There are quite a few air cooled Power steering "radiators out there.
Anyone try one in a marine application to reduce the heat load on incoming raw water therefore keeping the water cooler for the oil cooler and heat exchanger?
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08-05-2009 01:55 AM32' Fever (Off to Syracuse) and 36"Gladiator; FORD powered
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08-05-2009 08:37 AM
I haven't tried it but I am going to if needed. I am not running a steering cooler at all on the new motor. I have only ran the boat for a couple of hours though. I have a transmission cooler laying in the garage I figured I would try before buying a new $100 cooler. I just can't wrap my head around what is so different in a boat vs. a car that requires a cooler at all. The only thing I can think of is RPM's.
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08-05-2009 09:10 AM
Most modern cars HAVE power steering oil coolers of one form or another. Sometimes an actual small air to oil heat exchanger, sometimes jst a big loop of solid steel line but a cooler none the less.
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08-05-2009 09:13 AM
It's not uncommon for some cars to run the power steering through the actual radiator as well. Although that may be more for when it is really cold out.
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08-05-2009 12:32 PMI am looking for ways to keep my raw water as cold as possible to get the most cooling for oil and engine coolant. Without running a second set of unattractive and heavy water lines that is. My PS cooler is first in line after the strainer and I am not even sure how much heat it adds but I saw a wide variety of air coolers in the Summit catalog, both with and without fans.
I have often wondered just how hot the PS fluid gets???
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08-05-2009 03:00 PM
I rigged mine so oil cooler is first after the raw water pump, then fuel cooler, then ps cooler then into the engine. Keeping engine temp down doesn't appear to be a problem so far.
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08-05-2009 04:15 PM
My Oil cooler produces the most heat under hard runs. That is what I am trying to improve on most. I am unsure how much the PS cooler affects this. I guess I need to reroute and find out.
BTW, I don't have a fuel cooler but I would have guessed that would come first to keep the fuel coldest and that it would warm the water the least. But What do I know, I can't get my oil cooled fast enough.32' Fever (Off to Syracuse) and 36"Gladiator; FORD powered
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09-02-2009 09:57 AM
Anybody ever get any temps? Curious to find out.
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09-02-2009 10:36 AMCars don't need them because they mostly run low RPMs and aren't turning (loading the steering pump) constantly.
Throw 4000+ RPMs and working the steering wheel into the mix, and you'll likely boil the fluid.
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09-02-2009 10:44 AM
I never remembered to take my IR with me, but I figured out that running no cooler at all doesen't work out to well. I boiled the PS fluid all over my bilge after a 20-25 minute run between 4500 and 5000 rpm. I just went ahead and picked up a PS steering cooler. I have ran 30+ minutes at 3000-3500 rpms without boiling the fluid but the res. does get pretty hot to the touch.
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09-02-2009 12:02 PM
2112 are you using water pickups in the drives? I had the same problem and the fix was to block off the top three holes on each side of the drive & open up the lower holes as well as angle the holes forward. this dropped my oil temps from 280 to 220-230 on a hard run. engine was not running hot. air was mixing with water & not letting the oil cooler work properly. hope this helps, mike
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09-02-2009 01:27 PMI have low water pick ups in sportmaster shorties. I am installing air vents in the sea strainers as we speak. It was also suggested that I "port and polish" the intake holes on the sportmaster like you suggested.
I should know in a couple weeks.
PS I am having a custom transom pick-up made by CPPerformance in case this doesn't work or if I switch to a drive w/o water pick-ups.
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Cause somebody has to!
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