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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 12:02 PM
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Stop telling people to use Dex VI in place of II/III it doesn't work properly. Don't care about any specs in real world use it's not suitable, I've tried.
So they skipped from III to VI I have a bottle that clearly states there is a IV, but I dont know if there was a V. BUT I have IV so that list isnt totally correct.
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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jimisbell
So they skipped from III to VI I have a bottle that clearly states there is a IV, but I dont know if there was a V. BUT I have IV so that list isnt totally correct.
Use what you think is best. Oil discussions rarely solve anything or come to a consensus in my observation.
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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 02:45 PM
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Funny running into this thread, I flushed my p/s steering fluid today, what a difference did it make and the crap fluid I pulled out.... ugh
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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jimisbell
So they skipped from III to VI I have a bottle that clearly states there is a IV, but I dont know if there was a V. BUT I have IV so that list isnt totally correct.
It was a typo. There is no Dexron 5 or 6 yet.
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Old Jan 8, 2025 | 08:18 PM
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Funny running into this thread, I flushed my p/s steering fluid today, what a difference did it make and the crap fluid I pulled out.... ugh
with Toyota ATF?
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Old Jan 9, 2025 | 01:55 AM
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with Toyota ATF?
nope - valvoline max life atf
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