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power steering fluid

Post by the1andonly » Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:17 pm

page 202 of manual states ATF DII or MIII I have Dextron3 (for gearbox) any problems invisaged topping up with this?
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Re: power steering fluid

Post by mikeWalsall » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:14 pm

Dexron 3 is fine ..

Auto box fluids are backward compatible .. but not the other way round ..

Ie: you can use Dexron 3 in place pf Dexron2 .. but you should not use older Dexron 2 fluid in place of dexron3 ..

All academic realy as Dexron fluids are no longer a factory supported specification ..
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Re: power steering fluid

Post by the1andonly » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:19 pm

thanks Mike
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