Rich,
Good question. I smoked my power steering pump in my 91 Ford Explorer early
in it's life because the fill cap came loose and puked all of the fluid out.
Notorious on Ford's I'm afraid. The replacement came with and in-line
filter that fits in the return hose to the new power steering pump. As I
caught the problem before the pump was totally trashed, I chose not to
install said filter. Six years later with careful monitoring of the
cap....no problems. Actually, I think I still have the filter on my
workbench. Can't seem to throw anything away. About 1.75 inches long, it
looks much like a Gano filter without the window.
Best of Luck,
Allan
B9472373
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Rich Atherton
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 8:57 AM
To: FRANK_BONIFAZI@HP-FtCollins-om4.om.hp.com; joseph.parlanti@hyprotech.com
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Specialty Filters
Speaking of filters does anyone know of an In-Line filter for Power
Steering units? Obviously this is not Sunbeam related, at least not yet.
My Taurus just smoked it's power steering pump and now the fuid is full of
aluminum particulate material clowding the fluid. Starngly enough there are
no filters anywhere in the PS system....In fact I have NEVER seen a filter
for PS systems. These are basic Hydraulic systems, and all industrial
hydraulic systems have filters. Does anyone know of any for Automotive use?
Thanks for any ideas!
Rich
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