[Shotimes] Cold-weather fart (attn: Wojton, etc.)

[Bruce Malachuk]

no laying on the ground. Just take a piece of 3/8th's hose and a union
(Homedepot 1.69) and put the union into the PS return line. Put another 2 in
long piece of hose with a bolt in the end of it as a plug onto the resevoir.
Start the car and start pouring ATF in from a gallon jug. Takes 2 min to
flush the system out. Take it out for a spin, then repeat. Or put the car up
on jacks so the tires are off the gound and have a helper turn the wheels
lock to lock while pouring in the ATF. You can then skip the drive
around/repeat step.

I have to do this to my dad's ZX2 soon, his PS fluid is BLACK and is 93k
miles old. No wonder the thing steers horribly.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tatro" <stevetatro_shotimes@att.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Cold-weather fart (attn: Wojton, etc.)


> Well, it's decided.
>
> The cold-weather farting that my car experienced (only when it sat around
all
> day in sub-20F temps) is no more.  The solution?  Replace the old power
> steering fluid.
>
> Heck, I was even so lazy that I didn't even flush it.  I just used a
baster
> and removed what was in the reservoir and refilled with new stuff.  I did
this
> 4 times.  I seem to have gotten most of it out, as the whole mess is now
> almost as clear as the new fluid I put in.  I was going to flush it, but
it's
> just too damn cold to be lying on the ground disconnecting hoses having
black
> fluid spray all over me.
>
> There you go.  Your SHO can now be flatulence-free!
>
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 165k miles
> Cincinnati, Ohio
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