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Old 01-11-2009, 02:10 PM
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i use the same method and it works just fine for me. it might take a little longer to extract out but several times and its just as clean IMHO.




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Do it a few times and you will have mostly new fluid and that is good enough IMO. Lets not get to anal on these things....
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Doubledown, I never heard of anybody requiring a PS cooler, but where you live could be. Did you get it complete?
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I know this thread is old, but thank you for the writeup!

Holy schnikes!

I just got done doing this and man oh man, the difference is incredible. A few oil changes ago, my mechanically-inclined friend topped off my PS fluid with cheapo AdvanceAuto PS fluid. At the time, I didn't think anything of it and completely forgot about it requiring Dexron ATF.

Fast forward to the past month or so and my steering has been a little shaky, swaying some, and notchy. I fixed the notchyness by tightening the belt, but something still felt amiss. I spent a few hours on Sunday replacing all the rack bushings and sway-bar bushings.

Today I did this flush, almost exactly according the writeup. I never put the truck up on jack-stands, but it seems to have worked just as well. I ran over a quart of ATF through the system before bleeding, topping off, and bleeding again.

The result? Amazing. My poor steering system was choking with that PS fluid in it and I didn't even realize how bad it was. After this flush, the turning is silky smooth, better than it's been in years. This was so simple to do too!

Thanks for the writeup!
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I just performed the flush and it worked great, I made one small change to keep things clean. Instead of pulling the return hose down I used a hose coupler and joined the return hose to another piece of hose that ran into a empty milk jug under the rig.
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I'm going to do the turkey baster method a few times. Should be good to go. Good to know that ATF is the correct fluid. Thx !!
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