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hi all. ive found a problem with my car today, i was at a motokanha and after a few runs on the tight layout i found that the power steering stoped working and it became very hard to steer. i also noticed that the fluid had started to spew out of the top of the resivor.

to clear things up. my car is a R32 GTS-t with the hicas removed as well as all of the powerstering lines for the hicas. it also has uras stering lock spacers to give it a tad more lock.

basicly this also happened to the other 2 skylines that were there and we all came to the conclusion that the power steering fluid was overheating and could not handle the punishment that they were getting.

so can anyone tell me if im right or wrong and if i fit a power steering fluid cooler if it will help at all.

thanks damo

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yeah mate power steer fluid boils all the bloody time under heavy loads.

A cooler does help, there is actually a dodgy standard one (you may have removed it when you took the hicas out?)

Sydneykid has posted some suggestions about using the hicas half of the pump to run the cooler.....not that it will help too much for slow speed stuff like khanas.

And as well as they try the sick dorfito trick of putting some sort of sock over the power steering resoviour, at least when it boils the fluid won't go everywhere.

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thanks mate i thought it might be that.

i used SKs way to remove my hicas so the hicas is now looped through the standard cooler. so it will be easy to install one.

im suprised as ive never read anything about powersteering coolers in all the drift info ive eva read. i gess its because people are always doing things on the cheap that they cant be stuffed fitting one.

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hi salad

na i am only running 7.5 deg castor. just had it setup. but like i said i also have the uras steering spacers for more lock and i think it is only adding to the problem but ill install a chepo trand cooler and that should sort it.

damo

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