Bleeding Power Steering Fluid Options

[cardshark525]

Hey guys,

So after replacing a bunch of stuff on the car I'm having a little difficulty with this.

Is there a non-messy way to bleed the PS fluid after replacing essentially the whole system. I have a brand new rack and a new pump. There's a ton of air in the system after filling it and burping the system so I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to bleed it without just.... (sigh) unhooking a hose and having it just spew fluid all over the place.

I know if I were at a Toyota dealer they have a machine they hook up to the fill cap that basically forces the lines full and removes the air via the machine by doing this.


Any input? Trying to finish everything up after replacing half the car lol.

[Box]

Just turn the steering back and forth with the cap resting on the reservoir to stop fluid from going everywhere but to allow the air to escape. Generally you'd fill until it just reached the bottom of the reservoir and top it off while going from lock to lock(but never holding at full lock) until it's full and there's no more air in the system.