Thanks volks, I will be slurping it out momentarily!

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

neil N wrote:
> If you haven't pumped fluid through since pouring in the PS stuff,
> remove what you can with a turkey baster.
>
> Removing that reservoir would be a messy messy bi##h of a job. If you
> do, obviously it's best to make sure you get as much fluid out as you
> can before popping it off.
>
> I would also recommend bleeding at the MC before pumping anymore fluid
> through. (after removing PS fluid)
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
>> Hi Volks,
>>
>>  I bled the brakes on Dad's 1985 vanagon tonight; it's the first time
>>  that the brakes have been bled since he bought the van almost two years
>>  ago and the pedal was a bit softer than I like, even after new shoes
>>  were installed in the back and things readjusted.
>>
>>  The bleeding went well, with lots of nasty looking black fluid coming
>>  out and lots of nice clean fluid going in. I also got some nice bubbles
>>  out of the system that tell me the brakes are going to work much better
>>  now. But apparently one 475 ml bottle of DOT4 is not quite sufficient
>>  for the entire job.
>>
>>  So off I go back to Canadian Tire to pick up another. And when I get
>>  home and start to top up the resevoir I notice that this fluid doesn't
>>  seem to be pouring quite as easily as the last bottle did.
>>
>>  And then I look closer at the bottle, and see that it isn't DOT4 brake
>>  fluid, IT'S POWER STEERING FLUID.
>>
>>  I am not very happy with myself right now.
>>
>>  So the question is: Can I remove the resevoir and drain out the bad
>>  fluid, or should I have the local garage purge the entire system. Or is
>>  it not a big deal, as long as I don't put brake fluid in the power
>> steering?