The power steering fluid should be replaced on our 1998, don't think it has ever been touched. Anybody know what size the inlet and outlet connectors are for the fluid reservoir? There are a bunch of videos around showing ways of doing this, but I have not found one yet with this information.

Thanks.

 

Is the fluid contaminated by something? Honda PS fluid is generally a lifetime fluid. The system isn't designed to be flushed like brakes.

 

Don't know for sure that it is contaminated but it is very black and 27 years old. I would assume that even in a perfectly functioning car this fluid would by now have some tiny bits of metal and/or plastic in it from wear in the pump and other moving parts. Perhaps also some water and oxidation, since plastic reservoirs are not entirely impermeable to water and oxygen molecules.

 

PS fluid isn't hydroscopic like brake fluid, it's not going to absorb moisture.

 

Fine, so maybe no water. It is however black, very black, and the new fluid is amber. I want whatever is making it black out of the system.

Back to the original question, the size of the hoses?