lubricant for power steering ?

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Sun, 18/04/2004 - 18:43
twodogs
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hello can someone help, in the operating instuctions book for my 300GD it mentions steering gear oil or gear oil as the lubricant for the power steering .
can anyone tell me what thay use i.e brandnames ?
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twodogs

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Sun, 18/04/2004 - 19:09
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mortinson
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lubricant for power steering ?

The fluid for the power steering of your G (and any contemporary Mercedes) is nothing but Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF). You can buy a Dexron type fluid at any Halfords, but I don´t know whether this would be substantially cheaper than buying the "steering box oil" from your Mercedes garage (I bought one litre Castrol Dexron III from Halfords and it was £ 6.20!!!!)

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Sun, 02/05/2004 - 00:09
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John
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lubricant for power steering ?

You can also buy Slick 50 power steering fluid, which not only rejuvenates seals but makes quite a dramatic reduction in pump noise. However I must add that KY works well on my ball joint!

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