I went through 1.5qt and stopped since wifey needed help with baby boi


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AFTER

 

Looks good I plan on doing mine this Thursday

 

soundmike, thank you for this great DIY. I haven't changed PS fluid once and now at 67K am obviously due. I bought instead of using a turkey baster but am wondering if it will be overkill.

 

It'll only be a matter of time before baby boi will then start helping you!

You're welcome. I think that kit will work just fine, you can always re-use the pump for other things like the rear differential and/or brake reservoir

 

Great DIY

 

Can this process also be used to change brake fluid?

 

Thanks Jazzy.

IEMaestro, technically you can replace the fluid from the reservoir using the same method, but it will not replace it completely and won't get rid of the gunk that tend to develop at the end of the line (i.e. calipers), or solve any issues of having air in the line. You really should be doing this the proper way.

 

Well I just finished doing mine, I changed my fluid 3 times in total and the steering does feel smoother. Thanks again Mike

 

Thanks soundmike! I will do it the proper way then.

 

Did mine this morning in under 20 minutes with this fluid transfer pump I bought at Advance Auto Parts together with the Mobil 1 ATF. Recommend using the pump as it made the process very quick, siphoned the old fluid into an old 1/2 gallon milk jug. I used only one quart of ATF of the 2 purchased, the fluid looked clean/different enough not to want to uses the second. This is the easiest DYI that I've done to date.

 

I have a quart of Honda ATF-DW1 left, would that be suitable to use in the G for power steering? I figure it has very similar properties to the Mobil 1 Full sythetic that the OP and others are using.

 

Hey guys,
Bumping up a great DIY! I changed my PS fluid earlier and my steering feel has VASTLY improved. My fluid was filthy. I used Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF, a $6 pump from Advanced Auto Parts, and Mikes DIY. Thanks Mike for the great post!!
-Sean

 

just did this, Did it twice, and the third one Im going to do after driving it to work to and from, then do a last swap for it to fully cycle =)

 

Did this yesteday, with a fluid pump it was so quick an easy, I couldn't imagine paying someone to do this. I flushout and used 2 quarts of Dextron VI castrol. Keep in mind our cars need Dextron VI grade ATF, and the pictured Mobile 1 shown above meet minimum specs (although it may have on earlier G's).

I also replaced my clutch fluid too. It looked clean, but when I put a hose in to pump it out and got very dark (lots of sediment in there), now its clean all the time (used same fluid pump for that, except using DOT 4 brake fluid).

 

Did this today deff notice a difference in low speed turns thanks for the DIY I used castrol transmax ATF for Import cars it even says for Nissan on the front if anyone is confused what to get other than Mobile 1 ATF