How To Flush your Power Steering System on a Honda Civic
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- Flushing your Power Steering Fluid saves thousands in repairs, here is a quick and easy way to do this, no mess.
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I'm not gonna lie I really love the background music
I like the clarity of his delivery
Appreciate that
Thank You so much! Simple clear easy to follow directions. Very Happy with results.
Dealer wanted $167 to Flush and Fill, cost me less than $35 for 3 bottles fluid 4' of 3/8" ID clear tubing and a 3/8" Brass Barbed fitting.
Awesome, thank you for letting me know it worked.
And do they really fully flush 🤔🤔🤔
Great video. Whoever has a 2002 Honda Civic or a close year to that, I used 2 and a half bottles of steering fluid.
Great tip!
My go to videos for my 8th gen civic..
Subscribed! Thanks for the clear camera angles and concise explanations without ramblings like other videos. Quality shines through!
Thank you, appreciate the feedback
Danny that was the easiest and best way I've seen to change the power steering fluid. You ought to patten this, this makes life a lot easier. Thank you so much for all of your videos. I could never have changed the a/c expansion valve if it wasn't for your video on how to do it, a lot of work but you explained and showed me how to do it, and with great success I did it and now I have 40 degree air coming out of my vents. God Bless.
I appreciate you, thanks so much
Patten?
Incredible thank you so much for this! I’ve never changed the fluid and was surprised at the “whine” I was hearing thought it was the transmission. Literally perfect 👍
You’re welcome, Thanks for commenting
@@dannysdiygarage How much power steering fluid roughly did you use to flush the system in this video ?
3 of those per vehicle,
Thank you for making this
My 2005 Civic has 194,000 miles and the fluid may be original. The steering was a little hard so for three bottles of fluid and 40 minutes of labor, I changed the fluid. The steering is definitely lighter so this was overdue. I used aviation grade alum tubing which snugly fit into the return line. Position the hose clamp and the old stuff came out easily. Instead of buying a pump, an old squirt bottle of Dial soap😁 evacuated the system. Thx Danny.
Thanks for sharing Barry 👍🏼
This is great. I'm hopping to get the courage to work on my own car to save money, have a good running car, and gain knowledge. Videos like yours help a lot.
THANK YOU.
You can do it!
Beautiful video and very helpful. The PS fluid in my daughter's 2009 Civic was filthy and a garage recommended a flush which would have cost Lord knows how much. I bought a 3-pack of fluid on Amazon, the tubing and fittings that you recommended, drilled a couple of holes in the lid of an empty vinegar bottle to catch the fluid (my rig was not near as well made as yours but it got the job done), and followed your steps from there. It was a quick and easy process, and it was very fulfilling to see all that dirty fluid come out and see the clean stuff in the reservoir. Thanks to videos like yours I'm able to keep the Honda running like a champ while saving a ton of $$. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate your gratitude ❤️
Nice! I’ll need to watch this again since I’m a “newby” when it comes to this particular flush job. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome
Hey very informative video. I remember doing this in auto school and using a machine. This is a totally different approach to that and very DIY friendly. Thanks a lot!
Appreciate your comment
Am not disappointed watching any of your videos sir.. The video you made on how to change ATF and filter on civic is still the best.. Nice work
Thanks so much
Great job, clear and calm explanation without disturbing background music !
Wow, thanks so much 👍🏼
I saw your video last year or so, back then I did a poor mans turkey baster multiple times power steering flush, today I hit the big box store and bought a 3/8 barb, 3/8 x 1/2 clear tubing and followed your steps and had perfect success. Thought I`d come back and thank you for the video, changed all the other fluids in my 09 CIVIC as well. new brake pads, tranny fluid, oil and filter and replaced brake fluid. Thanks Danny
I appreciate your support, thanks for sharing this
Danny this worked superbly. Fluid is super clean in reservoir after following your video, on both my civic and accord. I didn’t trust myself to do the engine start part like you did so that was the only part I left out
Just figure I’ll have to do it in a few more years since I didn’t get as much out as you
But the reservoirs have super clear fluid after driving for a week since the job even even tho I didn’t start engine at all
Thank you !
