Power Steering flush

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ohioan

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Ms3, silver gt

• Jun 11, 2010

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I just syphoned the reservoir out, filled it with the new dex III fluid. Turned the car on, moved the wheel all the way left and then right a few times. Then I repeated it one more time. Do you think that's good enough?

Or should I be pulling a line and draining it all out at once?

Anyone actually do this on this car yet?

 

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RichB

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2007 Cosmic Blue Mazdaspeed 3 GT

• Jun 11, 2010

• #2

That sounds sufficient to me. Is the fluid in the reservoir cleaner?

 

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ohioan

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Ms3, silver gt

• Jun 11, 2010

• #3

Yup. It was black before. Now is blackish! (with a red tint)

 

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JReichle1

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1999 Protege Sport 20

• Jun 11, 2010

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That is the way we do it with our flush machine. Just do it a couple more times and you should see all new fluid. Try turning the wheel lock to lock 2 or 3 times between drain and fill.

 

meicalnissyen

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06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)

• Jun 12, 2010

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ohioan said:

I just syphoned the reservoir out, filled it with the new dex III fluid. Turned the car on, moved the wheel all the way left and then right a few times. Then I repeated it one more time. Do you think that's good enough?

Or should I be pulling a line and draining it all out at once?

Anyone actually do this on this car yet?

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yeah, guessed wrong on the supply/return line coin flip (loser)
big mess
I try to get the supply side rigged into a fresh quart of fluid, and the return rigged into a catch jug. start engine, for a FEW seconds. quart should be gone. then reattach hoses and refill resevoir, work the wheel as you said and clean up

I would guess that by suckin most of the resevoir your getting 1/4 ~ 1/3 of the system volume

you can do it that way, but its like doing water changes in an aquarium

 

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ohioan

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Ms3, silver gt

• Jun 13, 2010

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meicalnissyen said:

yeah, guessed wrong on the supply/return line coin flip (loser)
big mess

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That's exactly what I was affraid of doing! It is funny though