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  • Start date Start date Feb 12, 2007
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66nathen

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does driving without powersteeringfluid mess up ur pump and/or anything else?
 

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66nathen said:
does driving without powersteeringfluid mess up ur pump and/or anything else?
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OH YEAH IT DOES! I did that once by mistake and the bearing siezed up on me. The hydraulic fluid also acts as a lubricant.
 
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ForceFed70

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Yup. Pump and control valve suffer.
 
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i just got a new pump installed about a week ago. hit a hug pot hole the other day and snapped one of the pressure lines....will driving without the fluid for....maybe say 4 days mess up my pump? cuz that new pump wasnt cheap!
 
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66nathen said:
i just got a new pump installed about a week ago. hit a hug pot hole the other day and snapped one of the pressure lines....will driving without the fluid for....maybe say 4 days mess up my pump? cuz that new pump wasnt cheap!
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Probably will wreck it.

Can you pull the belt off? That should get you by for a few days.
 

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BottleFed70 said:
Probably will wreck it.

Can you pull the belt off? That should get you by for a few days.
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Not if the belt shares the water pump
 
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It's alright bottlefed. I'm pretty sure our 70's came with electric water pumps so we don't understand
 
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351carlo said:
It's alright bottlefed. I'm pretty sure our 70's came with electric water pumps so we don't understand
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Lol... I can never remember which accessories share which belts.

As for the 70's, they are super-engines that don't even need cooling. :SNSign:
 
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