power steering cooler delete

[brian]

so my power steering paperclip walked off the job this morning. in order to get where i needed to go, i just deleted the cooler for the time being. i cut off the cooler tubing where it comes over the front cross member and hose clamped about a foot of 0.375" rubber fuel line onto the two stubs and refilled the system.
works just fine.

my question is, is the cooler a critical item that needs replaced in a timely manner, or do i have some time with my bypass?

 

[1973Guppie]

u can leave it as is for some time depending on how hot it is in your area? not having a cooler will for sure shorten the life of your power steering components. Summit racing has several coolers that will work just fine in that spot. When mine dies I plan on getting another non oem one.

 

[brian]

i have one of the summit coolers enroute.

 

[blkprj80]

Which one did you get @brian? So many to choose from. Thanks

I've noticed my PS pump will start to whine when wheeling, so I'm thinking a replacement might be a good idea.

 

[brian]

the der 13200

 

[Tools R Us]

For normal driving it will be fine.

 

[1973Guppie]

I have used that one, works fine and is cheap, if you can get it in front of the rad you will get better cooling from it....