Open Coolers

[Ron Earp]

Power Steering lines are not open, it says very specificly what you can replace them with. No where have I seen a braided stainless hose cooler for sale?

Some of the old American cars used to have PS hoses with fins......

[Rabbit07]

Some of the old American cars used to have PS hoses with fins......

I know, but even so, the way the rule reads is that the car would have to have that on them from the factory to be legal.

[Ron Earp]

Replace the hoses with real small diameter ones that have kinks in them.

[Rabbit07]

[JeffYoung]

Exactly. I'm not sure it is a huge intorturation to say that a finned cooler is metal braided hose (I'm serious). It is metal braided hose.

Or what if you ran your thin hose back and forth through a "bracket" in the air stream......

[Xian]

You guys are making it more difficult than it has to be...

Start looking at other sections of the ITCS. Specifically the pulley area (and no, I'm not just talking about underdrive pulleys although they're a good starting point).

[pfcs]

As a paraplegic I needed power steering BAD. I ran it at about 50% on the Golf and the fluid stopped foaming and blowing out of the reservoir.

[Rabbit07]

You guys are making it more difficult than it has to be...

Start looking at other sections of the ITCS. Specifically the pulley area (and no, I'm not just talking about underdrive pulleys although they're a good starting point).

And what exactly are you implying? Enlighten me?

[Ron Earp]

Or what if you ran your thin hose back and forth through a "bracket" in the air stream......

Or crushed it up under something during an engine install.

Or had a broken pump. Pumps that don't pump fluid can't overheat.