You didn't have the hose removal pliers in your description but I found them on Amazon and ordered immediately as I've never seen that tool before! Such a great idea, thanks.
@@texasbtc once you get them, if you’re satisfied with the quality, please send me the amazon link and I’ll share it with others, send info to dannysdiygarage@gmail.com
Do you have the link for this tool?
I wish I could do this on one of my family members cars. Or my own. But we don't have traditional power steering. PS is always a fluid people forget.
Thanks to you, I just flushed my power steering reservoir !!!! very easy and buck saving $$$$!!!!!
Nice job!❤️
Its like Jazz night in the shop!
This is the only video Ive seen where the music was not too loud
Sometimes I get it right and other times I screw up
Awesome video, will make the attempt to do this with my 2015 Honda civic. Thank you 🙏
I didn't have a syringe, but had a spare turkey baster that came in handy. I didn't expect to, but my steering actually feels liberated!
Glad to see that turkey baster finally got some use.
Danny! Thank you for making this video, I really appreciate it.
In this week or so I will be doing the power steering fluid on my 2007 Honda civic, it really needed it. Also will be doing my i-vtec solenoid and pcv valve! Thank you for making these videos.
Thanks for your time! I have a 2016 civic, but you’re videos help me get the best understanding of what I need to do
I appreciate your comment and glad I could help👍🏼, hopefully I gain a subscriber
Your explanation really help me to understand how can I do it by myself
I appreciate your patience to explain during the whole video,
Thank you so much, grettings from México
Hello from California, hopefully you joined the ride, great to hear from you
I have a civic 2009 since 2020 and I’ve been working on it thanks to your videos very detailed and the right information thank you a lot!
Appreciate you sharing this, glad my videos helped, thanks for your support
Thank you for teaching this to us. my power steering is making some squeky noise so people in forum suggested me to change the fluid. Now i know how.
Glad it helped, appreciate your comment
This is the most technically sound process among all the ones I've seen. Thanks
You’re welcome and good luck, thanks for commenting and hopefully you subscribed
Excellent video. I wish I knew it was this easy several years ago. Just flush a 2007 Accord that had very dark fluid due to minimal changes. It needed 5.5 bottles of Honda Power Steering Fluid ( they each hold 12fl oz) to get it to a pale brown color. That was good enough for me. Reminder Hondas are very sensitive to particular fluids, therefore only use Power Steering Fluid by Honda!
Thanks and appreciate the great information you added to help others
They're mostly just sensitive to transmission fluids, Lubeguard Synthetic Honda Power Steering Fluid is way better than the basic OEM Honda stuff.
so glad I found this, I will do it on my civic next week. Thanks a lot sir.
Best of luck! I appreciate your support
Cool method but it’s probably easier to just suck the old fluid out, refill, turn car on and turn steering wheel a few times, turn car off, suck fluid out and repeat a few times. Your method is definitely better for a true coolant flush though very thorough. Thanks for sharing
Yeah, whatever works for you, as long as it gets done, right 👍🏼thanks for your input
Thank you both for your powerful advice. I adhered to both of your methods, and I just changed out 3 of these little bottles worth.
very nice and calm explanation. Ill be flushing my fluid this week end using this video, thank you
Good luck, appreciate the comment
Simple, effective and practical something the average Joe could do.
That’s my goal, to help others
Excellent video. This seems better than the turkey baster method. And the used power steering fluid will be a great addition to my pantry!
Appreciate it, if you more used fluid for your pantry, I’ll give you mine 👍🏼
excellent video. I think I would turn the backround music down just a touch, but other than that it was very informative and straight to the point.
Thank you
Everything under the hood looks so clean!
It’s well taken care of 👍🏼
Hi there Danny. Just had my PS pump / rack end pinion repaired due to a leak.
