sgull

I'm trying to follow a "how-to" on changing out the power steering fluid. One of the initial instructions is to disconnect the return hose from the reservoir, which is supposed to be the "upper one". On my car (92 Accord) there is a hose at the bottom of the reservoir but also there are two upper ones at the same level. Which of these two is the return hose?

Ported F22b1

The return hoses are low pressure hoses so you should be able to squeeze them. One return hose goes from the steering rack to the reservoir and then another from the reservoir to the pump. The final hose will go back to the steering rack. It will be a bit sturdier because it is high pressure. Sound like you just want to disconnect one of the return hoses from the lowest location you can get to easily to drain some fluid.

TheMuffinMan

iTrader: (1)

The one from the PS pump is the return hose...

sgull

On mine all three hoses are about the same as far as my ability to squeeze them, all seem fairly sturdy. The one on the bottom goes to the pump, and one of the top two hoses goes down toward the steering rack while the other top one there goes up front into the radiator area. What I'm wanting to do is maybe follow this little DIY procedure: http://www.ehow.com/how_4962809_chan...nda-civic.html
Even though it's for a Civic I'm fairly certain it should work with my Accord. Just was uncertain about which of the hoses is considered the return line.

sgull

OK if that's the case, the bottom one would be the return line (neither of the upper ones) because the bottom one goes directly to the pump.

TheMuffinMan

iTrader: (1)

I'm fairly certain that's the one I had on my '96 when I changed out the fluid. Though IIRC mine had three openings as well, the one from the pump was in the middle? The one on the back side went towards the rack and was the outlet. Let me see if I can find a good picture of it.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-accord-1990-2002-2/97-ex-flushing-out-power-steering-fluid-how-3044412/

Yep, that's the right one. I'd imagine your year Accord is the same.

sgull

Thanks MuffinMan for the link to that thread which should definitely be helpful for me I think.

Okay here's a picture of my reservoir. Bottom hose goes to pump. Upper hose in foreground goes to radiator. Upper hose in background goes down toward steering rack.



In the following diagram, they call the lower hose (#16) the suction tube. One of the upper hoses (#18) is called the oil cooler return tube, and the other upper hose (#22) is called the combination pipe return tube:
http://www.hondapartsnow.com/Page_Pr...6841%201475910

So although what could be considered the "return tube" is the tube on the bottom which goes to the pump, the two upper tubes actually have the word "return" as part of their particular part naming according to that diagram. So that seems to confuse me or add to my uncertainty about this.

Ported F22b1

Both of the hoses connected to that reservoir are low pressure (return lines).

sgull

So if was going to do the DIY procedure as I showed the link in post #4 here, which of the two upper hoses (since both of those are apparently return lines and not the bottom one as I understood the other guy to say) do I disconnect and run that hose into an empty container? And if I just disconnect one of those what do I do with the other?