# Water in 2000 Kia Rio’s power steering system

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-in-2000-kia-rio-s-power-steering-system/121492>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** kia, rio\
**Created:** [July 22, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-in-2000-kia-rio-s-power-steering-system/121492 "2018-07-22T15:15:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mahaguru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Mahaguru](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mahaguru)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-in-2000-kia-rio-s-power-steering-system/121492/1 "2018-07-22T15:15:52Z")

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What to do if we drove a few miles after accidentally filling water into the power steering system?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-in-2000-kia-rio-s-power-steering-system/121492/2 "2018-07-22T23:56:50Z")

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I’d have a towed to a trusted mechanic and have system drained and flushed.

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-in-2000-kia-rio-s-power-steering-system/121492/3 "2018-07-23T22:52:56Z")

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I agree with @texases and have it towed. The system will have to be flushed now that it is contaminated with water.

Yosemite