Power steering cooler removal
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Power steering cooler removal
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A line to my P/S cooler ruptured and is leaking a good amount. Can I bypass the cooler safely? How would you recommend I go about doing this? I would really like to keep my p/s intact.
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A line to my P/S cooler ruptured and is leaking a good amount. Can I bypass the cooler safely? How would you recommend I go about doing this? I would really like to keep my p/s intact.
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I was hoping it was ac since I'm pulling it all soon. The line that is cut runs from the bottom of the p/s reservoir to the "cooler" in front of the radiator which just loops back around into the engine bay and back to the steering rack. There's still another large hose that runs from the p/s pump to the rack as well. Will post a pic of the cooler I'm talking about soon.
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I think I may try to cut the ruptured section out and then connect the two ends with a hose of some sort and secure with some clamps. I'm going to try to make a brad at the ends of the aluminum lines to better secure the hose. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Hmm no thoughts? I think I'm going to buy a piece of aluminum piping that is just big enough to slide over each end of the break and then seal it with jb weld and hope that holds together. The rupture turned into a small explosion of p/s fluid when I tried to move the car so it's immobilized at the moment.
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Power steering lines run hundreds and sometimes upwards of 1200 psi. Do not use any kind of quick fix. Just buy a new cooler line and fix it that way. If you don't want to spend any money on it, just remove the power steering.
http://www.lancershop.com/customer/p...productid=5264
http://www.lancershop.com/customer/p...productid=5264
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That would be your powersteering cooler line. I think I still have mine I can send you for a fair price. Either way, follow the lines, one goes from the reservoir the other is the return to the rack. bypass the cooler lines and go from the reservoir to the rack and you should be good.