Audi hydralics...drat! (longish)

[Kneale Brownson]

At 02:26 AM 05/11/2001 -0700, james accordino wrote:

>--- John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy <jcasidy at qwest.net>
>wrote:
>
> > little curious about
> > how to get the old fluid flushed from the rack and
> > the bomb...
> >
>There is more than 1 way I'm sure.  You can use some
>of your new fluid to pour through.  You can use
>compressed air to blow out the old fluid.  Don't use
>very high pressure on the air though.  Unfortunately
>these methods involve removing hoses going into and
>out of said component.  I couldn't find a solution to
>this problem that was acceptable to me and I don't
>find it very difficult to remove the hydraulic
>components so this lead me to the method I described
>in the previous post.  Maybe some other lister will
>have a less "labor intensive" solution.


Your disassemble/blow out process undoubtedly is more 
efficient.  Alternatively, you can disconnect the return line to the 
reservoir and run it into a coffee can while continuing to keep the 
reservoir sufficiently full to avoid running the pump dry.