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How do you change power steering fluid?
« on: 16 April 2011, 15:46:09 »

How do you drain the pas fluid mine looks a bit crappy?????
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2011, 17:22:09 »

Empty container or glass jar under the pas bottle, undo the jubilee clip, remove the hose and allow the pas fluid to drian out. Push the hose back on do up the jubilee clip refill pas bottle with the correct amount of fluid.
 Start the engine and move the steering from left to right to remove any air locks and top up, job done.
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2011, 18:36:03 »

ok thanks  :y
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #3 on: 17 April 2011, 05:39:03 »

What about the fluid in the system?  :-?
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #4 on: 17 April 2011, 15:27:52 »

???????????????? there must be a drain plug?????
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #5 on: 17 April 2011, 15:29:43 »

never done it, but dont you just put the return hose into a container, steer right to left while someone elese tops up....flushing the system out.

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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #6 on: 17 April 2011, 16:41:33 »

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never done it, but dont you just put the return hose into a container, steer right to left while someone elese tops up....flushing the system out.
That's my understanding, but as you say, never done it...
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #7 on: 17 April 2011, 17:07:08 »

While I realise that I'd changed it all, I sucked out what I could from the reservoir & replaced with new. Ran the engine, steering lock to lock & then repeated the above a few times. It's only the same as trying to replace all your ATF.
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Re: How do you change power steering fluid?
« Reply #8 on: 18 April 2011, 19:07:12 »

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never done it, but dont you just put the return hose into a container, steer right to left while someone elese tops up....flushing the system out.
That's my understanding, but as you say, never done it...

Thats what I always do,cleans the whole system out then :y
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