power steering doesn't take power steering fluid.

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I found out tonight that a 05 focus doesn't take power steering fluid you have to use transmission fluid.
Daughter car was running low on power steering fluid had her picked up a quart and top it off.

After topping it off she drove it about 20 feet and parked it.
Went on line to see how to change the pump in case I ever have to and found out about 11 pm tonight it takes mercon.

So run to gas station to get a quart of mercon transmission fluid,they don't carry any.
Off to walmart to get a quart of mercon and they don't have mercon looking on line it is interchangeable with mercon-v.

Flushed it out as best I could.
Sucked it out with a turkey baster top it off turn the wheel a few times.
Repeat the process till i used the whole quart.
Now I hope I didn't mess any seals up.
Now I know to check what type of fluids to top off with before topping anything else.
 
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Nothing is the way it use to be when we were growing up.
Alot smipler then.
Went into a new bank last week to start a savings account and found out that I don't have two forms of ID on myself. I have never used my SScard for an ID but they kept asking for it and I refused to bring it out. They would accept my Military ID and my Driver licence but I didn't have both on me at the time.

Things have changed.........not all for the better.
JMHO
 
Standard Mercon is now called Dex-Merc. So if you need any more just look for that. It's alot cheaper than Mercon V.
 
I've always used ATF in the power steering.
The main difference between the two fluids are the friction modifiers. Since all auto transmissions have clutches, but not all steering pumps have clutches, the ATF needs to reduce friction from the tight tolerances of a transmission as compared to the loose fit of a power steering system.
There are other differences such as flash point and density, but the ATF standard exceeds the power steering standard, in most cases.
You should be fine, both systems are hydraulic and use basically the same fluid.
 
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