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Old 11-14-2008, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
If the fluid is black its long overdue for new fluid and a filter.

The easiest way without removing hoses is to remove the belt, suck all the old fluid out, turn the pump by hand and keep sucking dirty fluid out and adding a little clean fluid until it comes out clean.

http://catalog.peachparts.com/item.wws?sku=M2000-97891&itempk=50272&mfr=Mann-Filter&weight=0.10
So what your saying is to do the same thing as the "start the engine and get ready for a gusher" method. Except without the gusher and you can do it w/o an assistant but you have to remove the belt and turn the pump by hand. Sounds less exciting Think I'll try it.
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