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Old 08-16-2021, 12:37 PM   #1
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I don't have electric steering but do want a cup car power steering pump set up in the future. I am tired of seeing P/S fluid sitting on the top of my engine.....not sure If I have a vent line issue.

Assuming all is well with the pump itself....which maybe your problem. I would look at the placement of the reservoir with respect to the pump intake.

Do you have a section of line routing that impedes proper pump suction head......a bend or a loop in the wrong spot which is preventing fluid getting to the pump under G.
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[QUOTE=jaykay;640989] I am tired of seeing P/S fluid sitting on the top of my engine.....not sure If I have a vent line issue./QUOTE]

Jaykay, do you have an external steering fluid cooling radiator? These are pretty simple to install and are fairly cheap..
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Old 08-16-2021, 04:44 PM   #3
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I am tired of seeing P/S fluid sitting on the top of my engine.....not sure If I have a vent line issue./QUOTE]



Jaykay, do you have an external steering fluid cooling radiator? These are pretty simple to install and are fairly cheap..
Can you elaborate please?

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Can you elaborate please?

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I regularly note a pool of P/S fluid that sits in crevices on top of the engine under the intake runners......it just never goes away
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I am tired of seeing P/S fluid sitting on the top of my engine.....not sure If I have a vent line issue./QUOTE]

Jaykay, do you have an external steering fluid cooling radiator? These are pretty simple to install and are fairly cheap..
I do not have one. Should you have a recommended cooler and some installation notes that would be great. I am underdriven and that is about it.....
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