The reservoir receives the fluid from the PS rack at a low pressure.
Then the PS pump sucks the low pressure fluid from the reserve and
then creates the high pressure fluid and feeds it to the PS rack.  The
PS rack has high and low pressure "zones".

Laurence Smith
Hamilton, ON
90 Westy (fanumbos)

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: PS pump pressure testing?
>
>
> > Bentley says that the appropriate pressure should be
> > around 1500 PSI!
>
> just a question, maybe a dumb one at that...but i just
> have to ask...how is it that our little plastic power
> steering resevoir's can handle that pressure? assuming
> that in a sealed system the pressure would be the same
> throughout...anybody???
>
> =====
> Scott Wilson
> 85 GL Westfalia
>
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