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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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LR power steering fluid seems rather expensive at around £35 per ltr just to top up by a very minimal amount, what are the alternative recommended brands? It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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 15th Aug 2018 5:46 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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options
1) don't bother to top up, if its not far from MIN
2) There are aftermarket suppliers off "Cold climate fluid"
Check out sponsors, ebay, island4x4
£11/12 ebay aftermarket
or genuine!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-LAND-RO...SwI59aDbZD
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| 15th Aug 2018 6:20 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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M3DPO wrote:LR power steering fluid seems rather expensive at around £35 per ltr just to top up by a very minimal amount, what are the alternative recommended brands?
Pentosin CHF 11S will do the job. It doesn’t contain unobtainium nor have any unicorns been harmed while making it.
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| 15th Aug 2018 8:52 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8103
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Never heard of that make, do advancedfactors stock it? It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 15th Aug 2018 9:31 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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They have Granville, https://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/adv906-2...5760-p.asp
Pentosin is a rather old German company which was acquired a few years ago by Fuchs, another rather old German company.
Granville is a UK based manufacturer, perhaps it’s more familiar to you.
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| 15th Aug 2018 9:35 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
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Na, that’s sheep dip, it will make the car do what sheep do, go anywhere but where you want it to.  It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 15th Aug 2018 9:45 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6573
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Can’t be too bad if AF stocks it 
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| 15th Aug 2018 9:48 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10364
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Thanks for Granville link
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| 15th Aug 2018 9:53 pm |
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vanpeebles
Member Since: 20 Mar 2018
Location: North East
Posts: 150
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F-f-f-f-f-f fetch a cloth!
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| 15th Aug 2018 10:00 pm |
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M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8103
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But is it suitable for topping up a Didcovery 4?- does it meet LR specifications and mix with what is already in the system. This is the reason for the original question!
Last paragraph in advanced factors description:
Product Usage:
For use in power steering, central hydraulic and suspension level control units as specified on certain vehicles. Directions for Use As per the vehicle manufacturers recommendations. Must NOT be mixed with other ATF or power steering fluids It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
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| 15th Aug 2018 11:00 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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According to AF it is, they’ve written STC50519 in the description. 
I’ve topped up mine with Pentosin CHF 11S, an alternative would have been Ravenol SSF. We don’t have Granville in Finland or at least I’ve never seen it.
For clarity, what they mean with “not mixing” is you shouldn’t mix CHF (central hydraulic fluid) with other types of fluids used in some vehicles like ATF (really) and LHM (I think this is more of a French problem).
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| 16th Aug 2018 5:33 am |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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or more simply put.
Don't mix red oil with green oil
Buy the other products off ebay if it concerns you
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| 16th Aug 2018 12:14 pm |
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