white phosphorous on the seats makes the best car fire.. second to gasoline. ATF is a bit lazy in ignition.

I have used brake fluid to top off power steering,has not hurt anything in 15 years,I was told it can actually stop leaks.

What would be the point in using a fluid that isn't even close?

He enjoys sin :D

Interesting concept, misguided/irrelevant as it may be. That same OM says "Automatic transmission fluid for Automatic transmission 1" regards what to stuff into the trans. So if it s good enough for your trans today ...

@Graham

Sorry chap=> Peach parts + oil thread + US of A election year has me "banging out" of this thread!

No problem :)

By the way, as posted in other thread, when I asked, Prestone told me that if car spec says to use ATF Type A Suffix A (as Stretch's OM did), then use their standard Power Steering Fluid (not the Euro or other types)

Power Steering Fluids | Prestone®

Just talked to my oil supplier they laughed and said the spec for that fluid has not changed in 15 years and no one is testing for performance gains in that dinosaur oil. No company is going to spend money to test something that is not in any new car anymore.

New car oils are changing all the time but the old ones will stay the same.

Just an update: Used a turkey baster to take out the red ATF I put in the other day, and refilled the reservoir with the Prestone ps fluid + stop leak. Not going to use the special MB type till I determine where the leak is, and fix it, of course.

That's the whole point. ATFs to those original specs (Type A Suffix A), especially those that are approved by MB are no longer readily available in NA.

PS: I am going to take Stretch's advice and keep out of such discussions from here on :)

Update: Found the leak to be caused by a hose clamp that needed to be tightened up.