Hi,
I had an advisory this week that the power steering filter and fluid could do with replacing. There's no mention of this topic in Haynes and I can't afford a Bentley manual, but is this a straightforward drain and refill or is there some bleeding involved?
Would welcome comment from anyone with experience of this.
Cheers
Phil
Power steering fluid replacement
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Re: Power steering fluid replacement
I just slackened off a pipe near the rack and let it drain, you could always syphon what's in the reservoir, run it for a bit then do it again. To bleed the system I just went full lock to full lock, while the van was up on axle stands with the engine running.
Can you spot the old filter?

Can you spot the old filter?

Re: Power steering fluid replacement
Where did you buy the filter from mate.
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Re: Power steering fluid replacement
I thought Gunzl had them but you know where to go in the UK
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Re: Power steering fluid replacement
I searched brickwerks for filter,that didnt show up.Thanks..
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Yup, got mine from Brickwerks.
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Thanks for that.
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