1998 Subaru Impreza power steering fluid

[catherine mason]

i'm reading the owners manual and the book says to use
Dexron II, Dexron IIE, Dexron III type automatic transmission fluid.

am i reading this incorrect??
are they saying to refill the power steering fluid with automatic
transmission fluid???

 

[Holly Wood]

Would you put power steering fluid in your transmission?

 

[catherine mason]

i've written down what is in the manual, so stop your smart comments

 

[Gilles Gour]

Would you put power steering fluid in your transmission?

Yes use auto trans fluid. I went one step further and replaced the fluid
with synthetic auto trans fluid (Mobil 1 I think but not sure)
Two years now and everything's fine. A couple of guy I know did the same.
Gilles (Montreal)

 

[Subie25l]

Yes you are reading correctly.
All the cars that i have owned have used auto trans fluid in the power
steering

 

[TG]

When you buy a container of "power steering fluid" you are really just
getting automatic trans fluid....but paying a premium for it! TG