# Maintainence

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** kia, rio\
**Created:** [November 21, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822 "2009-11-21T19:58:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carla4465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@carla4465](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carla4465)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822/1 "2009-11-21T19:58:53Z")

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is it ok to use trasmission fluid in your power steering reservoir, if not what are the problems that will happen if you do?

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822/2 "2009-11-21T20:01:27Z")

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In many applications ( Ford for one ) it is exactly the same stuff.  
read owner’s manual.  
read bottle.

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**Author:** ![carla4465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@carla4465](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carla4465)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822/3 "2009-11-21T20:04:42Z")

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thank you was just checking

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822/4 "2009-11-21T23:33:19Z")

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Ken said “many applications,” not “all applications.”

You better read your owner’s manual carefully. I don’t think I’d mix automatic transmission fluid and power steering fluid.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maintainence/39822/5 "2009-11-22T00:42:10Z")

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Check the owner’s manual. That OK is for some cars, not all! I have no idea about the Kia Rio