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PS pump bypass

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94TURBO5 O

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FYI: If anyone bypasses their PS pump make sure you empty out the resivoir.
I just took a cruise after detailing my car and motor and I noticed some smoking and saw that my PS pump vented ps fluid out of the hole in the top all over my chit man! I drained the system and now it is fine.
 

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Do you have no powersteering when you bypass? I know it sounds like a dumb question but its hard as hell to turn the wheel without it.

That sucks you got fluid on your clean azz engine
 

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Yeah ps not working anymore from the bypass.
 

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Damn, if you drive that thing enough you'll be all buff.

Our steering has little to no mechanical advantage when the ps is off.

Btw: Have you entered your car in any shows? I bet you'd win. Seriously.
 

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I needed to get my car back on the road and my pulley kit some how stripped itself. I thought the quickest way was to just bypass the ps pump. It actually feels real weird driving around like that and I will have the pulley back on soon.
 

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94SC50 said:
I needed to get my car back on the road and my pulley kit some how stripped itself. I thought the quickest way was to just bypass the ps pump. It actually feels real weird driving around like that and I will have the pulley back on soon.
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Sorry to hear about your oil story. That sucks. I didnt even know that could happen. The few couple times that I drove it without PS, I didnt have much oil in my pump...by luck, because I had a leak and had to fix the hose just before I drive it.
 
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