2 days later was surprised that the reservoir is empty. I'm not quite sure but I think only 500ml or less was used to top up after it was repaired.
Do you think its still not enough? Or there's still a leak or some air that needs to be bled out?
thanks a ton. excited to this myself this weekend .. cannot seem to get my hands on a 3/8 fitting however. Love from Pakistan
Good luck, let me know how it goes
Nice presentation its loud and clear, the garage it’s clean too well keep up the good work ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you! 👍
I use a MityVac to suck out the system via the return line, them use brake cleaner to spray out the reservoir. There is sediment in the bottom. Put it back together and suck fresh fluid through. Easy peasey.
@9:33 next step missing ... it should go into how you disconnect the kinked hose from the reservoir and reconnect the return line to it before you top off the reservoir, which you did but it wasn't shown. Other than that, it was a great video! Awesome angles and that camera mount is nice and steady. It felt like I was looking over your shoulder with those over head shots! OMG, I just knew that bottle was gonna do a 'Spindle Top' oil geyser, but it stopped just in time! I'll set mine in a 'overflow' pan though, I know me.
Warren, thanks for watching this video so closely and adding feedback. “❤️ I Love It❤️” Great that you learned something and enjoyed watching, good luck on your PS Flush 👍🏼
Good video. I just did this with a regular catch can. Didnt start the car at all during the process so I'm not sure how thorough my job was. I might have to give it another shot.
It’s much better than it was before, you did good getting most of the fluid out
It would be nice to see your clean up process - disconnecting the flush machine and reconnecting the hose to pump reservoir to see what process you followed to keep fluid from getting everywhere when cleaning up and reconnecting.
Great feedback, thanks I’ll make note of this
Hi Danny thank you so much for your videos, I really enjoy them and find them very thorough.
Question: when you put tge whole thing back into place, how do you do it without making a mess?
Rags, but it’s actually not that messy
Thank you Danny@@dannysdiygarage
In all your videos the engines are so clean..., would you make a video some day on how to clean it?
Smart💡and interesting way of doing things. Thank-you, Danny! 😊
Appreciate your comment
Great video. Why not turn the steering wheel back and forth manually the entire time and skip turning the vehicle on at all to prevent any damage to the motor?
The pump needs to turn to get the fluid out, you could remove the belt and turn it by hand if you’re worried about it, or just skip that step and leave that tiny bit of old fluid in there
Great video, Thank you. The only part I would have liked to see added is cleaning the screen in the reservoir, especially for older Hondas.
Great addition
Cleaning the screen is risky, you don't wanna damage it in any way.
Excellent tutorial video....
nice. clean job, and relaxing background music.
I recently flushed my steering fluid, and it's a mess. fluid spilling everywhere.
SUPERB VIDEO!!! I’ve watched over a dozen videos on this procedure and yours is the best by far!! Very nice background music; not too overwhelming and loud. Just wondering if you know why most videos recommend only genuine Honda fluid and not to use the other brands that claim will work for Honda cars?
I’m sure other brands work fine, for the difference in price, I’m just not willing to risk it, hope that helps
Thanks so much for the video. Did you have the back wheels off the ground too or just the front ones?
Just the front
Great video man, very helpful... good editing and everything... thank you! I subscribed.
Appreciate you
You don't need to get all the fancy hose to drain the off the power steering fluid from the return hose. Just use a 1L soft drink bottle and secured it nicely.
Correct
thank you for the video. So it only takes 3 bottles to do but I didn't see how you connected the hose back to the reservoir? Is that really messy as there is fluid in the reservoir?
thank you
No it’s not messy, use a rag and use your finger to plug the hose hole as you reinstall the hose
Very well done as always, thanks Danny.
How many bottles did you use for this flush?
I want to buy an extra bottle maybe but not a whole case I won't need.
It appears like there is 8 of the 12 bottles left over but I'd rather have your input to be sure of what you used.
