Power steering pump cooler?

[Neil]

Ok, who has them and are they necessary when running 35's. I ask because last year on the Swamp Lake run I cooked mine. The fluid was boiling over. (I still owe Richard a beer for that bottle of p/s fluid) Since then I have replaced the pump the lines and the box. I was just wondering if a cooler is a good idea or a waste of time. Also, do you just use a trans cooler on the return hose?

TIA
Neil

 

[C-ROK]

PS fluid cooler is definitely a good idea and not a costly upgrade.

You can use any small aux. auto transmission cooler or engine oil cooler. I run an auto tranny cooler designed for a compact car as my PS fluid cooler. I think it was $30 including a length of 3/8" bore hose and a couple of clamps.

Install it in the return line from your box to your pump (low pressure line).

Be sure and route it is so it is above your box and below your pump. Plumb the lines in from the bottom and out the top. This is so to avoid having any air pockets which would be difficult to bleed out. You want the fluid travel to always be going uphill on the way back to the pump.

Do not try running the fluid through an in-radaitor auto tranny cooler. Typical coolant temps of 200F are already hotter than the fluid should be.

As with most of my lessons; I learned that one the hard way.

 

[Goatman]

Yes, it is a very good addition. I also used a small size tranny cooler. I used to get some whining out of the pump occasionally, but never since adding the cooler.

I'll collect that beer at Swamp this year.

 

[Wayne Sihler]

Late model ford exploders have a small cooler for their PS pumps.Check out the junk yards .I never remember to ask the cost of a new one when I,m at the ford Dlr.
Wayne

 

[JeepFreak21]

PS fluid cooler is definitely a good idea and not a costly upgrade.

You can use any small aux. auto transmission cooler or engine oil cooler. I run an auto tranny cooler designed for a compact car as my PS fluid cooler. I think it was $30 including a length of 3/8" bore hose and a couple of clamps.

Install it in the return line from your box to your pump (low pressure line).

Be sure and route it is so it is above your box and below your pump. Plumb the lines in from the bottom and out the top. This is so to avoid having any air pockets which would be difficult to bleed out. You want the fluid travel to always be going uphill on the way back to the pump.

Do not try running the fluid through an in-radaitor auto tranny cooler. Typical coolant temps of 200F are already hotter than the fluid should be.

As with most of my lessons; I learned that one the hard way.

Any pics of your mount job C-Rok?
Billy