The hydraulic seals in your Power Steering will be eaten away by engine oil.
Your power steering will start to leek and eventually, it will not work at all.
You will screw your steering system. You need to flush steering system ASAP. And of course do not drive with engine oil in steering.
You could get an oil change as soon as possible to flush the system.
Which oil? Engine, transmission, power steering oil?
Nothing Drain the oil and change the filter. You more than likely did no damage. PS fluid is a lube but not heavy enough to use as engine oil.
The power steering reservoir is at the front of the engine compartment just to the left of your engine oil dipstick when you are looking from the front of the vehicle
Oil will not handle the heat, main pully bearing will heat and burn out causing pump to leak
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I have a 1996 model, but I'm sure they're the same. The power steering fluid (as if you are peering into the hood) is on the right side of the engine, and closer towards the front of the engine. There's only two obvious places to pour fluid into on this side of the engine, and this one is the lower of the two places. One of them is the engine oil, which should say "Engine Oil Only", and the second is your power steering, which SHOULD SAY, "Power Steering Fluid".
You should attempt to drain it and see if that works.
The BMW 318i has a tank inside the engine that houses the power steering fluid. This tank is near the oil cap.
well power steering pumps should have oil in them ...very similar to transmission oil if u mean like motor oil it would have to of been put in there the power steereing system is in no way connected to the engine oil system
it could be from leaking valve cover gaskets and the oil is running down the side of the engine to the oil pan. make sure it is engine oil and not from the transmission or power steering