2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Quick check - PS fluid change takes 1 1/2 quarts?

[rweis]

Going to change the PS fluid.



Going to do the turkey baster method.



About 3 iterations to get it reasonably changed.



About 1 1/2 quarts of new fluid.



Sound about right?



Thanks,



Bob Weis

 

[WMonroe]

I just did mine for the first time yesterday (2 more changes to go), and I only got about 13 ounces out the first time. I was up to the "full cold" line when I started.

Will

 

[RT66DOC]

Turkey baster takes FOREVER. I used a long piece of clear plastic tubing - suck it up and siphon it out. Clear is good so you can see where the fluid is. Probably not good to swallow that stuff.



Chapter Two. Got sick of the siphon deal so I brought an ear irrigation syringe home from the office. This is a stainless steel syringe with a one way valve thingy on the end of it and two small nozzles. When you push the plunger down it expels the syringe contents, then when you let the plunger come back up - spring loaded no less - it sucks the fluid in. So all you do is push a piece of plastic tubing on the outlet nozzle - I used a "Bedside Drainage Bag" - usually hangs on the side of your bed and hooks to a Foley (indwelling) catheter. Some of y'all may be first hand familiar with this apparatus . There's a length of rubber tubing pushed onto the intake nozzle and on the free end is a nice chrome metal ball with a hole in it to serve as a weight. So I drop the ball into the PS pump and it takes the rubber tubing down to the deepest innermost reaches of the pump reservoir; then the urine drainage bag (comes with a nice big plastic hook) hangs on the edge of the fender. Now all you do is push the plunger - let it suck up fluid -push it again, etc. Bottom line is PS fluid comes out of reservoir and goes into drainage bag. BTW, this drainage bag - soft plastic - even has graduations printed on it so you know how many ml of fluid you're taking out. I thought that was a nice touch. This approach made it pretty tolerable to do nine iterations in not too much time.



In retrospect I believe that this cross technology concept may be one of the few remaining benefits of being a member of the medical profession.



FWIW, The syringe cleaned up nicely with Dawn dish soap and is now back in its drawer at the clinic along with the other ear stuff. I figure a little Valvoline Synpower steering fluid can't hurt much, especially compared to some of the gross cr@p I've flushed out of ears which I sure wouldn't want in my PS pump.



Last time I checked there were no TDR members or their families in my practice. Just a little reassurance there that I do have some scruples left.

 

[rrausch]

My Aunt Emma Miller, who lived to be 98+ oiled her ears every night with something called "sweet oil". So I can't imagine a little Valvoline would hurt anything!

 

[RT66DOC]

Good call rrausch. Forgot all about Sweet Oil. Thanks for assuaging any slight bit of guilt I might have had. Wonder if Sweet Oil works in the PS pump.



BTW, I also had an Old Aunt Emma. I'm not making this up. She had blue hair and used to stick her head in her old Tappan gas oven to dry it. Never caught on fire. She lived to be 90+ and went to her reward as a result of old age or something like that.

 

[krs]

RT66DOC,



Too Funny!