J Matic or S Matic For POWER STEERING?

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Looking to change the steering fluid. Will only be removing whats in the reservoir. So far the thing is the fluid is yellow so it cannot be ATF...right?

What should I do? The Cap says use a Dextron but which one? A lot of dealers do not have J matic anymore and only S matic. Is it okay to use S matic on power steering fluid? Or should I just get the power steering fluid from Infiniti?

Also since my fluid is yellow is it okay to add the pink ATF fluid? I tested the color by putting a lint free paper in the reservoir and the fluid is not pink. Its clearish yellow.


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I've always just used Dexron ATF...I never had an issue with my M35.

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Neither.
Nissan makes power steering fluid specifically for this. Sometimes it's called Denso. You can get it cheap on Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-Power- ... SwfR1ZbQ8p
I changed mine and it matched the color of the original fluid - dark red.

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you more than likely can just use any regular ATF


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