I don't know about flushing the system, but I use Texaco Dextron II in my power steering system. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Edward Maglott wrote: > > I have purchased an '86 weekender and am going through trying to straighten > things out. I found in the rear cabinets 2 almost empty bottles of power > steering fluid. I read that the PS uses ATF and not PS fluid. Is this > really bad? Is my PS toasted now? THe PS seems to be working fine at the > moment, though I have not driven it very much. Any suggestions for purging > and flushing it to get it back to ATF like it belongs? I do have the > bentley manual and have read the procedure for filling the system, but > wonder the best way to empty it and flush it. > > Thanks, > Edward |
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