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Dexron III, what's a fella to do? ATF question. 200 1986

posted by  B.C. on  Thu May 5 17:02 CST 2005
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Below is pasted a post I saw today: It is in a thread about the curing of shuddering steering.

posted by someone claiming to be Vernon on Thu May 5 01:39 CST 2005

By the way, Dextron-III is not suited to PS. You can substitute PS fluid with Dext-II, but not Dext-III. Dext-III WILL harm your ps.


My ride is a 1986 244GL. It has a leaky power steering system, and the replacement rack will go on soon, but...

I have been feeding the leak for a good while. Now I wonder if by using the proscribed Dexron III I have worsened the situation.

The owner's manual sez: Power steering fluid type: ATF. So I assume that means to use whatever is specified for the AT in this car.

Automatic Transmission to use ATF type Dexron IID.

The ATF I have been using in the PS is Dexron III Mercon. The can sez it's OK for earlier Dexron types.

Now comes the above-pasted post saying otherwise.

Is that post OK? Must I go search for Dexron II, since it's not at my usual supply house (AutoZone).

Thanks you-all,

Bob

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