I window-shopped for PS fluid at the Mart of Wal. The Super Tech said it was good for topping off but not a complete refill. The more-expensive Prestone came in 2 flavors: 1 for Asian cars, 1 for American cars. The legend on the sticker of my PS’s reservoir reads, ‘Use Dexron type power steering …

[image] old_mopar_guy: Many older power steering systems used ATF, which is what Dexron is. Yup. Then in the 80’s some manufacturers started specific their own formula. Honda was one of the early entries. At least the Honda fluid was cheap. But before the 80’s every power steering system on e…

I have the same question about a 1990 F-150? Every thin else I owned used dexron.

[image] old_mopar_guy: Many older power steering systems used ATF, which is what Dexron is. +1 However, a whole lot of people will not know what we are talking about unless we slaughter the Dexron trademark into “Dextron”.

[image] Whitey: I’d just buy it from a dealership or auto parts store that has the right product. That’s a long trip. Besides, I was interested in the questions I asked. [image] old_mopar_guy: Many older power steering systems used ATF, which is what Dexron is. It’s not PS fluid? …

[image] RandomTroll: Not PS fluid? None of the PS fluids mentioned Dexron - that’s because Dexron is an ATF? If the reservoir states Dexron, then the system was designed to use Dexron, which is ATF. So I would use whatever fluid you can get that states meets the old Dexron standard. Or use p…

Any of the newer “universal fluids” will list Dexron and 30+ other specs in the compatibility list on the back label. Power steering will be happy with it.

Good questions all… Methinks the vagaries have been induced by mfg’s trying to make a non special item…“more special” and in the process make more money lol, dont think they are above this thinking. Probably never know the difference between these fluids beyond viscosity (even that is withheld) sur…

Shopping for power steering fluid: Dexron, Asian, American...?

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George_San_Jose1 February 6, 2020, 2:28am 12

My Ford truck’s manual says to use a special Ford part number for the power steering pump fluid, different than what is spec’d for the automatic trans, but I’ve always used plain old Type F transmission fluid for both and never experienced any problems.

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Shopping for power steering fluid: Dexron, Asian, American...?

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