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From: Nickname unavailable on 21 Jun 2010 17:44
Hi,

Imagine if someone was stupid enough to top up (maybe 50ml) the power
steering reservoir with brake fluid.

And then run the car for ~20 miles, with a leak in the power steering
system, so that the level in the reservoir went down by 50ml again in
24hr.

I then patched the leak (dont ask!) and realised my error, so syphoned
off the contents of the reservoir (~200ml) and refilled with power
steering fluid.

Do I need to do anything else?

Thanks for any help
Steve
Fiesta 1999, Mk5, 1.25 zetec 100,000 miles
From: Mike G on 21 Jun 2010 23:58

"Nickname unavailable" <steveonholiday1(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Imagine if someone was stupid enough to top up (maybe 50ml) the power
> steering reservoir with brake fluid.
>
> And then run the car for ~20 miles, with a leak in the power steering
> system, so that the level in the reservoir went down by 50ml again in
> 24hr.
>
> I then patched the leak (dont ask!) and realised my error, so syphoned
> off the contents of the reservoir (~200ml) and refilled with power
> steering fluid.
>
> Do I need to do anything else?

Without stripping the system there's no chance of removing all the brake
fluid, but unless it reacts with the PS fluid, (I'd guess not) I can't see
it doing much, if any,harm to rhe seals or mechanics..
Personally I'd take a chance and leave it as-is.
..
But, if you drained and refilled the PS reservoir a few times over the next
few weeks you could hopefully reduce the remaining brake fluid in the system
to an insignificant amount.
Mike.


From: Rob Graham on 22 Jun 2010 06:30
On 21/06/2010 22:44, Nickname unavailable wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Imagine if someone was stupid enough to top up (maybe 50ml) the power
> steering reservoir with brake fluid.
>
> And then run the car for ~20 miles, with a leak in the power steering
> system, so that the level in the reservoir went down by 50ml again in
> 24hr.
>
> I then patched the leak (dont ask!) and realised my error, so syphoned
> off the contents of the reservoir (~200ml) and refilled with power
> steering fluid.
>
> Do I need to do anything else?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Steve
> Fiesta 1999, Mk5, 1.25 zetec 100,000 miles

At least you put brake fluid in the PS, not the other way round, which I
think would have been fatal. I doubt if what you did would matter.

Rob Graham
From: Mrcheerful on 22 Jun 2010 07:19
Nickname unavailable wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Imagine if someone was stupid enough to top up (maybe 50ml) the power
> steering reservoir with brake fluid.
>
> And then run the car for ~20 miles, with a leak in the power steering
> system, so that the level in the reservoir went down by 50ml again in
> 24hr.
>
> I then patched the leak (dont ask!) and realised my error, so syphoned
> off the contents of the reservoir (~200ml) and refilled with power
> steering fluid.
>
> Do I need to do anything else?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Steve
> Fiesta 1999, Mk5, 1.25 zetec 100,000 miles

one of my customers filled the ps with screenwash :) I changed the fluid a
couple of times and it was OK again


From: Nickname unavailable on 22 Jun 2010 09:08
Cool. Thanks guys, that what I hoped. And the double winner is that I
managed to hide my stupidity from my girlfriend (the car owner) so if
anything hideous happens to the powersteering in future I can deny
it's my fault! :-)

Steve
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