CACTUS24

Want to drain the power steering fluid and refill with dexron vi.
Looks like there is a drain plug on the power steering unit,
driver side, front, below the return outlet where the rubber hose is connected.
Anyone use this drain plug, i am not interested in removing any hoses.

Mike Sigmond

I dont know much about that model but draining the pump only changes the fluid in the pump, the hoses & rack & pinion will still have the old fluid in them. There may be a drain on the rack & pinion, im not sure.

Just my 2 cents

CACTUS24

It will drain the return line and reservoir tank, just do it every year.

CACTUS24

Quess i will remove the return hose from the pwr steer unit return
outlet, it is on the left end, the hose then connects to the return tube that runs under the radiator and then up to the reservoir.

Domino3665

What if you just cycled the power steering fluid like you do for a radiator flush? Only drain the reservoir. Then replace the reservoir fluid. A partial replacement would provide newer fluid without worrying about leaks or getting air in the system lines.

CACTUS24

The Resevoir has a plastic screen at the fluid level, so you cannot
remove the fluid with a sucksion hose, also do not want to remove the return hose at the bottom of the resevoir. i will get back to it in April, keep the tracker covered up in the garage, still cold in Pennsylvania.