What fluid is best lol, should i just go with genuine, too lazy to search..

 

should i be flushin it, or drain and fill?
my fluid is just a little low...

 

just suck out the reservoir fluid and refill it with one bottle of honda steering fluid. I don't think others would suggest diff fluid besides honda.

 

Just use the Honda fluid. It's not that expensive. Go to a Honda dealer, it's normal a little cheaper than the Acura dealer.

 

what r benefits of doing it? easier turning ability?

 

power steering fluid = ATF

omg...

 

ah ha ur right

it tis red lol

 

Only other fluid i saw was bardhal designed for but not endorsed by honda



http://www.bardahl.com/mods/gallery/gallery.asp?action=viewimage&categoryid=48&text=&i mageid=125&box=&shownew=

 

Ive had non honda fluid in mine for 150k now with no issues. I got stuff from the auto parts store that was designed for honda.

 

Same here. Ive used it in my accords to.

 

read the bottle on the ATF, most of them says it can be used as power steering fluid

and the honda cars can use ATF on power steering pump

too bad it cannot be used as brake fluid LOL

 

well i had been wanting to flush my power steering system and i did last night. autozone was to far away so i went to acura, prob got bent over but i bought 2 bottles of power steering fluid, should have gotten 4. but it says in the manual to NOT use ATF. And the honda PS fluid was clear like reg brake fluid but thicker?

 

really.....take a pic of the bottle..

 

why a pic of the bottle, its just honda PS fluid. I said in the manual, which you should have, pg 237 if i remember correctly it states not to use ATF.

also, what other PS brand are you guys using, i saw prestone and this other one specifcally for honda in a black bottle over at walmart when i was there today?

 

You found an auto parts store designed for Hondas?

 

TAKE A FREAKIN PIC

 

No i found PS fluid at a auto parts store that was designed for hondas

Of what?

 

the bottle....of it saying

"honda/acura power steering fulid"

 

how did you flush the fuid out?

 

This is what i used in mine
http://www.gunk.com/prod_photo.asp?img=LG_M2714H_6.jpg

 

Disconect the PS resevoir from its holder, raise teh res then disconect the return hose (the one in lower front) to drain res (get a container to catch the fluid. , then with said container stick the return hose into it and have someone start the car and turn the wheel lock to lock a few times or until fluid stops coming out. Sut car off and reconect every thing. fill to up to the upper mark. start car run at faster idle and turn wheel lock to lock to bleed air out, top off as necessary

 

^^^^
got pix man

 

 

mine was of another brand at walmart that i saw specifically for hondas in a black bottle also. i have a powered mityvac off the compressor that i just sucked the fluid out, refilled, started the car, let it flow for a sec, and repeated a few times.

 

lol nah pic's of the process, thought someone might have just took pix doin it...

 

meh ill do this some time soon

 

well the process is not difficult at all, i'd say get 4-5 bottles of "honda" power steering fluid. i started with 2, but went and got 3 more. pop open the hood, look at the bottom left of the engine bay, the container with a grey top and a red cap is the PS resivour. you can do this a few different ways, have a suction device like i have and suck the tank dry, or you can un-clamp the return line hose in the front to drain the tank, just make sure you reattach in on the refills, our get a turkey baster sucker thingy with a skinny neck and suck it out like that. once the tank is empty, refill it to the max, close the cap, start the car for about 5sec, turn it off, repeat the process until you've used all the new PS fluid. it took me a total of 20min.

 

This is what I got out of resevoir today...I can still hear the humming noise when I turn the wheel at parking; but definitely feel better...


This is the new fluid

 

ya, keep going, flush it till its clear or almost like new looking again, like i said, it took me 5 containers to do it all.

 

Yea I know, I bought 3 bottles today but too bad, dealer is closed tomorrow . I will flush a little bit more next weekend.

 

go to autozone, thats what i did for the last 3 bottles, or even walmart, they have honda specific PS fluid

 

thanks for the mini DIY, shall do this over spring break... it's about time

 

Its important to use a "Honda type" power steering fluid, whether its Genuine or aftermarket equivalent. "Honda type" power steering fluids contain the necessary friction modifiers, anti-wear additives, as well as the correct viscosity for Honda power steering systems. They are NOT your typical power steering system.

An alternative to making a huge mess is to buy yourself a turkey baster and extract the contents of the reservoir every 2 days, and repeat this process about 10 times, and you will have replaced > 75% of the old fluid. This is EXACTLY what I plan to do with the GM and Toyota vehicles in my family that have 90,000/10yrs and 57,000/14yrs, respectively, on the factory fill.

 

I would just do what the manual says and disconect the return line stick it in a container, start teh car turn the wheel lock to lock until no more fluid comes out shut the car off and then refill. then start the car turn it lock to lock a few times to expel the air and top off as needed (much much faster way)

 

r u serious? the fluid is suposeto be clearish? dang...hopefully mine is the tranny fluid...

 

ya, thanks, isn't this just what you repeated from what i wrote? why every 2 days? drain, refill, start the car and in about 5 sec all the new fluid is replaced with the old. when your car is running, take off the cap and you'll see the swirling action of the fluid moving, its not a snails pace by any means.

 

I wish I had my manual here before I act like a newb, but does running the power steering system dry damage the pump or other components like the brake system?

Did an oil change today and I noticed my power steering fluid was at the lower level (cold engine) and reeeeeeeeeeally dark. Ew.

 

Well, the Power Steering fluid has some cleaning abilities, and you'd want to give it time clean the system.

Depends who you talk to.

IMO, as long as you don't leave it running dry for an extended period of time, I don't see a problem with running it dry, shutting it off, and immediately refilling/bleeding the system. Sure you may introduce air into the system, but you'll do the same when you flush the system as well; you have to bleed the system one way or the other.

 

Thats what the Helms manual says to do. If you shut it off after fluid stops coming out and not go driving around looking for women there wont be a problem. Thats what i did about 150k ago when i had to flush it out and my PSp and Rack are still working fine

 

Ok...so...

1) Unclamp the reservoir and dump out contents.
2) Turn on the car and turn the wheel to spit out the rest of the system's contents from the return pipe.
3) Clamp the send pipe back on, fill the reservoir, turn on the car, and spin the wheel until the fluid comes out clean and bubble-free from the return.
4) Clamp the return and order a pizza.

Right?