90 Lesabre......Need Help

[Twizted_Image]

I cant find anywhere on the net where i can find a power steering cooler line. Anyone know where i can find it??????

[spinne1]

Originally Posted by Twizted_Image

I cant find anywhere on the net where i can find a power steering cooler line. Anyone know where i can find it??????

Is this it?
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...ype=18&ptset=A

Or this?
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...ype=19&ptset=A

[Twizted_Image]

i dont remember how long it was but it ran from the cooler behind the rad and ran along the frame rail until it went into the rack.

[Alibi]

Junkyard. I haven't had any trouble with these hoses cracking too badly and leaking over time so I'm sure you could find one pretty easy for cheap.

Or my backyard would work too . I've got one sitting in my wrecked olds 88...but it is getting hauled off to the scrap yard tommorow...

[Twizted_Image]

anyway you could grab them both before it leaves?????? no big deal if you cant.

are they high pressure hoses???? i was told you can section it off with rubber line.......... any truth to this???

[Alibi]

I honestly don't know how much pressure the hoses are put through, but considering the fluid is being moved by a pump powered by the belt moving at the speed of the crankshaft would suggest to me that they would have a decent amount of pressure....I'd figure it would be about the same or maybe a little less than that of antifreeze, minus the heat (water pump is belt-driven too).

The friend of a friend who was supposed to come and haul it away has not done so yet. I'll try to pull the whole assembly if I can after work tommorow

...otherwise I still think it would be a sure-er way to fix the hose by replacing them with a decent-looking pair from a junkyard. You could probably get away with putting a patch hose on it...but the issue of pressure is still there.

[yogi_123rd]

I had the same part go - rusted out at a bend going to the radiator.
I repaired the line with rubber hose and hose clamp.

Now you ask how much pressure is in those lines......
Let me relate to you ths story.....


The rubber hose worked OK in the summer months, but then came the winter.
Power steering fluid gets thick at 20 degrees. It tugs at the hose when going around a bend. Started up the car one morning, and lost all the fluid. The end of the hose clamp just pulled off.

Refill the fluid and try again - got quality hose clamps. Wratched them down good. Started up the car another morning, and again lost all the fluid. Same thing - the rubber hose simply pulled off the steel tubing.

Refill the fluid and try again - this time I used double hose clamps with extra long overlap of the hose over the tube. Started up the car another morning, and again lost all the fluid. This time the rubber hose split. Working on a car in winter is no fun.

Refill the fluid and try again - this time I used duct tape and wrapped it around the hose to reinforce it. Strong as steel. Used double hose clamps, with extra long tube overlap. Started up the car another morning, and again lost all the fluid. The rubber hose was not leaking - the steel tubing had burst at another spot.

OK - I give up. I drop it off at the local mechanic to fix. He installs a new cooler line (charged me $125 for that line????) and then splices it in with RUBBER HOSE. Can't wait for next winter.

[Twizted_Image]

anyone know what size those lines are??? 3/8"????? ill probably just splice it with metal line and compression fittings. i just need to know how big the original powersteering cooler lines are.