what does this thing do?

[babyblueMX3]

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?

[jordan69]

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.

[lil_gary]

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

[TsiMiata]

Yup- It's to cool the power steering fluid. So leave it alone.

[babyblueMX3]

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?

[TsiMiata]

The power steering fluid could overheat and kill everything in the power steering system- rack, pump etc. Not really worth the risk.

[DJsMX-3]

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