The color of my PS fluid

[Bluj40]

I have 2002 Accord dx,I had applied about 3 oz of Arx to the power steering resevoir and by mistake I filled it to the bring.It made a occasional rumbling and it made my steering loose but quite it down a bit also. Arx is pretty good. A couple days ago, i went to a car wash that had a lube shop next to it. Ive been going there for 2 years, but I had a power steering flush service done. What happen was, he use a special machine made by Auto Care to vaccuum the fluid from the resevoir, he spinned the whell a couple times, air got in the system. Thats one, now he used some of his Power steering fluid to clean out my oil fluid that he claims its was Honda fluid(Red ), and repeated the flush. Then he added my Honda PS Fluid(Gold or vegetable oil color) to the resevoir ,now his PS carryover fluid merged with Hondas and turn the fluid purple.You guys know how Honda is proprietary about their fluids and how sensitive their pumps are. Now i get a bigger rumbling sound than before when i turned the wheel. The next day , i dropped in .5 oz of Lube Control, What do you think I should do or should I let it set for a couple days. Frank , Terry or MolaKule, help me out

 

[Mud]

I'm not as chemically knowledgeable as the other gentlemen here, but I suspect that your pump was (is) on it's way out, irrespective of the fluid changes.
Air is not that big of a deal - it's bled back out of the system by raising the car slightly to get weight off the front wheels, then slowly turning the wheels back and forth without hitting the stops. Same thing you do when a PS hose is replaced.
The pump vanes are seldom an issue - problems I have encountered are the front seal and the carrier bearings/bushings that the shaft rides on. Sounds like the b/b are messed up.

 

[kenw]

just drive it. Air won't last long; as it circulates in the system it will come out when it hits the reservoir. Keep the reservoir at the full end until it settles down.

 

[Bluj40]

**** my ps pump going out already? I doubt it, i only have 42000 miles on this 2 yr old. Do you think I should add another dose of Arx to cleanup the carryover, and do the flush right? I have .5 oz of LC in there already, I dunno if that will affect the Arx

 

[Bluj40]

Anybody????????

 

[MolaKule]

I would recommend you Turkey baste the fluid out of there and keep replacing the fluid until you have replaced approx. 2X the original system's fluid capacity.

Use the Honda fluid from Walmart to save a few bucks.

 

[Steve_RI]

The Honda stuff was cheaper at the dealer than the Autozone stuff. 12oz was $1.81 at the dealer versus $2.48 at AZ.

 

[Steve_RI]

The Honda stuff was cheaper at the dealer than the Autozone stuff. 12oz was $1.81 at the dealer versus $2.48 at AZ. I forget which brand it was at AZ though?