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Power Steering Fluid: Service and Repair

PROCEDURE
1. Jack up the front wheels and support them with rigid racks.
2. Disconnect the return hose from the oil reservoir and install a plug on the oil reservoir.
3. Connect a vinyl hose to the disconnected return hose, and drain the oil into a container.
4. Disconnect the high-tension cable at the ignition coil side. While operating the starter intermittently, turn the steering wheel all the way to the left and then to the right several times to drain the fluid.
5. Connect the return hoses securely, and then fill the oil reservoir with approximately. 0.9 liter of DEXRON II type, the specified fluid.
6. Bleed the system.