Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
I was assigned to [service] low center hydraulic system on Aircraft X. At the start of shift; I saw two identical 5 gallon containers next to each other stored in the fluid service area; I picked up the first can which was labeled hydraulic fluid found it to be empty so I picked up can next to it and serviced hydraulic system. Only after servicing the mistake was discovered that it was not hydraulic fluid but stripper. The supervisor and engineering was notified immediately.
Maintenance technician reported inadvertently servicing hydraulic system with stripper instead of hydraulic fluid; stored in an identical container.