PS fluid - Valvoline & Maxlife

[Mark_S]

Looking at PS fluids at Advance today & noticed Valvoline is about $1 a bottle more expensive than Maxlife. Since they are both made by the same company, I wondered why would there be such a difference in price? Does the Valvoline offer something the Maxlife does not? Anybody know why?

Mark

 

[chad8]

i used maxlife atf dex-merc and could not be happier. It is a much more advanced fluid than regular ps fluid. think of the add pack in atf and the extremes it has to go through. regular ps fluid is nothing more ( yeah its a bit more) than hydraulic fluid with red dye.

 

[Herz]

I never understood why it is a dollar more and your post sparked my curiosity about it. I always use Maxlife in all my cars, cant be happier. But why exactly is it a dollar more? I do not know.

 

[Oregoonian]

I use Mercon V...and per the Valvoline website, it is full synthetic.

Possibly MaxLife is a 'blend'...(but I'm not sure), thus the difference in price.

Contact Valvoline and ask.
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2003 Ford Focus SE 2.3L / 83K
Valvoline MaxLife SYN 5w30 / OCI 7000 +/-
Purolator PureOne /ATF: Valvoline Mercon V

 

[NewC6]

It may not apply to you but here is my take on the Valvoline PS fluid. I tried it in a 2005 Corvette, and it dang near killed me. I couldn't make turns sometimes, the PS came and went. I basically had to limp home and luckily made it. Went back to the GM fluid and all was well. Take it for what it's worth.

 

[[RT] ProjUltraZ]

maybe old stock, maybe the synpower PS uses a different source for base stock, although maxlife is supposed to be full syn also. Redline PS is very good also

 

[Nick R]

Maxlife stuff works well, but it made my steering WAY too loose and light. The Mazda3 had light steering, but it was well controlled and it worked well.... In a cavalier, not so much. It caused problems. I added a bottle of that Lucas Power Steering Stop leak or whatever, and it fixed it and it is just right now.