View Single Post
      07-19-2018, 03:51 PM   #1
Rombbb
Private
5
Rep
51
Posts

Drives: Z4MC
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Amsterdam

iTrader: (0)

Your choice of three steering fluid flush methods ?

Am planning on doing as complete a flush as possible and the online sources eaxch seem to have their own pro's and cons :

---> Turkey bastering, filling up, engine start, turning wheel end-to-end, redo until clear fluid

Will be quite hard to recognize 'clear' from a black reservoir and guess will always keep old stuff in

---> Disconnecting oil line from rack cilinder, turning the wheel

I guess without the pump running you won't get all fluid from around pump area, with the stationary blades acting as a seal, although the rack is the lowest point of the system so maybe it does work if fluid can drain past the pump

---> Disconnecting return hose from reservoir, letting engine run with steering wheel straight, adding to reservoir until clear fluid exits hose

I guess this way you don't get all old fluid from PAS cilinder with steering wheel straight only (will remain old fluid left and right from the valve in the rack cilinder)

Probably the best is doing a combination of them, but that in itself has cons.

What's your way ?
Appreciate 0