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 Post subject: Power Steering Fluid
PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:22 am 
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Is it okay to use regular power steering fluid in the KJ...like Lucas. Or does it have to be ATF+4?

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Mine is an 05 and takes ATF+4 per my FSM..........BUT ......some of the earlier models had a different fluid spec. I am not sure, so this will be an interesting thread.

Where's tjkj or one of you other professional mechanics??

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Amsoil Synthetic Universal Power Steering Fluid works perfectly! :D

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oddball wrote:
Amsoil Synthetic Universal Power Steering Fluid works perfectly! :D


I have it in all 4 of our Jeeps right now. Good stuff.

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How about changing out all the steering fluid? Any of you do that? Sorry the post made me think of how I had a place tell me I should and I have not heard of that one before.

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Yeah, I did it earlier this summer. I have a friend who has a machine at his auto repair shop, (also did the brake fluid with Amsoil brake fluid) but you can do both the old fashioned (manual) way too.

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(wiping forehead) I put some lucas ps fluid in there to help stop the leak and hopefully postpone the rack replacement as long as possible. Thought I coulda just screwed that and all the seals.

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