P/S Drain

[GROUCHO MARX]

Today I removed the P/S fluid by pumping it out with a long stemmed pump from a shampoo bottle. Some have suggested a turkey baster but this worked really well.

I thought I'd pass it along.

 

[userfriendly]

Gawd I wish you would have posted that tip last week.
I sucked the power steering fluid out of my 25 year old Chev truck with a straw and spit it out into a pail.

 

[Toy4x4]

I really hope you're kidding!

 

[Cutehumor]

quote:

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Originally posted by userfriendly:
Gawd I wish you would have posted that tip last week.
I sucked the power steering fluid out of my 25 year old Chev truck with a straw and spit it out into a pail.

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I guess we will all know who to call if one of the members get bit by a poisonous snake.

 

[digitaldrifter91]

i could never get all of my fluid out...the resavor is like a dual chamer and i usually get like 4 oz out of it....it takes like 20 mintues too with my suction....so i never really changed it.

 

[timzak]

Maybe it's just set up easier on my car, but I have such an easy time flushing my P/S from the cooling line below. I don't even have to jack the car up, just crawl underneath, disconnect the rubber hose from the metal line, let it drain into a pail, then go back to the engine bay and refill the P/S as the level goes down. Every once in awhile, I push the hose back on, start the car, turn the wheel back and forth to get air out of the system, and resume. When clean fluid pours out from the hose, you're done. Reattach the hose, start the car and turn the wheel back and forth one last time, then top off if needed.

 

[digitaldrifter91]

mine is really compact..i cant even remove the resavor...

 

[sbc350gearhead]

Redneck tip of the day: I sucked mine out with an old windshield washer pump and some rubber hose.

 

[cangreylegend]

drifter the honda reservoir has two chambers and a screen in between. Your best bet is to dismount the reservoir and drain or disconnect the return lines and run the system while someone fills.

 

[digitaldrifter91]

o you know the system...lol i cant even remove the resavor...i pull at it soo much...and there are 3 lines from the resavor...im not sure which one is which....i know one goes to the pump..but the other 2 is one or the other...i dont want to make a mess....

will it be bad to flush it out with the car on...no fluid in the power steering pump will kill it right?

 

[porterdog]

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Originally posted by sbc350gearhead:
Redneck tip of the day: I sucked mine out with an old windshield washer pump and some rubber hose.

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That is freaking brilliant! Excellent tip.

[ October 03, 2003, 07:04 AM: Message edited by: porterdog ]

 

[SilverHemi03]

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Originally posted by timzak:
Maybe it's just set up easier on my car, but I have such an easy time flushing my P/S from the cooling line below. I don't even have to jack the car up, just crawl underneath, disconnect the rubber hose from the metal line, let it drain into a pail, then go back to the engine bay and refill the P/S as the level goes down. Every once in awhile, I push the hose back on, start the car, turn the wheel back and forth to get air out of the system, and resume. When clean fluid pours out from the hose, you're done. Reattach the hose, start the car and turn the wheel back and forth one last time, then top off if needed.

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Here's what I plan to do after running 1000 miles with 1 oz of AutoRx. Take the return hose off the cooler, stick it in a can of new fluid. Take another piece of hose and attach to the cooler and put in an empty bucket. Start the car and watch the progress as the old fluid pumps out and the new fluid is sucked in.

 

[cangreylegend]

Drifter, the two lines at the top are the return lines. The bottom one goes to the pump. Refill as you run the engine. A two person job.

 

[digitaldrifter91]

why is it i have 2 return lines and one line to the pump? thanks for helping me out there....now its just getting it out. ill add some auto rx before i do though =)

definetly a 2 person job...i too did the sucking method...o that was foul! every suck to start the psyphen was a foul sent inside my mouth...after 30 minutes and like 3 psyphening..i got dizzy and said forget it....10% new fluid lolz. funnie, after i was hungry...maybe its a drug