Tommyd16 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 My power steering cooler has rusted away and now started leaking quite badly. Can I by pass it until I get a new cooler by connecting the pipe that runs parallel to the rad, behind the radiator to the power steering reservoir?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yes I believe so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyd16 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Cheers now to try and figure out how to not get oil all over the drive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) For sure you can do that. If you have a manual gearbox an elegant way of having an unobtrusive and very efficient PAS cooler is to use the rad from an auto TT and use the redundant auto box cooler pipe stubs in the bottom rad tank as the PAS cooler. Or use the rad auto cooler element for the PAS and a bigger oil to air heat exchanger for the auto box if you have an automatic transmission. As for not getting oil on the drive you are asking a highly technical question. You may have to do something bizarre like doing the pipe bypass on a different, none critical surface, or even using a high tech bit of gear like this, on the driveway: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Plastic-Rectangular-Washing-Up-Bowl-available-in-four-colours-/160999919625?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&var=&hash=item257c57d009 Edited April 14, 2014 by Chris Wilson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyd16 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Haha that's what I used lol unfortunalty I have an auto so going to have to buy a cooler. I have seen that srd do one so will probly get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Might be plenty of people who have put front mount intercooler a on that might have a stock cooler pipe sitting around. Post a wanted thread in the for sale section and see what turns up locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyd16 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Sorry Chris just re read your post and that sounds like a good idea as I was going to get a cooler for the auto box. Thanks for the suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Is a cooler really needed for road driving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyd16 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 I'm just going to do what Chris suggested. Ps fluid to transmission cooler in rad and aftermarket oil cooler for transmission fluid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzy T Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 lol high tech gear aka washing up bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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