Too much pas fluid - advice please!

[BigBarry172]

Hello,

the steering on my Mk1 172 sometimes feels heavy & sometimes light. Tyre pressures are fine (about 32 psi up front & 30 on rears).

So, I checked my pas fluid reservior tank this morning before I went to work (cold engine - as recommended in manual) and the fluid level is right up at the neck of the tank by the cap threads! only a few cm's from the top!!!

The min - max indicator is only about 2/3 rds up the side of the tank so my fluid seems to be far too full. Should I drain some off so that it is back to within the min - max markers? Or maybe even empty the whole thing and fill her up with some fresh stuff? Or, is it ok for it to be so high?

Please advise.

Thanks!

 

[ben_p]

Id Drop The Lot And Fill It.. But Make Sre U Flush The System

 

[BigBarry172]

Do you just mean wash the tank out with warm water or is it more complex than that?!

Plus to drain it do I just pull the hose out of the bottom & let it all run into a jug?

 

[edde]

Do you just mean wash the tank out with warm water or is it more complex than that?!

Plus to drain it do I just pull the hose out of the bottom & let it all run into a jug?

Don't run water through it.

I'd not bother realy unless it was very high.

 

[jamesy]

are you using the correct specfication? there are various different grades you know

 

[BigBarry172]

I've never touched the pas fluid since I got the car until now, so it must have been done either at my last service or whoever had the car before me!

 

[Jim NM]

I would get a syringe and draw off the excess to the max level, then have a drive around and see if it has made any difference
You can get syringes from pet shops.