Duke,

The problem with ATF came about in the late eighties, early nineties when ATF went through a radical change. Earlier cars had seals that worked okay with early ATF, but once ATF changed it was bad for the seals. After awhile the manufacturers changed seals in many cars to a material that would not be attacked by modern ATF.

I believe that generic p/s fluid is safe for most any MB, but if you desire to run the MB stuff and don't want to be out all that extra money during the entire flushing procedure, I would recommend that you flush with the generic stuff and then once you seal everything back up, fill it up with MB fluid.



For all of you that insist on the turkey baster method, why don't you try the industry accepted flush method? It only takes about 15 minutes and does a THOROUGH job of cleaning everything out SAFELY. This is not to imply that the turkey baster method is not safe, it's just that it is not cleaning the system.

Best of luck regardless of the method your choose,