Electric Powersteering Conversion Fail

[ike84]

Sorry, that comment was directed at Gilles - I've not heard of adding a ps cooler before and would love to know more about it (setup, advantages, etc).

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[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by ike84

Sorry, that comment was directed at Gilles - I've not heard of adding a ps cooler before and would love to know more about it (setup, advantages, etc).

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[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by ike84

Sorry, that comment was directed at Gilles - I've not heard of adding a ps cooler before and would love to know more about it (setup, advantages, etc).

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Lots of GM trucks use power steering coolers factory. I don't think its really necessary for a little sports car that doens't put much strain on the power steering system. On a HEAVY chevy front end that does a lot of low speed turning; yeah that pump is doing some hard work.

Cooler is a stretch; its more like a section of pipe that has some fins on it.

Toss a thermometer in you P/S reservoir and that'll give you an idea whether or not a cooler is necessary. I'd imagine most of the heat in the power steering system is from heat soak from the engine though; so I don't think a cooler would help that much. (this is of course if you are using a belt driven pump in the engine bay)

[Quadcammer]

Originally Posted by Qingdao

Lots of GM trucks use power steering coolers factory. I don't think its really necessary for a little sports car that doens't put much strain on the power steering system. On a HEAVY chevy front end that does a lot of low speed turning; yeah that pump is doing some hard work.

Cooler is a stretch; its more like a section of pipe that has some fins on it.

Toss a thermometer in you P/S reservoir and that'll give you an idea whether or not a cooler is necessary. I'd imagine most of the heat in the power steering system is from heat soak from the engine though; so I don't think a cooler would help that much. (this is of course if you are using a belt driven pump in the engine bay)

I can tell you that road course work, especially on tighter slower tracks, with sticky tires and an electric pump gets the fluid plenty hot. I don't know whats too hot for pentosin, but its too hot to touch after coming in from a 30 min session.