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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Brake fluid, Power Steering fluid, change
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 981470" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Shellyurb,</p><p></p><p>A $2 turkey baster works just as good a fancy vaccuum pump...but for flushing the brakes, that is not even necessary since you will be flushing all the old fluid out of the system through the bleed valves at each wheel. Just keep refilling the reservoir with fresh fluid until you get fresh clean fluid at each wheel, and never let the reservoir run dry or you will suck air into the master cylinder.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have never had to flush a power steering unit since most use Auto Trans fluid or in some cases special fluid like Honda does. Brake fluid attracts moisture which can corrode brake parts, especially calipers and wheel cylinder. Transmission fluid or special power steering fluids do not attract moisture like brake fluid and will not cause power steering parts to corrode. The fluid might get dark over time, but it does not cause any harm to the power steering pump, or the steering gear/rack & pinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While it might be beneficial to change the power steering fluid every 100K miles or so, flushing power steering fluid every 4K miles is excessive maintenance and is probably far more anal than anything I have ever heard of in my 50 years of working on cars...Kind of like the obsessive people who wash their hands every 10 minutes? But, of course you are free to do what every you want to your truck if that makes you feel better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 981470, member: 52972"] Shellyurb, A $2 turkey baster works just as good a fancy vaccuum pump...but for flushing the brakes, that is not even necessary since you will be flushing all the old fluid out of the system through the bleed valves at each wheel. Just keep refilling the reservoir with fresh fluid until you get fresh clean fluid at each wheel, and never let the reservoir run dry or you will suck air into the master cylinder. I have never had to flush a power steering unit since most use Auto Trans fluid or in some cases special fluid like Honda does. Brake fluid attracts moisture which can corrode brake parts, especially calipers and wheel cylinder. Transmission fluid or special power steering fluids do not attract moisture like brake fluid and will not cause power steering parts to corrode. The fluid might get dark over time, but it does not cause any harm to the power steering pump, or the steering gear/rack & pinion. While it might be beneficial to change the power steering fluid every 100K miles or so, flushing power steering fluid every 4K miles is excessive maintenance and is probably far more anal than anything I have ever heard of in my 50 years of working on cars...Kind of like the obsessive people who wash their hands every 10 minutes? But, of course you are free to do what every you want to your truck if that makes you feel better. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Brake fluid, Power Steering fluid, change
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