# 1993 Chevrolet 1500 - Wrong fluid in wrong place **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 25, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084 "2022-10-25T19:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trilam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@trilam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/trilam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084/1 "2022-10-25T19:45:05Z")
poured oil in power steering reservoir accidently how do i manually drain ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084/2 "2022-10-25T20:04:25Z")
You can use a turkey baster to suck it out. also, you probably have a rubber hose connected to the reservoir by a clamp. if you do just take it off and drain the tank. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084/3 "2022-10-25T23:00:52Z")
Good ideas above. Not familiar w/your vehicle, but on my Ford truck some , if not most, of the PS fluid in the steering rack & pump can be expelled by removing the pressure hose and turning the steering wheel back and forth. I discovered this by unfortunate accident … lol … I think there’s a drain plug in the rack as well but have never used that approach. ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084/4 "2022-10-28T17:58:54Z")
Did the same thing with my 2000 Blazer. I used a turkey baster to empty the ps reservoir. Refilled with fresh ps fluid and drove it a few more years with no issues. ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-chevrolet-1500-wrong-fluid-in-wrong-place/187084/5 "2022-10-28T21:18:04Z")
How about disconnecting the low pressure return line while having someone pour fresh into the reservoir? One would have to do this very carefully and maybe have someone in the car to kill the engine if the reservoir is in danger of going dry. You don’t want to run these systems dry.