Check your PS fluid....mine was cooked and I didn't even know it

So yeah, I drive my car possibly harder than others but I was really surprised when I checked my power steering fluid the other week it was brown and burnt smelling. I got my PS cooler installed this weekend and even if you have a stock PS cooler please check your fluid, my PS pump never made a groan but I bet next time I took my Magnum out to the "country twistiest" I would of fried my pump with this stuff in there.



I will let you guess which color is the new/clean side:







That is PS fluid, not oil:





Taking the stock cooler off is a fun job...for adults only:

 

Jesus Nathan. WTF did you do?

Nice new cooler you added though.

 

Me...I push my car pretty hard.

 

lol yea, so do I, but my steering fluid doesn't look like that.

Of course I have already went through TWO steering assist pumps. lol

 

Funny you should post this Lou form LX just took his Mag car to the road course for the first time today and cooked his fluid. Which cooler did you use, he will be needing one.
I will probably do the upgrade too for as much as I am tracking my car, although I havent had an issue yet. I guess I will see tomorrow as I am hitting the road course again.