Has anybody ditched the power steering cooler?

[RobbieRX-7]

Just gonna start fabricating a Vmount, but i could do with loosing the ps cooler. Just wondered if anybody has done this and if it would be ok?

[SiH]

Yup, and have had no problems at all. Only real test was 20 mins on track at japfest.

[AtomicRex]

I ran an oil to water cooler last year.
 
Still got it if you are interested?  Comes complete with the braided lines

[clive]

Just gonna start fabricating a Vmount, but i could do with loosing the ps cooler. Just wondered if anybody has done this and if it would be ok?

Hi Robbie,

I lost my "snake" around 6 or 7 years ago for the first time in my quest to tidy my engine bay and have repeated this along with other people on many other cars and never ever had a problem.

If the power steering fluid overheats it will give off a pungent smell and discolor all of which I checked for a long time initaly before performing or advising this on other FD\'s,

Just make sure you use proper 10mm fuel/oil resistant hose to carry out the conversion.

Hope this helps,

[SiH]

Good advice about checking the fluid.
If it helps, Pirtek sell the correct hose for the return line. It\'s fractionally oversized, but nips up perfectly with jubilees

[interloper393]

anyone have a writeup with pics for this?