Budget 🥰 30404 Power Steering Fluid – 1 Quart Bottl 👏

8 reviews for Budget 🥰 30404 Power Steering Fluid – 1 Quart Bottl 👏

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Hoot – December 17, 2012

   I have an ’08 Sierra, 4×4. It has a PS cooler, yet only after 60,000 miles the fluid was black, and I run normal P rated tires too! Oh well. Thanks to the reviews here, I thought I’d try this Red Line PS fluid as I wanted some good synthetic fluid. Using my  Lumax LX-1185 Black 18 oz. Suction Gun with 12″ Vinyl Hose , it sucked out all but a couple ounces in the reservoir and refilled, you do want to leave a little bit so you don’t introduce air bubbles.After doing this twice over a couple of days after driving using only ~1qt, it’s surprising how much better the steering already is now. No more slow sluggishness in cold temps at startup, and seems much more responsive-and it wasn’t really bad to begin with!I’ll likely repeat this in a month or so again as the fluid is still a bit dark.Overall, very very happy.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Nick – November 7, 2013

   This is hands down the best power steering fluid I have found for Full Hydro and/or Hydro Assist steering.I have a high flow replacement pump, massive external reservoir with internal filter, large cooler in front of my radiator, and an assist ram currently. Every other power steering fluid I have used has discolored/turned brown and smelled burnt after even a week of street driving. They have also thinned out considerably.This Power Steering Fluid has been going strong for 4+ months now with no change to the color, smell, or consistency. I have not had that result with anything else. Royal Purple may hold up the same, but I won’t pay twice the price of Red Line for half the size.My over favorite thing, is after you empty these bottles, if you slice off the bottom 1/4″ these make an EXCELLENT fluid funnel that is gas, and really any automotive fluid resistant. This free left over empty bottle makes a better funnel than almost every single one I have paid money for. The best part is after using it with something thick like gear oil you can screw the cap on and not drip everywhere!

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Kurt Schultz – February 6, 2015

   At first I was skeptical. I own several Honda’s and am a dealer certified Honda master tech, and have been really worried about using anything other than OEM fluids. One of my project vehicles is an Element, and it doesn’t drive very far usually, usually less than 6 miles at a time. I flushed all the old power steering fluid out using a vacuum extractor shoved into the return line at the reservoir, turning the steering wheel lock to lock until no more fluid runs out, followed by running the new fluid through the reservoir until it runs clear through the vacuum extractor line. I was instantly amazed at how smooth my steering wheel has become. Not that it was a problem before, but usually with such short trips the car is never fully warmed up. Now it is like a hot knife cutting through butter when I turn the wheel, even at first start up. Now only time will tell how the wear protection is. I also have a Raybestos inline magnetic/paper filter in line that has been in there for a while now, and have noticed with that that there are literally NO particles left at the strainer at the bottom of the reservoir, as there were plenty before hand.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   marc holcombe – November 7, 2015

   2010 Traverse, had very annoying whine when turning. Replaced with this, and now the steering is much more responsive, easy to turn when not moving, and no more whine. I plan to change again at next oil change because the fluid that came out was like black coffee, and it had floaters in it. I didn’t want to introduce air into the system so I would just drain what was in the reservoir, add fluid, turn the wheel back and forth a couple times, repeat until I used up the entire bottle. Worked great.UPDATE :Next oil change 10000 miles later. Pumped out what was in the reservoir and replaced with some of this again. This time the fluid did not have any floaters in it, and it looked more like tea. This stuff is red, a very faint red, but red, so there was not a lot of color change. The power steering wasn’t getting any worst, but there are a lot of problems with the power steering on these vehicles from what I have read. I’m no longer having any issues with mine. Amazon is wrong, this stuff works great in a 2010 Traverse!

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Justin – July 14, 2017

   I had purchased this power steering fluid for a vehicle that I had replaced the power steering pump on. I originally used the fluid from the dealer that was supposed to be used with the vehicle and the new power steering pump was just as noisy as the one I took out of the vehicle. YES, I did make sure to flush out the old fluid before replacement of the pump but it didn’t work. Red Line oil products might cost a little more than most equivalent oils, but I have to say that their product has never let me down in situations that I’ve been in a pinch.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Wied – February 22, 2020

   I replaced the power steering pump in my 1996 Dodge RAM 2500 Cummins pickup. The power steering pump fluid spec is Chrysler MS-5931. This is the correct fluid for my model year! I have purged the system three times to get the old stuff out. The MS-5931 spec is COMPLETELY different from the ATF+4 spec for other model years. If you use the wrong power steering fluid, it is more than a small problem – You will destroy the pump. Verify twice the correct fluid specification before you install the new fluid.

7. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   SamThePoltergeist – November 5, 2020

   I like redline. I think they have a nice simplistic, solid product line. I used this in my 1985 toyota pickup after converting to high steer. I think this is the only good ATF replacement for toyota models.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Joe Spaid – June 22, 2022

   I only run Redline products. They’ve always treated me well. Used this is in my Duramax power steering / hydroboost system.