You could also try using a pump (similar to a liquid soap bottle) with tubing and manually drain the fluid into an empty container.
Thanks for adding
Owh step 1 must turn on the engine, after that just turn left and right steering only.Finally turn on the engine.I must try Mr Danny way.Tq sir Danny
Good luck❤
Would you recommend changing the power steering reservoir with the red cap on any set interval? Wondering if power steering fluid were initially neglected, if it would cause buildup of sediment or something in the reservoir that can affect new fluid when flushed with your method?
That’s a great point, definitely replace it if it looks ugly 👍🏼
@@dannysdiygarageif you get some power steering fluid over on the belt what would be a good way to clean it off ? Just wipe it off or need to use a cleaner ?
@@vandiyplant921 absolutely 👍🏼 keep belts clean
Very well explained step by step. Cheers
Appreciate your support
Great video! Just subscribed! Where did you get your nifty blue suction at? Thanks again!!!
This is about 10 years old, but Amazon has these link below or harbor freight has them also, probably a lot cheaper Powerbuilt 648756 Suction Gun a.co/d/8rbhFAo
do you have suction tool for different fluid types? or do you just use one for everything?
I use the same one for everything except brake fluid, brake fluid has its own
Excelente video, gracias por compartir.
Cuántas botellas de líquido se usaron para el sistema?
2 bottles
Hi Danny, would a hand vacuum extractor pump be able to suck all the fluid from return hose including fluid in the steering gear and pump?
Or does that require turning the engine on for 1.5 seconds or manually turning the pump with belt off?
Correct the power steering pump must turn
Quick question. Do you need to jack up all four wheels to level the car, or are just the front two sufficient? As always, thanks for sharing.
Hello. I believe he lifted the car so that its easier to steer, if it was on the ground it'd be a lot heavier to do so.
When checking any fluid level, the car must be on an even surface, always.
The squirt bottle top was great!
Thanks for the input, 👍🏼
A hand operated vacuum pump connected to the return tube is an easy method to remove most of the old fluid from the system without operating the pump.
Great tip!
Hey Danny,
The reason for securing the hose onto the lid was so that the hose would not move around? Thank you for the amazing tutorial.
Appreciate your comment
I hope you can make how to change timing belt for honda one of these days. Thank you!
It’s a chain not belt 👍🏼
Danny, I've seen both your videos on power steering flush & brake bleed process, and I love both of them.
Question: I want to buy two jar containers , one for the POWER STEERING FLUSH MACHINE & one for doing my brake bleeds, what ounce container size would be needed for collecting the fluids
For these two jobs?
Troy, I appreciate you watching my videos, as far as the "Power Steering Flush Machine" the container I used was a Mayonnaise jar, as you could see it's a little lacking on the amount of fluid it can handle, I would double that, however for the brake fluid the Mayonnaise jar size is good.
I dont have that same container with a red cap where would my power steering fluid reservoir be
Really helped me out, thanks Danny 🙏
Glad to hear it! Appreciate you commenting
I saved my power steering return line , and I used this old line to flush the old power steering fluid.
Thank you sir …nicely made video.
Thank you for the video. Thinking. Should I do this when the engine is not hot. Maybe the power steering fluid will burn the PVC hose if still hot.
It doesn’t matter, warm fluid will flow better, but it really shouldn’t matter unless you live in a cold or freezing climate, I’m in California.
How many bottles did you wind up using?
Thank you for the details and good camera angles. It amazes me how many videos there are out there to work on cars that skip steps or don't provide details.
2 bottles, yeah it’s really hard to think of every detail and get good angles that show what you’re doing and still get the job done in a reasonable amount of time, lots to learn, thanks for the compliment
Thanks Danny for the great tutorial! After replacing my power steering pump I get some whining when I accelerating to high rpm. I think I still have air since I see tiny bubbles in my reservoir. but I'm not sure
Hopefully the air will work itself out
@@dannysdiygarageGot my Power Steering smooth after the flush :). My car still whines, but only when I revv up the RPM. I bought an aftermarket Steering Pump pre installed with the Pulley,... So Could it be the Pulley making the noise?? Appreciate the Help!
