Here's what I used..a quart of Toyota Dextron and a new hobby fuel bottle.
You can get a the fuel bottle from your local hobby shop or order one for about $5-$7. here's one ..... http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD531&P=7 Otherwise, I'm sure you can find something at parts store to do the same thing.



Remove the cap from power steering reservoir. Make sure the spout is clean and squeeze the fuel bottle.



Gently insert spout into reservoir and release pressure on bottle so it sucks out the old fluid.



I got this on first pull...



This is how much that came out second time after I emptied the bottle and repeated.



Here's the reservoir empty.



Now refill to a few mm below the hot line with fresh Dextron and you're done.

Repeat this process as many times as you want after a day or so of driving for the fluid to mix with remaining fluid. I know it's not as good as a total flush, but it will eventually get the fluid nice in there. I did this about 5 times this week(this was the last) and the fluid looked better every time and now it stays red. My car has 37k miles and this was the first time that fluid was touched.

 

nice diy chuck !!

 

nice! i think i'm going for a full flush, but i'll be doing this from here on out. It's like a drain and refil for tranny!

 

Nice simple DIY...

 

Cool Who'd a thunk it I am going to give this a try this weekend.

 

Nice DIY Chuck. What did you do with the old fluid?

 

I dumped it in my used oil container.

 

I do something similar in my RX300, though I use Mobil 1 ATF.

 

:-) very good idea.
For my older car, I unscrewed a screw on one of the calipers to let the fluid leak out while filling it ... much more difficult.

 

can you feel the change?

 

Thanks chuckb, I love DIY posts like these, thanks for sharing! Saves time and money (which can be applied to mods)!

If you want to speed up the process, take this approach:

1. Siphon old fluid
2. Pour new fluid
3. Turn steering wheel lock-to-lock 5 times

Repeat steps 1-3 about three to five times and you should only have new fluid left.

 

Really?

 

No, but the pump is nice and quiet. I had no problem before, it was just maintenance. The fluid looks to be in much better condition now though.

 

 

nice write up and tip. on a gs300, there is no marking when refilling with ATF. i guess you just have to look at the cap markings and go by that.

i used a child's medicine dispensor which was free. it may take more time but it was free.

is all toyota ATF the same? I used type iv ATF which is the same stuff for our tranny.