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Originally Posted by lee polowczuk
I have always done it the less messy way... I always suck the p/s fluid out with a turkey baster...then change the filter..
I buy true power steering fluid...valvoline.... it is clear.... I add it back in.. then each week for the next 3 or 4 weeks i repeat the sucking procedure and add new. After about the 4th time, you have a clean system...and you can monitor the system by the "clearness" of the fluid. This takes next to no time.
I usually buy two quarts of fluid.
I tend to do the same with brake fluid in between pad changes... at a pad change, I bleed it down pretty good... brake fluid seems to stay pristine.
No mess, no fuss.
Of course I suck the oil out to change it, rather than draining it.
Tranny fluid, I do the traditional and very messy way... drain the converter and tranny, then drop the pan (the messy part-- and change the filter)
just my .02
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I don't think that is a sound method re: brake fluid, unless it is just to do it between bleeding all the fluid every 2-3 years (which sounds like it may be the case depending on quick you go through brake pads). you are changing the fluid in the m/c but you will never change the fluid in the calipers that takes the most heat and tends to be the dirtiest.