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Old 02-27-2010 | 03:14 PM
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Is this a feasible thing to do, or is it just not possible or is coolant in radiator to hot. I am replacing radiator and have a manual trans, and the radiator comes with bungs for ATF cooler, obviously I don't need that as I have a manual, and there is not much room in front of ac condenser to mount cooler or wherever they are supposed to mount, so I was just curious if I could just run the power steering lined through radiator instead of ATF and have it actually be functional.
Old 02-27-2010 | 03:18 PM
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sure, run the p/s return line through it, should work just fine. obviously you will need to add to your fluid amount. of course there are those that will argue "why?" it's entirely your choice.
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Originally Posted by Throttle Jockey
sure, run the p/s return line through it, should work just fine. obviously you will need to add to your fluid amount. of course there are those that will argue "why?" it's entirely your choice.
Well for me it's just every time something breaks I upgrade it to something better, I have been looking at these two pumps (both don't come with reservoirs, so I am curious if a stock reservoir will fit) and the first one says a cooler is highly recommended and if the first one is like that I can imagine it would be a good idea to put cooler on it also. Maybe it is a bad idea, if it is dumb, just let me know and I will save some money, I just want a high quality part that will last. Here are the two I was think of getting.


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Old 02-27-2010 | 04:21 PM
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double post please delete

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