[V8] Power Steering Hose redux

[dsaad@icehouse.net]

You might have nailed it!

My bomb is toast. So the question is did that pulsation take out the hose?

Dave

Quoting cobram at juno.com:

>  dsaad at icehouse.net writes:
>
> > I have been noticing that lately. It feels like a rythmic pulsation
> > in the pump somehow.
> > I have noticed this on occasion ever since I got the car, but either
> > I simply don't notice it sometimes, or it does not always do it.
>
> > starting to wonder
> > if I might be over pressure somehow. Is there a pressure relief or
> > regulator somewhere in the system?
>
> There is a restrictor in the high pressure hose, if this restrictor is
> not present (as with some rebuilt and some el-cheapo FLAPS hoses) you'll
> get a very noticeable pulsation in the hose.  The pulsation is more
> pronounced if your bomb is marginal.  This is NOT direct V8Q BTDT, but
> 5KS BTDT.  I recall at least 3 or 4 threads on this on the Qlist, should
> be in the archives.
>
> I also got a similar pulsation when I had a pronounced leak in the upper
> hose of the 5KS, might be air trapped in the system.  If you haven't
> already done it, do the lift front end and wheel stop to stop bleed to
> see if it goes away.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
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