Type A is the stuff. If you ever look at Type F you will see the difference, it is brown rather than red.


I have a tip for all you power steering flushers. I flushed the p/s system on my Vette this weekend and the hose didn't quite reach down to my drain pan since the car was on the lift and a foot or so off the floor. I was afraid that the hose would flop around out of the drain pan and make a mess.

I found a really neat p/s system flushing container in the trash in the form of an Hawaiian Punch one gallon container. It is clear, of adequate volume, with a cap and best of all it has a plastic bail on top.

I put the hose down into the jug and used a tie wrap to fasten the hose to the bail of the jug so that it wouldn't sling out of the jug. I flushed the system and could easily see when it was no longer throwing fluid. After finishing I simply cut the tie wrap, put on the cap and it is now all ready to take for recycling. An added bonus is that I can easily see how dirty the fluid was.

If I were going to design something specifically for the purpose I couldn't have done much better than a one gallon Hawaiian Punch jug. I guess the next time I need to flush the p/s I'll throw a party and make sure everyone brings a gallon of Hawaiian Punch.

Hope this helps,