It’s possible your o’rings are leaking, watch this video Honda Civic Oil Leak, Power Steering noisy
th-cam.com/video/rtSmW8ZZMIw/w-d-xo.html
Quick question why do you need two holes in the cap of the jar .... what's the second hole for ?
2nd hole, It’s a vent
Hello Danny, after the fluid changes to clear and you have topped off the PS reservoir, how did you remove the return tubing that was filled with PS fluid? and not make a mess? I have a 2010 Accord V6 that I would like to do this service on myself. This looks pretty straight forward for a DIY'er. Thankyou!
I used rags to catch any fluid that wasn’t manageable
Gratitude brother for all information.
My pleasure
What is the inside diameter of the clear hose you used?
3/8
how many bottles of fluid did you go through with this flush?
3-1/2 bottles, although you could get away with 3 bottles
Clear, concise and very helpful video. Thank you
I appreciate your comment, thank you
Damn i need to do this so badly!! Only problem is i dont really have the time or money to get all of those fancy tubes and stuff. Is there a simpler way to drain it then this?? Id appreciate if you let me know. This way is very smart and actually is a really good video. But to me this just seems so difficult. You made it look easy, but to me this looks like its just gonna be a nightmare if i try it myself
At the end, in power steering flush machine, what was second hole for?
Vent, as the fluid goes in the air needs to come out
What drill bit did you use to screw the holes into the lid
I don’t remember, I think I used a stepper bit, these have many different sizes, and just drilled till it fit
Do you have to start the car or could you just turn the steering wheel and top off the reservoir over and over ?
you can just turn the wheels, however, the fluid in the pump needs to get pumped out, which means at some point the pump pulley needs to turn, so either start the vehicle or remove the belt and turn the pump with your hand
@@dannysdiygarage perfect thank you
Hey Danny is there any risk of damaging the P.S. pump by turning the engine briefly?
@@vandiyplant921 highly unlikely
Thank you Danny
I am in the process of getting the o ring replaced. How many bottles of Power steering i need to flush the whole system? Also can I just flush it without starting the car? TIA
2 bottles should do it, yes follow the video
Hello! I have only have ramps and not stands, can I donor by just turning on the engine a few times and not turning the steering wheel?
Drive onto two pieces of carpet or something that will let the wheels turn easier, hopefully this makes sense
If you have 150k miles on a 2010 civic and the return hose has never been removed. Do you need to be careful - maybe rub some power steering fluid on the hose before removing the hose clamp and removing the hose from power steering fluid reservoir?
Or would it be ok to remove the clamp and hose without conditioning it first?
Twist and pull, yes anything you you can do to make it easier is smart
Does my vehicle need to be raised? I want to do this but I don’t have a jack.
It doesn’t have to be, it make turning the steering wheel a whole lot easier when the wheels are off the ground
Great video Sir, Question is your O2 Sensor aftermarket or Oem , If Aftermarket what brand works with honda civic 2007 , Oem are pricey , thks
Mine is OEM, I don’t have that answer
In my opinion, aftermarkets from a well-known brand are fine. For Honda Civic 2007 LX, Denso 234-4350 is the perfect one. It’s cheaper than OEM a lot but pretty much same quality without Honda Logo.
How many bottles of fluid did you use for this flush process?
2 to 3, check the description for product information
Superb methods.
Keep it up.
Thanks.
thanks for the comment
Great video Danny, thank you for posting
Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate you watching
Can you technically use the turkey baster method 3x and have all new fluid?
Not exactly, it will be better than not doing it at all
i had to watch this twice cus the background music was so nice that i fell asleep
Understood 👍🏼 I quit using background music in my videos by the way
How many bottles does it take?
2-3/4 to 3.0