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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 06:36 AM
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Default How many quarts of power steering fluid does the s-type use?

I wanted to do a p/s flush, how many quarts should I go buy? thanks guys.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 09:00 AM
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If you download the manual (JTIS) from this site it will have this and a bunch more information. Plus it's free. Look at the threads at the top of the list to find it.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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Looks like the capacity is 1.6 quarts of Dexron 3.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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At the bottom of the steering rack is a hose about two feet long with a plug at one end. I removed this plug to drain the fluid, turning the streering wheel slightly to speed up the drain process. The engine was turned off. About 1.6 quarts drained. I capped the plug with a hose clamp and then refilled the resivior. Working the.streering wheel did not lower the fluid (get the air out). So I started the engine and immediately turned it off. This lowered the level. I added more fluid and started and immediately stopped the engine. After the third time, the fluid level seemed to stay. I started the engine again and worked the steering from lock to lock. Somewhere I read that bouncing the steering.off the end stops will bleed air from the system, so I did that.for a while. After that was done, only a tiny bit more fluid was needed.

Techs, if I am providing bad advice, please let me know.
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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so all I really need is to buy 2 or 3 quarts of dextron 3 for about 5 bucks a piece and thats it? dosent sound bad then
 
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