I say, stay with the actual Honda brand P/S fluid as you cna't go wrong with it and it's not too expensive.
One or more things could happen when not using Honda P/S fluid in a Honda system.
Some folks have reported that nothing has happened. Others reported leaks and some folks(as myself) reported stiff steering.
Years ago before I knew better and used a non Honda P/S fluid(regular P/S fluid), and I experienced hard(er) steering with the loss of steering return(on it's own).
I changed back to Honda P/S fluid(actually is was Bardahl/Honda P/S fluid) and all was OK again. But, I think that the true "HONDA" brand P/S fluid it the best, as others claim that the Bardahl/Honda fluid would cause stiff steering in really cold tempuratures(below 0 deg's F) while the HONDA brand stayed smooth in the really colder temps.
One or more things could happen when not using Honda P/S fluid in a Honda system.
Some folks have reported that nothing has happened. Others reported leaks and some folks(as myself) reported stiff steering.
Years ago before I knew better and used a non Honda P/S fluid(regular P/S fluid), and I experienced hard(er) steering with the loss of steering return(on it's own).
I changed back to Honda P/S fluid(actually is was Bardahl/Honda P/S fluid) and all was OK again. But, I think that the true "HONDA" brand P/S fluid it the best, as others claim that the Bardahl/Honda fluid would cause stiff steering in really cold tempuratures(below 0 deg's F) while the HONDA brand stayed smooth in the really colder temps.
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