im in need of some and i stopped by advance auto parts to check it out and there are a couple different types. which brand do you guys suggest me getting?

oh any another thing.. service manuals. chilton or haynes?

 

I use ATF in my power steering, no issues at all.

 

Chilton, Hayes, Both! And you gotta read em. It's not what you remember as long as you remember where to look it up.
With only 594000+km on the Peep original power steering pump, we are now running 80% Lucas steering fluid (yes, Snake Oil). Light leak at pully shaft, still steers fine and no hard spots or noise but I don't expect to be runnin the same pump when we roll the million. I's say the pump is not For your 98, if you have no current issues with the pump, just use a name brand power steeing fluid (don't go cheap on your fluids), ATF will have seal swelling additives, you may not need them (yet).
I use a dollar store turkey baster for pulling fluid out of things like the steering pump reservoir and then refill with the fresh. Don't overfill and check the level regularly when you are checking all your other fluids. You do check em?

 

no i haven't checked it all i know is that i need fluid. theres the squeak in the morning ya know?

 

Go with a brand offered at your local auto supply store, add to the marks on the small dipstick under the cap (hot vs cold level). You may still get morning squeek, frosty mornings here I get squeek every day, gone as the belt and pullies warm up and dry off.

 

This ....

 

i don't have a grand cherokee. and yeah that valvoline surf was the most basic thing i saw and was thinking about buying it.

 

Because the WJ had a hydraulicly driven cooling fan that is powered by the power steering pump is why this fluid is required for the WJ.

 

You could be right but this is what i read from the factory service manual....

 

then whats required for an XJ?! i don't have a wj and i want to know any good suggestions for power steering fluid on my XJ

 

I use redline synthetic power steering fluid.

 

I have a 2007 grand Cherokee and my service agent has no steering fluid. what is the next best to the original fluid?

 

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If you go to your Chrysler dealer and buy a bottle it's just ATF +4 in a power steering fluid bottle. So that's what I've always run. Unless you have the electric power steering pump, then just pick up a bottle from a Chrysler dealer

 

ATF +4 is fine for the power steering pump, or generic power steering fluid

I put in a bottle of that Royal Purple synthetic power steering fluid and my pump definately sounds quieter.