Alright... it doesn't look like anyone is really reading this, but I found the reservoir. I think i'll probably do a fluid flush tomorrow, and keep this updated with what I find.

Burning smell is really becoming a problem now. It'* been a few months since my last post, and the smell keeps coming back. I've had power steering and tranny flushes since then, and it has continued to stink. The best I can describe the smell is a VERY acrid, thick odor similar to burning oil or rubber. It comes and goes, never on highway drives but always in stop and go traffic, whether I'm doing low speed turning or not. It seems to be coming through the vents into the cabin. I have no clue what it is. Burning tranny fluid? Burning oil? By the way, I think I have a bad rear main seal (I think that'* what it'* called). Could it be oil leaking from there and getting on something hot like the exhaust? I'm just throwing out ideas. Please help.

No, I've never checked out the valve covers. Does this sound indicative of that kind of problem?

Hi Ben, The fact that you only smell this when turning slow or stopped suggests that you may have a small leak, like a pinhole in the high pressure hose, or elsewhere in the ps system. Because the system is under great pressure under the conditions you describe, a pinhole could squirt ps fluid up onto your exhaust system causing big time smoke.

Sorry I didn't see this post earlier, for the sake of others, here'* the image:

Ok, well at least I've got a couple of things to check out.... valve cover gaskets and power steering high pressure hose. You'd thnk the mechanics at the dealership would've told me if anything was suspect in the power steering system when they flushed it. I guess it could just be a pinhole like you said Bill.

Check for leaks on your rack and pinion assembly. The exhaust runs close to the assembly, and if it'* leaking or spraying crap around....It could be hitting the exhaust and causing your smell....Just a thought.