Cost of Fluids - alternatives?

[GK]

Hi All,

Went to Ford to grab some coolant and power steering fluid. They wanted $80 for a litre of ps fluid and $100 for 5 litres of coolant.

I didn't bother asking about the brake fluid.

So, I looked around and found that Nulon have the red coolant which should be fine for topping up (I realise the coolant is only required to be changed every 10 years).

There was a typo on the package though. The coolant Spec by ford is WSS-M97B44-D, and they had WSS-M97B44-A written twice on the pack, right underneath each other. I checked every pack and it was the same.

I got home and checked Nulon's site and they have it certified for both A and D. All good.

So what do I do about the power steering fluid? Nulon's product didn't meet the spec, neither did the Castrol pack at SCA. What do you guys use? Surely you don't pay $80 for a litre?

Also, would you simply use any Super Dot 4 brake fluid? That's what the book recommends, so at least that should be simple enough. Nulon has me covered again.

Cheers,

GK