TCS resivoir flush

[66mgb]

Hi again guys. Just doing some fall p/m to my '92 w/ TCS.I noticed underhood that the fluid in the TCS resivoir is not as clear as it once was.

What should I flush this with?

Thanks!


Modified by 66mgb at 1:34 PM 9/28/2006

[66mgb]

Okay...maybe it's not for TCS - is it ABS?

It's the reservoir located just next to the relay box on the passenger side.

Help anyone?

[qship96]

it is the tcs- turkey baste out and replace with brake fluid 1x a day for a week as minimum- should be bled using the bleeder screws,but I bet no one has ever done it here

[elwesso]

I am kinda sure there are bleeder screws on the TCS pump.. That would be the ideal way... The turkey baster is really just changing the fluid in the resovoir, which makes you feel better but im not really sure how much it does....

looking in the FSM it has you removing the hose that goes from the TCS actuator to the TCS pump, draining that fluid, and then bleeding the air....

its all the BR section, BR60 in my FSM

[qship96]

the turkey baste method IS NOT ideal,but way better than nothing if done annually.... brake fluid absorbs moisture,so replacing fluid in resivour with fresh dry fluid pulls the excess moisture out of remaining old wet fluid in system until moisture equalizes,why you do it 1x /day for a week.... also tcs system self tests every start and some of the fluid moves thru system helping to dilute old/new fluid again best/fastest way is to use the bleeder screws if you can access them.... bet no-one here has ever done it this way,and few even turkeybaste annually?

[3Q Jay]

i do the turkey baster every oil change. tcs fluid still not as white as my brake master fluid (pressure flushed), but close.

was thinking that the 'return' hose could be unhooked from backside of reservoir and turn the key on a few times to circulate and pump out the old, while adding fresh fluid to res to prevent cavitation/air. haven't tried it though.