bradykp

My friend put about 1/4 bottle of break fluid into his power steering fluid resevoir. Is this a HUGE issue? Would it have caused any damage? Does he need to flush the entire resevoir out, or is it fine? I suspect it's not fine, but he just needs to flush it out.

Sly Raskal

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Just out of curiosity, what possessed your friend to put break fluid in his power steering tank?

I know nothing about the differences between brake fluid and power steering fluid. But I can imagine that you should probably tell your friend to have it flushed out. If they were one in the same, why call them different fluid names?

bradykp

when you're working 12 hours days for a couple weeks in a row, it makes you do crazy things. we've been very busy at work, he grabbed the wrong bottle.

dallison

i would have him get as much out as possible.

i know on the toyotas, they use trans fluid for power steering fluid, at least they used to

Mr Hyde

Drain it out, and flush the system ASAP

Sly Raskal

iTrader: (1)

ahhh, so it was just an accident. I thought he intentionally did it.

rezurex

where is our resident moderator/oil guru? im sure he can give you a detailed answer.

SSMTL01

Tell him to flush it out with blinker fluid.

zeroday

gatorade will turn it back into power steering fluid