URGENT HELP!!!!!!!

[t_sheen]

I have just done something really stupid! i have put about 1/4 of a litre of water in my power steering fluid bottle! i thought it was the screen wash!

I have a 172 cup and its 2 months old so not much fluid has been used on the steering!

What shall i do?

I going to phone renault now!

 

[JAY172]

that needs the system flushing out and filling with new oil asap to prevent the risk of damage.

 

[iPap]

Oh dear, you will need to drain that and flush it and then refill it...

You may be able to drive it to Renault but I dont know, dont quote me on that, I doubt it though!

 

[t_sheen]

just got off the phone to renault! 2 hours labour plus the fluid! £118 + VAT

 

[JAY172]

ouch.buy the fluid and do it yourself.

 

[Lee]

My mate did that one year when we were driving to Wales for the Rally. The RAC told us not to carry on, obviously we did!! Lucikly it stayed fine for a few weeks, then he crashed the car and got everything done at once.

 

[t_sheen]

I have just drained out the fluid bottle with a sponge! oil is heavier than water so the water surely would have sat on top?

And now i have drained it there cant be much water in there? if any? alot of it came out the top of the bottle as i put the water in!

 

[Essex_Lad]

try filling it back up with oil and then any mroe water should come to the top!

 

[Rasclart]

Mate I would listen to Jay

He knows his stuff. Flush it out. Dont risk it!

 

[Lunner]

doesnt oil float ontop of water?

 

[JAY172]

not when its continually being mixed and pumped around under high pressure it doesnt just turns the fluid pink/white and could damage the pas pump internally.defo needs completly flushing out.

 

[BenR]

yup.

I would flush it to be sure though....

silly billy.

 

[t_sheen]

No way can i do this myself! there is no room to get the pipes off and they run to the other side of the engine! GRRRRR IM SUCH A F**KING T**T I NEED HIT MYSELF!

 

[Rasclart]

Well take it to Reno mate!

Better to pay the money now rather pay to replace loads of other stuff it messes up!

 

[JAY172]

just take the return pipe of the bottle and let the pump do the rest.refit the pipe,fill with oil,run the system again for 2 mins and then pull the pipe off again,do this a few times and then refit the pipe.fill with fresh fluid,job done.

 

[t_sheen]

Yer but its all to hard to get to! im going renault tommorow