the hose / loose hose? Or did you have to replace the pump? Mine is leaking a bit and I removed and checked the hose and it was fine :confused: Made sure the clamps are nice and tight now but havent tested it yet...will be testing [driving] it tomorrow.

Thanks.

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