Accidentally put power steering fluid in my tranny

Asked by SD Jan 23, 2018 at 10:49 PM about the 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C 240 Sedan

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Accidentally put power steering fluid in my tranny

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you should get the fluid changed , you can drop the pan ( messy) or take it to a shop to have it done , if you can get the tranny line off the bottom of the radiator where it's sent to cool and get a hose on it the pump in the tranny will blow it out , make sure it's secured and in a container because it's high pressure and will blow all over the place (also messy), or send a hose down the fill tube and below the tranny into a pan get a siphon going this will take some time or if you have an old shop vac you can suck it out with that , I've heard even with the pro purging method you never get all of the fluid

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