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Subject:Re: PS pump pressure testing?
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:11:53 -0500

Just start reducing that one square inch down to the actual size of the
discharge line size and you're looking at about 160 psi at the fitting.
Somebody else do the math for Scott, I don't know the discharge line
size. I just guessed it at 1/2" ID.

Stan

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:47:00 -0700 s w <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> > 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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