At 08:15 PM 4/8/2008, Greg Potts wrote... >And then I look closer at the bottle, and see that it isn't DOT4 brake >fluid, IT'S POWER STEERING FLUID. >So the question is: Can I remove the resevoir and drain out the bad >fluid, or should I have the local garage purge the entire system. If you haven't pumped it through the system, you should be able to take a turkey baster and suck all you can out of the reservoir, fill with brake fluid, suck it out again (to dilute and remove whatever's still in there), then brake fluid again and continue bleeding. |
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