leaky ps canister

[JASONA70]

its leaking, not a lot but it funnels up.

 

[AF1JZ]

What are you trying to say? If it's leaking, get some new hoses and clamps and tighten them down and you should be good to go. Good luck.

 

[Tim]

yah man, just put some new heavy duty clamps on the hoses and you will be fine.

 

[JASONA70]

its not the hoses, its the cap. the ps fluid is leaking out of the cap.

 

[OneJoeZee]

Do you have a PS cooler?

 

[JASONA70]

nope i believe not

 

[OneJoeZee]

$5 says you're boiling your PS fluid. Coming out the top of the cap.

 

[JASONA70]

maybe its a faulty cap? the spring inside seems a little loose. anyone the part #??

 

[Mk3runner]

I had the same problem... cept mine had leaked dry during its down time while getting the engine together. how about filling it up then bleeding it. that solved my problem. not saying its the same case, but an easy fix if it is.

 

[JASONA70]

$5 says you're boiling your PS fluid. Coming out the top of the cap.

boiling? =S how would we fix this problem? add a ps cooler?

 

[OneJoeZee]

yep. Add a PS cooler. See if it helps. With no cooler, your PS ATF can get pretty hot... Same with your fan ATF. Good to have a cooler for the fan fluid as well.

 

[JASONA70]

yep. Add a PS cooler. See if it helps. With no cooler, your PS ATF can get pretty hot... Same with your fan ATF. Good to have a cooler for the fan fluid as well.

ya, im using the stock fan cooler so i have no prob with the fan. ill might as well add an oil cooler too, wow thats a lot of coolers :aigo:

 

[OneJoeZee]

It may stop your leak because you were just boiling the ATF a bit because of no cooler or it might be something else.

Even if it's not the source of your problem, it's a good idea to use a cooler for the PS anyway. I'm using an automatic transmission cooler from autozone and mounted it behind the left foglight area.

Good luck tracking down your cap leak.

 

[JustinGotA1j]

good idea to add a beer cooler to:icon_bigg