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slow323
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 Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:41 pm
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hey ppl recently got a roro almera looked at the power steering fluid and it loked darkish brown, I hav a local one already so i checked that one to see if the fluid was the same colour and it was, was wondering the oem ps fluid that comes with the car is it really darkish brown or do both cars need to change fluid
read the post with the changing of the ps fluid so im prob gonna change it if that is not the colour it supposed to be |
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Dragsta
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:40 pm
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| yes they do come in darkish Red colour, like tranny fliud.....however the Castrol P/S fluid has colour like engine oil |
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crossdrilled
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:48 pm
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| If in doubt change it. That fluid is the same as the tranny fluid. Dextron 3 Mercon will do the trick. You should change ALL of your fluids when you get a RORO. |
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slow323
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:59 pm
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thanks for the info in the process of changing the fluids now
dragsta thas prob why the fluid in my local almera looks like that cause massy uses castrol products |
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Hook
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:20 pm
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| crossdrilled wrote: | | If in doubt change it. That fluid is the same as the tranny fluid. Dextron 3 Mercon will do the trick. You should change ALL of your fluids when you get a RORO. |
nope....not always....some use PS fluid and some use tranny fluid....ALWAYS follow the manfacturer's specifications unless you looking at a modified system |
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THE SYNDICATE
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:54 am
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some use PS fluid and some use tranny fluid
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Ditto!  |
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slow323
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:45 pm
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| so combine the two should i keep them the same brand though ? |
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Hook
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:19 pm
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combine the two? u mean mix PS fluid and tranny fluid? WTF????
dude, whatever it says on the cap or in the owner's manual, just follow that...  |
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Strugglerzinc
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:07 pm
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| Hook wrote: | | crossdrilled wrote: | | If in doubt change it. That fluid is the same as the tranny fluid. Dextron 3 Mercon will do the trick. You should change ALL of your fluids when you get a RORO. |
nope....not always....some use PS fluid and some use tranny fluid....ALWAYS follow the manfacturer's specifications unless you looking at a modified system |
he probably meant that in this case as its an almera its the same Dexron 3 in both tranny and PS. |
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Hook
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:14 pm
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| ^^^ well yeah, but some ppl could misread the thing and think it applies to other cars too, so I just wanted to clear that up nuh |
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crossdrilled
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:58 pm
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| Strugglerzinc wrote: | | Hook wrote: | | crossdrilled wrote: | | If in doubt change it. That fluid is the same as the tranny fluid. Dextron 3 Mercon will do the trick. You should change ALL of your fluids when you get a RORO. |
nope....not always....some use PS fluid and some use tranny fluid....ALWAYS follow the manfacturer's specifications unless you looking at a modified system |
he probably meant that in this case as its an almera its the same Dexron 3 in both tranny and PS. |
Yes, for all QG engine series the correct fluid is Dextron 3 mercon, which is same as the tranny fluid. Says so in the manual. Don't know about other cars, was being specific to this post. Kendall is D bess. You could get it by federal on cipero street (and for your transmission too  ) |
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crossdrilled
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:32 am
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Unless it is CVT of course....then the transmission should only use the correct CVT fluid.
The power steering fluid will still be the Dextron3 for all QG engines. |
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