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Old October 7th 13, 10:12 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.chrysler,rec.autos.tech
Scott Dorsey
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Default Chrysler 300m -> do you really need a power-steering fluid cooler?

In article >, MoPar Man > wrote:
>Brent wrote:
>
>> The hose clamp idea won't likely work... maybe if it is on the
>> return side but still likely no.

>
>You're saying that even if the cooler is on the low-pressure (return)
>side, bridging the leak with a hose would likely not work?


I don't know what he's saying, but I'll say that if the tube is leaking in
one place, and you seal it up there, it will probably start leaking someplace
else.
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Old October 7th 13, 10:17 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.chrysler,rec.autos.tech
Nate Nagel[_2_]
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Default Chrysler 300m -> do you really need a power-steering fluid cooler?

On 10/07/2013 05:12 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article >, MoPar Man > wrote:
>> Brent wrote:
>>
>>> The hose clamp idea won't likely work... maybe if it is on the
>>> return side but still likely no.

>>
>> You're saying that even if the cooler is on the low-pressure (return)
>> side, bridging the leak with a hose would likely not work?

>
> I don't know what he's saying, but I'll say that if the tube is leaking in
> one place, and you seal it up there, it will probably start leaking someplace
> else.
> --scott
>


If I remember the OP correctly, he determined that it was leaking from
having been bent and one spot abrading against a bracket or piece of
bodywork - not a failure due to corrosion or fatigue cracking. So
bending it back and fixing the leak might work for a good while.

I would definitely use something like trans cooler hose and "high
pressure" type screw and nut clamps, not low pressure fuel line and worm
drive clamps if attempting a band-aid fix.

However, by the time one gets all that stuff together, the cost of the
proper materials might approach the cost of a used cooler from a
recycling yard... Likewise for soldering and/or welding, if one does
not already have the tools to do it oneself.

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