Power Steering Pump Question:
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Cut a soda can in half, and place the bottom section over your PS cap,
looks ghetto, but vent in cap still works, and no water gets in
( I lost a pump from alot of rain, in wintertime..it froze in the system, there was so much water in there. However, I was missing the 'downspout' thingy,
new van and was too busy to notice.
I had to flush, it's easy with 2 people. Just disconnect the return line from the PS cooler (it's the one that feed into the bottom of resevoir),
plug the line from the res. good. the open line goes into a big container (gal)
THAT is where the fliud will be force fed out of.
The system will pump out so fast, you will be pouring PS in as fast as you can (have helper start car and turn steeringwheel end-to-end)
Knowing the rate of discharge, I made a fitting for when i flushed the diesel
PS out, and gave it a hole of .125. That made no difference!
If you have a lathe and want to make a plug-w-hole to slow down the rate
of fluid loss, try .0625 or 1/16.
looks ghetto, but vent in cap still works, and no water gets in
( I lost a pump from alot of rain, in wintertime..it froze in the system, there was so much water in there. However, I was missing the 'downspout' thingy,
new van and was too busy to notice.
I had to flush, it's easy with 2 people. Just disconnect the return line from the PS cooler (it's the one that feed into the bottom of resevoir),
plug the line from the res. good. the open line goes into a big container (gal)
THAT is where the fliud will be force fed out of.
The system will pump out so fast, you will be pouring PS in as fast as you can (have helper start car and turn steeringwheel end-to-end)
Knowing the rate of discharge, I made a fitting for when i flushed the diesel
PS out, and gave it a hole of .125. That made no difference!
If you have a lathe and want to make a plug-w-hole to slow down the rate
of fluid loss, try .0625 or 1/16.
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Well I finished up the install today...
It went well, the pump works great..
There was some foamy fluid in there..
I just sucked out the fluid from the pump twice.. that seemed to clear it up.
I will check in the morning,, I will most likely flush the system in the morning..
Next job on my list is replacing the rear ' U ' joint....
Thanks for all your help..
It went well, the pump works great..
There was some foamy fluid in there..
I just sucked out the fluid from the pump twice.. that seemed to clear it up.
I will check in the morning,, I will most likely flush the system in the morning..
Next job on my list is replacing the rear ' U ' joint....
Thanks for all your help..
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Marty600:
Let me start with sorry for my confused state here!!
Well i went out this morning to take the kids to school started the van and noticed some noise from teh steering, I checked the fluid,, and DARN it I guess I needed to do a real flush yesterday... I turned it off and used my other work van today...
So let me see if i have this correct:
1. I need 2 people
2. disconnect the return line from the PS cooler (it's the one that feed into the bottom of resevoir),
3. plug the line from the res.
What are some options for pluging this line??????
4. the open line goes into a big container (gal)
THAT is where the fliud will be force fed out of.
The system will pump out so fast, you will be pouring PS in as fast as you can (have helper start car and turn steering wheel end-to-end)
Knowing the rate of discharge,
Don't I have to have another line from the system in a another container for drainage of the old fluid??
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question!!!
Let me start with sorry for my confused state here!!
Well i went out this morning to take the kids to school started the van and noticed some noise from teh steering, I checked the fluid,, and DARN it I guess I needed to do a real flush yesterday... I turned it off and used my other work van today...
So let me see if i have this correct:
1. I need 2 people
2. disconnect the return line from the PS cooler (it's the one that feed into the bottom of resevoir),
3. plug the line from the res.
What are some options for pluging this line??????
4. the open line goes into a big container (gal)
THAT is where the fliud will be force fed out of.
The system will pump out so fast, you will be pouring PS in as fast as you can (have helper start car and turn steering wheel end-to-end)
Knowing the rate of discharge,
Don't I have to have another line from the system in a another container for drainage of the old fluid??
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question!!!
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