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

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

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.

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

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5

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.

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran, deutschland deutschland uber alles uber alles in der welt

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

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1990 190E 3.0L

He enjoys sin

@Graham

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

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

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®

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5

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.

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1991 300E 124.030 103.983KE 722358 03 412178
207K

1979 240D 123.123 250K (Project car)

2000 Ford Ranger, 187K

2015 Dodge Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 37K

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

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1991 300E 124.030 103.983KE 722358 03 412178
207K

1979 240D 123.123 250K (Project car)

2000 Ford Ranger, 187K

2015 Dodge Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 37K