what does this thing do?
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what does this thing do?
hi guys I was just wondering what is the line that goes just in front of the radiator and does a u bend and comes back (where the hood latch is)..It seems related to the power steering...Is it really usefull? ...I mean could I cut it and make it shorter because i want to put a decent size intercooler there and this is taking up valuable space...what does it exactly do?
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Re: what does this thing do?
well, since it is placed out in the front of the vehicle and is bent like a coil, i would say it is a heat exchanger for the power steering if it is attached to there. keep the fluid cool under lots of steering possibly? i dunno.
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Re: what does this thing do?
well, since it is placed out in the front of the vehicle and is bent like a coil, i would say it is a heat exchanger for the power steering if it is attached to there. keep the fluid cool under lots of steering
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Re: what does this thing do?
Yup- It's to cool the power steering fluid. So leave it alone.
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Re: what does this thing do?
i didn't want to dump the system...I meant if I cut it near the passanger headlight and put some kind of a U line..would it affect a lot the power steering?...It can't make much of a difference right?
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Re: what does this thing do?
The power steering fluid could overheat and kill everything in the power steering system- rack, pump etc. Not really worth the risk.
93 MX-3 GS- ZE, KL31 ECU, Fidanza Flywheel, CM Stage 2-R clutch, Hotshot Headers
99 Subaru Impreza RS, the new toy
91 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD *RIP*
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Re: what does this thing do?
Havent done it myself...But people have replaced that long pipe with a real "and much smaller" cooler,like a miniradiator just for the powersteering
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