Power stering fluid is over flowing after installing PTS kit
01-03-2009, 07:29 PM
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Power stering fluid is over flowing after installing PTS kit Power stering fluid is over flowing after installing PTS kit. I searched for the thread but i know some people have had this problem do to header heat warming up the fluid. was just wondering what you guys did. my headers are already wrapped. is going to a manual rack my only option?
01-03-2009, 08:14 PM
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Power stering fluid is over flowing after installing PTS kit. I searched for the thread but i know some people have had this problem do to header heat warming up the fluid. was just wondering what you guys did. my headers are already wrapped. is going to a manual rack my only option?
Hmmm... I know you mentioned your headers are wrapped, but is the area right before the turbo right under the ps reservoir wrapped too? Also, are your hotpipes coated at all.
01-03-2009, 09:25 PM
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Fit a simple fluid cooler in the return line from rack to reservoir.
The std car has a PAS fluid to cooling system cooler...obviously this helps...but will be nowhere near as good as a proper radiator style cooler.
The std car has a PAS fluid to cooling system cooler...obviously this helps...but will be nowhere near as good as a proper radiator style cooler.
01-03-2009, 10:59 PM
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Ill take some pics tomorrow. but do you have a part number and where to get a PS cooler from. Did a PS cooler work. I didnt wrap the PS lines tho. My pipes are coated and wrapped.
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01-04-2009, 12:43 PM
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Mine were wrapped and melted. I had everything wrapped, and it still made a hole in the high pressure hose.
I ended up going with braided lines and rerouting everything.
I ended up going with braided lines and rerouting everything.
01-04-2009, 01:54 PM
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Kind of off topic, kind of...
But it deals with heat in general.
Have you guys opened up the cowl by the windshield wipers, the whole strip of weatherstripping that seals there? Not a good idea on a dd, but this was one of the first things I did to mine, and when my puller fan turns on, you can see the heat waves from the driver's seat rising up across the front of the windshield, and if you're out of the car, you can put your hand by the windshield wipers and feel a ton of hot air the puller fan is getting out from the engine bay. This is all just from a stop... While driving, the air drawn in from the air dam flows between the radiator and the AC condenser, hits the shroud, spreads throughout the engine bay, and has a place to escape from the back of the engine bay for a quick, complete cycle of cooling the radiator, the engine, the alternator, etc. and in my case an oil cooler... Works REALLY well when the car's moving in keeping the whole engine bay cool. It's like having a giant heat extractor all across the back of the engine bay, where hot air stops and has nowhere to go, compounding with more hot air drawn in from puller fans and outside air post-radiator.
But it deals with heat in general.
Have you guys opened up the cowl by the windshield wipers, the whole strip of weatherstripping that seals there? Not a good idea on a dd, but this was one of the first things I did to mine, and when my puller fan turns on, you can see the heat waves from the driver's seat rising up across the front of the windshield, and if you're out of the car, you can put your hand by the windshield wipers and feel a ton of hot air the puller fan is getting out from the engine bay. This is all just from a stop... While driving, the air drawn in from the air dam flows between the radiator and the AC condenser, hits the shroud, spreads throughout the engine bay, and has a place to escape from the back of the engine bay for a quick, complete cycle of cooling the radiator, the engine, the alternator, etc. and in my case an oil cooler... Works REALLY well when the car's moving in keeping the whole engine bay cool. It's like having a giant heat extractor all across the back of the engine bay, where hot air stops and has nowhere to go, compounding with more hot air drawn in from puller fans and outside air post-radiator.
01-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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I have to agree with stevie. Walk into autozone or any shop like it and pic up a small trans cooler. I did this with an 88 sitting in the same spot and never had a problem with boiling fluid again. It only takes about 20 min to do the install. I attached the new cooler to the small support right infront of the radiator. You will need some extra hose.
01-07-2009, 02:06 PM
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Kind of off topic, kind of...
But it deals with heat in general.
Have you guys opened up the cowl by the windshield wipers, the whole strip of weatherstripping that seals there? Not a good idea on a dd, but this was one of the first things I did to mine, and when my puller fan turns on, you can see the heat waves from the driver's seat rising up across the front of the windshield, and if you're out of the car, you can put your hand by the windshield wipers and feel a ton of hot air the puller fan is getting out from the engine bay. This is all just from a stop... While driving, the air drawn in from the air dam flows between the radiator and the AC condenser, hits the shroud, spreads throughout the engine bay, and has a place to escape from the back of the engine bay for a quick, complete cycle of cooling the radiator, the engine, the alternator, etc. and in my case an oil cooler... Works REALLY well when the car's moving in keeping the whole engine bay cool. It's like having a giant heat extractor all across the back of the engine bay, where hot air stops and has nowhere to go, compounding with more hot air drawn in from puller fans and outside air post-radiator.
But it deals with heat in general.
Have you guys opened up the cowl by the windshield wipers, the whole strip of weatherstripping that seals there? Not a good idea on a dd, but this was one of the first things I did to mine, and when my puller fan turns on, you can see the heat waves from the driver's seat rising up across the front of the windshield, and if you're out of the car, you can put your hand by the windshield wipers and feel a ton of hot air the puller fan is getting out from the engine bay. This is all just from a stop... While driving, the air drawn in from the air dam flows between the radiator and the AC condenser, hits the shroud, spreads throughout the engine bay, and has a place to escape from the back of the engine bay for a quick, complete cycle of cooling the radiator, the engine, the alternator, etc. and in my case an oil cooler... Works REALLY well when the car's moving in keeping the whole engine bay cool. It's like having a giant heat extractor all across the back of the engine bay, where hot air stops and has nowhere to go, compounding with more hot air drawn in from puller fans and outside air post-radiator.
01-08-2009, 08:25 AM
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This is true at a standstill, but while moving, the area in back of the hood at the base of the windsheild is actually pressurized, which is true on almost every car, hence why the cowl hoods worked so well. Opening that area up will actually work against cooling the car while driving.
Hmmm... Never saw it that way... Well, my driving temps never saw a problem before doing this, and then after I did this they did not increase. So that's good.
However, at a standstill, my temps are not only much better, but so are my amps... My alternator used to get cooked BAD at a standstill.
Hmmm... just some thoughts... Pressurization behind the cowl does not allow air to escape while moving... Is it not still an area where heat can escape? At the least, it cannot hurt excessive underhood temps.
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