BATMAN

Change mines every 25k miles and replace it with Redline Power steering synthetic fluid.

After 230k miles the powersteering still works great.

Many FD owners tell me that is one fluid that they don't change.

Is that part of the reason why some people have been having power steering go bad with less miles than mines?

WVRx7

any and all liquids used in an automobile should be changed at regular intervals. Good for you for bringing it up.

Personally, I can't believe how many people have never changed their brake fluid. I recently saw a FD with a huge single turbo, the owner had tons of tasteless mods and constantly bragged of 400-500hp and how fast the car was. I looked at the brake fluid and it looked like coffee. (I removed the lid, it literally looked like there were coffee grounds in there)

When I showed the owner he was disinterested.

Brakes give life. Horsepower just makes life interesting.

BATMAN

Oh, I change the brake fluid every 20k miles.

master cylinder is still original.

WVRx7

I figured you did. Certainly, I wasn't preaching to you.

I do brake fluid twice a year, minimum or before events (If I think necessary). That works out to a change less that 1000 miles but it is good for peace of mind.

Oil, every 1000 miles (or less)
PS fluid, annual
coolant, annual (or more)

I am a bit agressive with it, but fuel contamination of the oil is so bad in most FD I belive it is smart to change it often.

BATMAN

The way I look at it is the brakes and clutch share the same fluid.

that is even more reason to change it on a regular basis.

that **** absorbs water, gets boiled and gets nasty quick.

Brake job always include flushing that gunk.

worfvi

how do you change the power steering fluid? i didn't see instructions in the service manual. or maybe i just missed it. :-)

BATMAN

i have this hand held pump that just sucks it out from the resorvior.

any pumping device will do.

then after i do that.

it takes a littel less than a bottle to fill it up.

gotta do that a few times unless u have ability to flush the entire system out.

banned

I have this hand held pump that just sucks it out from the resorvior.

any pumping device will do.

what? no off-the-wall sexual quips? is this really batman?

then after i do that.

it takes a littel less than a bottle to fill it up.

gotta do that a few times unless u have ability to flush the entire system out.

I just had my power steering flushed at the quick oil change....kind of pricey (about $70) but, as in the case of the automatic trans flushes, I like the fact that they get ALL the old contaminated fluid out of the system, including the stuff trapped in the hydraulic lines

it's the first time it's been done on my car, a '93 with 55k miles....I didn't have any problems with the ps, just figured it was time to do it

93BlackFD

is it swedish made? did it come with a book?

BATMAN

I knew someone would make sexual reference to that, just not YZF-R1 (who is a closet sex freak).

93BlackFD

aka, deprived teenager?

SleepR1

I changed the power steering fluid twice during the 8 years I've own my FD. The second time was when I was having my GReddy 2-row FMIC installed. The power steering lines needed to be re-routed, so the power steering fluid got emptied and refilled. The first time was when I switched the original PS fluid to Redline synthetic. Power steering fluid stays remarkably clean. As long as it's synthetic, and looks clean, I don't see the need to change the PS fluid. Master cylinder fluid (brakes and clutch) is another story.

Get a Mityvac vacuum pump. They are available at NAPA and Autozone.

http://www.mityvac.com/

worfvi

Cool. Changing the power steering fluid sounds very easy! I guess the reason why average Joe's, like me, haven't changed our power steering fluids is because we didn't know how. Thanks for the tips!

Now, I've noticed these set of PS fluid change instructions in my honda service manual: First, disconnect the fluid return hose from the PS reservoir and route that to a catch can. Start the car, then turn the steering wheel to have the PS pump pump the fluid out. Afterwards, reconnect the hose, refill the PS reservoir, then turn the steering wheel back and forth to get the air out of the system.

Has anyone tried the above method? (Though, it looks like there isn't enough room in the engine bay to place a catch can.)

Fd3BOOST

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Your supposed to change that ?? Dohh.

BATMAN

pomanferrari

iTrader: (1)

BATMAN, WTF do you do for a day job? Cab driver? 230K miles. Do you have Boy Robin hacking the FD as a cab when you're sleeping?

Back to thread: I change my PS fluid at every tune up, e.g., when I replace my engine.

SanJoRX7

I change mine at the same interval that my blinker fluid gets changed.

MaxRX7

I've never changed it and never will. Nowhere is it mentioned it should be changed and seems like it is not a worthwhile thing to do. How are you going to get all the fluild out w/o disconnecting ****. There will still be fuild in the P/S rack anyways. Now changing brake fluid, antifreeze and the like yeah sure. I also don't believe in the "Redline Power steering synthetic fluid." hype. I mean seriously, is it really needed.

MaxRX7

I also installed muffler bearings when I swapped turbos