Tranny fluid for power steering fluid?

[Ken2]

Lubegard powersteering supplement makes a difference you can feel. I'd use Lubegard steering fluid in any unit that did not call for ATF--or one that did. If you use ATF, why not use a synthetic...it'll handle heat and cold better and oxidize more slowly. One quart doesn't cost that much more.


Ken

 

[Lance]

The VW dealer specified that my 1998 A3 needed the stuff in the WHITE can with ggreen lettering, not the opposite. I don't know the difference.

I know old Citroens would leak a LOT if you replaced the Citroen fluid with ATF.

 

[Tones]

Been using Mobil 1 synthetic ATF (Dex III) in my Toyota PS system with good success.

 

[Jim 5]

My '98 Chev K1500 specifies gm power steering fluid.

Funny thing is, it is a Saginaw unit (the one that looks like a "canned ham" or "Spam" reservior). They've (Ford and Chevy) have been using saginaw power steering pumps for decades. As far as I know, they've always called for ATF.

I doubt if anything has changed.

 

[TheTanSedan]

http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2003/19-005-03.htm

Did a little research a while back on ATF/PSF thinking that MOPAR ATF+4 had been spec'd for both systems on my '01 Ram by factory. Wrong. While I understand MolaKules comment above, I still wonder about frictional characteristics . . that is, the "feel" of the steering with one formulation over another.

 

[LubeOiler]

After reading what happened to antifreeze I wasn't sure of anything to do with aftermarket fluids anymore. I had squeal on my 03 Hundayi and drained the filler tank looked in the owners manual and it said use PSF-3.

The Valvoline synthetic fluid I have been useing said nothing on the bottle except do not use in a HONDA.

I called their hotline and she said it is ok to use on your Hyundai.She never heard of PSF-3

So I filled it up with the Valvoline.Then I looked in the 03 Toyota manual and it said use Dextron II or III. With out making a call on why the PS steering started squealing on my new Hyundai I added a oz or so of ARX to it last year. So perhaps it needed to be drained out,anyway it works fine now. In defense of ARX I did overfill it a little by doing that.

I just wondered what they will change next BRAKE Fluid!

 

[Sid]

I've got AMSOIL Universal Synthetic ATF in my PS unit with a dash of AUTO-RX on Frank's recommendations. Been fine for at least a year now.