i didnt want to remove the hose on mine and deal with a potential mess so what i did was bought 5 pints of the Honda P/S fluid and a turkey baster. i removed old fluid from the reservoir with the turkey baster, poured new fluid it, and ran the system(turning car on and wheel from full lock left to full lock right). i just did that over and over again untillclean fluid was being sucked up thru the turkey baster andfilled the reservoir at the correct level. granted it's probably not as good removing the return hose but it works fine, fluid is clean .

 

Well, at this point, you would have already manually emptied the entire reservoir of its fluid contents, so the remaining fluid is less than 1.5 liters. Nonetheless, a larger container certainly wouldn't hurt!

 

you guys could always remove the line and then put a larger hose over it and some duct tape, a bucket and some shop towels over the bucket with the hose going into the bucket...... that way MOST the mess would be contained.....

 

3 words: empty milk jug.

 

Where were you guys when I needed you?

 

LOL sometimes ya just have to step back and think.....

 

Well addiction, you don't expect me to be as smart as you, do you?

 

It would help if you can find a piece of tube slightly bigger than the return hose to make a extension. Then you can guide the old fluid into a big container while you keep topping up the reservoir with new fluid. Worst thing is to have a full mayo jar and an empty reservoir at the same time.

 

never said i was smart.... ive been working on my vehicles since i started driving about 13years ago. and my old 66impala was no stranger to its share of problems.LOL ya either made it work or call the tow truck.
but mostly ya learn from your mistakes. ive done plenty of stupid sh*t!
hell you want a oily mess, next time ya change your oil dont check to see if the old rubber gasket is stuck on the block ive done that twice now! talk about a huge mess!!!!

 

Yeah, I was just joking with you addiction.