How to change the power steering oil

[Guest]

I am going to refresh my power steering oil this weekend, but I can not find instructions on how to do it. What hoses do i take off to drain the oil?

The car is a 2006 Legacy 2.0 R.

[turborunner]

Disclaimer i take absolutely NO Responsability for any damage or anything else happening as a result of you using this howto. Im also not a mechanic but have done this procedure on my own car without damaging my powersteering. Use At Your OWN RISK!!!!

there is a hose going to the reservoir ontop of the powersteering pump

engine is turned OFF

1.jack car up so both front wheels are off the ground(maybe add axle stands for safety)

2. syphon old oil out of reservoir

3. disconnect return hose and put in emptie container to catch old fluid.

4. find something to plug hole where the hose goes into reservoir

5. add new fluid to reservoir

6. steer wheels from far left to right a couple of times and check and topup reservoir so it doesnt run dry.

7. continue step 6. untill clean fresh fluid comes out

8. syphon the reservoir fluid out(dont need to do this if you think you can be quick enough and not loose much fluid out of reservoir.

9. unplug the hole and reconnect hose(might need new clamps if your factory ones stuffs up like mine did)

10. top up reservoir to max level

11. turn wheel left to right to get air out and check reservoir

12. start engine and repeat step 11. untill you see no more air bubbles in the reservoir.

also on step 3 you could attach a clear tube to the hose so you can see when the old fluid changes to the new fluid

Hope thats helped worked for me but i have a wrx sti but should be the same if your reservoir is attached to the pump like mine is and has only one hose connecting to the actual reservoir

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i got my info from http://www.se-r.net/engine/replace_steering_fluid.html