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[Webby the Bear]

Evening all,

Ok, when I do a full yearly service on my lovely motor she'll be getting the following:

Air Filter
Pollen Filter
Fuel Filter
S. Plugs (40k miles I know but for the sake of £2o )
Oil change
Oil filter
Breather clean
Brake fluid change
Coolant change

All these things I've learned to do from here and I'm eternally grateful to all of you. Love you all man 

NOW, enough of the homo-OOF-eroticism.....

There are two things I'm uncertain of..

1. Is this guide for ATF change ok for the AR25 box I have..... i presume so but thought i'd double check...... http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90664.0

2. There isn't a guide for a PAS fluid change. Is it easy to do? I see you can take the pulley off after aux belt removal and drain it that way... but surely there's an easier way?

Any info chaps would be wonderful and finally complete my full service jobs..... unless of course theres something i've missed 

Cheers chaps.

Car Bear

[RobG]

1) Yep
2) Undo the return hose at the reservoir and place into a container, with engine idling steer right to left while someone else tops up, when the exiting fluid is red, job done. If you want to avoid possible "flat spots" on front tyres, raise both wheels off the ground

[Webby the Bear]

As ever you're a star. Cheers Robert Brogarbi

[Webby the Bear]

Ps, is this Hellfrauds stuff ok to use?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_270369_langId_-1_categoryId_255219

[Kevin Wood]

Ps, is this Hellfrauds stuff ok to use?

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_270369_langId_-1_categoryId_255219

Given that there's no specification at all on the bottle, I wouldn't.. Unless it says it's DEXRON 2.

[Webby the Bear]

Dexron 2... hmmmm is this the same stuff as ATF? Although I believe it's DEXRON 3 that we use?

[RobG]

Dexron 2... hmmmm is this the same stuff as ATF? Although I believe it's DEXRON 3 that we use?

Nope

[aaronjb]

Dexron 2... hmmmm is this the same stuff as ATF? Although I believe it's DEXRON 3 that we use?

Nope

Dexron is the trade name for a group of technical specifications of automatic transmission fluid created by General Motors (GM)

 

I suspect you meant "No, it's not the right ATF for our cars", but..

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers chaps, so DEXRON 3 for transmission and DEXRON 2 for PAS. Got it

Just went home @ lunch and had a look at the PAS fluid resevoir. I screwed the top off (took a pair of pliers  ) and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube. So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

Also, there are two pipes coming out of the resovoir on the left hand side as you look at it. one at the top with a jubilee clip and one directly underneath it. which one is the return resevoir that i undo? and i assume that i follow the pipe down to its end location and undo it there?

Cheers chaps 

[Andy B]

......
 and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube.

Half way up is about right 

......
 ...So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

.....

NO! 

[Webby the Bear]

......
 and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube.

Half way up is about right 

......
 ...So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

.....

NO! 

Cheers Andy 

Any idea on the pipe?

[RobG]

Cheers chaps, so DEXRON 3 for transmission and DEXRON 2 for PAS. Got it

Just went home @ lunch and had a look at the PAS fluid resevoir. I screwed the top off (took a pair of pliers  ) and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube. So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

Also, there are two pipes coming out of the resovoir on the left hand side as you look at it. one at the top with a jubilee clip and one directly underneath it. which one is the return resevoir that i undo? and i assume that i follow the pipe down to its end location and undo it there?

Cheers chaps 

Keeping it simple Steve the hose that does not connect to PAS pump is the return feed, disconnect at PAS reservoir ......................and don`t forget to plug the outlet on the reservoir when topping up with fresh

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers chaps, so DEXRON 3 for transmission and DEXRON 2 for PAS. Got it

Just went home @ lunch and had a look at the PAS fluid resevoir. I screwed the top off (took a pair of pliers  ) and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube. So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

Also, there are two pipes coming out of the resovoir on the left hand side as you look at it. one at the top with a jubilee clip and one directly underneath it. which one is the return resevoir that i undo? and i assume that i follow the pipe down to its end location and undo it there?

Cheers chaps 

Keeping it simple Steve the hose that does not connect to PAS pump is the return feed, disconnect at PAS reservoir

I tell ya, if I don't keep things simple I'll get all confused and that would suck!

Ok, I think i've been a silly bear.... and all the info was in your first answer (sorry rob but i tend to read too fast and miss stuff soz)..... so by the name of it the ''return feed''.... that would suggest that the fluid goes round in a circle.... e.g. out the pas fluid resevoir and back in through the return feed? i was concerned that if i'd undone a pipe and then topped up it wud piss out... but it wont cos its the return 

[RobG]

Cheers chaps, so DEXRON 3 for transmission and DEXRON 2 for PAS. Got it

Just went home @ lunch and had a look at the PAS fluid resevoir. I screwed the top off (took a pair of pliers  ) and the tube on the lid (i presume is a dipstick) and there is fluid halfway up the tube. So i'm thinking i should fill this to the brim?

Also, there are two pipes coming out of the resovoir on the left hand side as you look at it. one at the top with a jubilee clip and one directly underneath it. which one is the return resevoir that i undo? and i assume that i follow the pipe down to its end location and undo it there?

Cheers chaps 

Keeping it simple Steve the hose that does not connect to PAS pump is the return feed, disconnect at PAS reservoir

I tell ya, if I don't keep things simple I'll get all confused and that would suck!

Ok, I think i've been a silly bear.... and all the info was in your first answer (sorry rob but i tend to read too fast and miss stuff soz)..... so by the name of it the ''return feed''.... that would suggest that the fluid goes round in a circle.... e.g. out the pas fluid resevoir and back in through the return feed? i was concerned that if i'd undone a pipe and then topped up it wud piss out... but it wont cos its the return 

It will if you don`t plug the spigot on the reservoir where you`ve disconnected the return

[Webby the Bear]

Hahahaha no idea what a spigot is but i get the gist that it's some sort of plug lol