power steering flush
power steering flush
Flushed the power steering today and filled with new oil what a differnce the steering feels like new it was good before but even better feel now total price £9.56 and half hour to complete
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Re: power steering flush
Keep meaning to do this.. Any tips as you did it or super straight forward..
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I got away with 1ltr but you may need more buy more than you need very easy to do
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Excellent. Mind doing a DIY write-up for us here?
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I agree.. Would be helpful!TonyHayers wrote:Excellent. Mind doing a DIY write-up for us here?
2007 RS4 Saloon; Mugello Blue
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Ok this is what i did tools 1or2 ltrs of vw G004 OOO M2 PS FLUID. clear plastic syringe with about a 60cm of clear soft plastic tube to fit the end of the syringe and a clean 2ltr milk carton or similar cut to suit for the spent oil. and rags .make sure wheels in straight ahead posistion and engine off DO NOT RUN THE ENGINE WITHOUT PS FLUID IN remove ps resovoir cap and inert plastic tube make sure it goes to the bottom of the res and not just on to the top of the filter attach syringe and suck all the fluid out taking note of the colour then dispose into the milk carton. refill with new oil to the bottom of the neck of the res run engine for a minute or so turning the steering wheel from lock to lock put wheels in strait ahead position and switch off engine repeat the process untill the dirty black oil has come out you will see the new clear green fluid in the syringe and pipe depending on mileage you may need more or less new fluid good luck just to add i purchased my fluid from my local skoda dealer with your last fill only fill to max level on dip stick and re check when cold if you did the work hot
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Re: power steering flush
That's cheating!
Never thought of doing it that way, not a bad idea.
Wouldn't mind doing this and a coolant flush at some point.
Never thought of doing it that way, not a bad idea.
Wouldn't mind doing this and a coolant flush at some point.
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Did this yesterday.
What a difference. skywriter is right - get the G004 000 M@ fluid from Skoda - £8.30 +VAT per ltr. I purchased this too (only £2.99):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-SYRINGE ... 4639ba5925
Cheap bit of maintenance but top result...
What a difference. skywriter is right - get the G004 000 M@ fluid from Skoda - £8.30 +VAT per ltr. I purchased this too (only £2.99):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-SYRINGE ... 4639ba5925
Cheap bit of maintenance but top result...
Gone but never forgotten:
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
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Re: power steering flush
I agree, it made a nice subtle difference but it wasn't night and day.. How did you find it?neilparf wrote:Did this yesterday.
What a difference. skywriter is right - get the G004 000 M@ fluid from Skoda - £8.30 +VAT per ltr. I purchased this too (only £2.99):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-SYRINGE ... 4639ba5925
Cheap bit of maintenance but top result...
Bit of a pain as well, took about 6 cycles and 1 litre and a half of fluid doing this before i got anything resembling green fluid returning into the reservoir..
Always pays to have the right tools too.. Making do with a turkey baster and random length of hose wasn't ideal! Hah
2007 RS4 Saloon; Mugello Blue
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I hope that turkey baster not been anywhere else
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Turkey basters have only one use and it ain't for Turkey's!skywriter wrote:I hope that turkey baster not been anywhere else
It wasn't night and day, but it had a different feel - hard to put my finger on it, but smoother I guess. It was worth it to flush out the old fluid and have some fresh for £20...
Gone but never forgotten:
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
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Evening all. Just did this myself tonight and whilst one man's 'night and day' is another's 'subtle' I have definitely noticed a difference and the steering does feel smoother and a little tighter. Placebo or not, it is worth £20 just for that and a small gift to my 88k mile breadvan.
I went out for a bit of a hoon first, so the PS fluid was nice and warm, did the swap over (I used up pretty much a whole 2 litres before colour change) and then went out for the same drive. Thanks for write up skywriter
I went out for a bit of a hoon first, so the PS fluid was nice and warm, did the swap over (I used up pretty much a whole 2 litres before colour change) and then went out for the same drive. Thanks for write up skywriter
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Yeah, I did exactly this. Lock to lock should get it going, but I have about 200ml left from 2ltr.jonicox wrote:Evening all. Just did this myself tonight and whilst one man's 'night and day' is another's 'subtle' I have definitely noticed a difference and the steering does feel smoother and a little tighter. Placebo or not, it is worth £20 just for that and a small gift to my 88k mile breadvan.
I went out for a bit of a hoon first, so the PS fluid was nice and warm, did the swap over (I used up pretty much a whole 2 litres before colour change) and then went out for the same drive. Thanks for write up skywriter
It's smoother for sure. The fluid that came out was a dense brown. It was worth £20 to know it has fresh fluid sploshing around the seals...
Gone but never forgotten:
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
2007 RS4 B7 Saloon, Metallic Silver with SS+.
LED's all round and Dectane LED tailights. KDS detail and paint. Lepsons black chrome, heavy on the silver wheels. JCWeldFab full system - valved and no pre-cats. MRC stage 2, de-flap and full carbon clean - 438PS and 489NM. HEL brake lines. H&R Spacers. Gtechniq C1 and EXO V2 coatings. 2010+ RNS-E. On the MRC dyno: http://youtu.be/y_k0VJ2--y8
Re: power steering flush
+1
Did mine a month ago, much better now.
Did mine a month ago, much better now.
RS4 B7, Mugello Blue, K&W V3 & HR ARBs, set up by Centre Gravity, Milltek Valved Non Res & cat bypass pipes, BMC air filter, braided hoses, DOT 5.1, Terraclean, MRC Full Carbon Clean, MRC remap 448PS 477NM, 20" S7 alloys with 4mm spacers & Hawke spigots 66.6 > 57.1, AP Racing front discs. Sold Sept 2019. Now rocking an F80 M3
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Re: power steering flush
I did this last night. the old fluid was brown and horrid smelling - what a foul smelling liquid. Stunk up the whole garage. Went through 1 ltr getting it to resemble the green fluid. Steering feels better. not a night-and-day difference, but better.
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