[nedsud]

durring the summer and while offroading the power steering fluid overheats and blows a hose.

Any suggestions as to how to keep the fluid cooler?

2000 WJ GC limited v8

 

[dmr47]

Power Steering Cooler

Ford in the mid to late sixties used a small finned cooler. Many of them wound up on Harley's as an oil cooler. You can put just a steel line bent in a U-shape in front of the condenser and the width it or get as exotic as a small cooler like the trans cooler on the tow packages. Another possibility would be to mount it in the air flow after it goes through the radiator as not to add heat load to the cooling system (that's what ford did). The cooler would go in the return side where pressures are lower.

 

[dkreuzen]

On my '96 with a 4.0L, I added a larger transmission cooler and hooked up the original transmission to the power steering. It seems to work great.

Dennis

 

[1badzj in NC]

Power steering overheating.....Are you located in a very hot location? (AZ?..)

The previous post recommended a power "steering cooler", and I second that. This should be real easy to install, although have not installed one myself. My 94 Ford Taurus (SHO 5 speed) has a power steering cooler. It is very simple concept. (couple feet of hose, couple clamps, the "fin" cooler) It is mounted behind the radiator on my car, and it is actually recommended to disconnect the cooler when ever I change the power steer fluid.

 

[nedsud]

I am not in a hot location, the last time it happened it was 70 and I was trail riding for 2 hours. The engine bay got really hot. I am wondering if the ambient air temp of the engine bay, while in 4x4 and not going faster than 4 miles an hour is an issue. I would like to put a small elecrtic fan in front of the fin cooler

has anyone done that?