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How to remove power steering and loop the lines
You will need to buy only once part for this.


All it is is a attachment for the air compressors. Nothing big. I think the pack of 2 was $1.99
Your going to want to get out as much fluid from the start as possible. I didnt do it the way im about to explain because i was stupid and not thinking, lol.
First off, jack the car up enough that you can crawl underneath. REMEMBER TO USE JACKSTANDS. Dont be stupid. Be safe!
Remove the main PS line from the PS pump.

With the line off, turn the car on. Make sure the PS line is in a bucket or some kind of oil catch. With the engine on and the wheels off the ground, turn the wheel back and forth to pump all of the fluid out. It may help to use two people with this because once the fluid is all out, you are going to want to shut the car off immediately to stop the pumping. I guess if you dont care about damaging the pump then the last statement is void
Remove the top mount bolts:


Now remove the bottom mount bolt

After removing the mount bolts, pop off the belt and get it out of the way, you will not need it anymore.
Next you can work on taking the PS bracket off

Next on the list is to remove the bolts holding the cooler to the car


You will need to remove this bolt as well

At this point, i stopped taking pictures momentarily because it was just unhooking hoses and pulling pieces off. You will need a 10mm socket to remove the lines from the cooler.
In order to keep the fluid from going everywhere, i used an oil bucket. Just like one of those that you can buy at autozone. It really helps minimize the cleanup. Cuz it can get messy FAST!
Now you need to get under the car. There is another 10mm bolt/bracket holding the hardline coming from the cooler. Remove that. Then follow the hardline until it goes to a regular PS line. You will want to cut the line. The line you just cut goes to the top of the steering rack.

You are going to be using that line to run to the attachment that you bought. There is likely to still be a little fluid in the line so make sure to have that oil catch nearby.
Now get out from under the car and locate the steering rack from the top part of the engine bay. Its on the driver side right below the intake manifold. You want to remove the bottom “bolt” from the valve body. This is your high pressure line that runs to the PS pump. remove that and the 10mm bracket holding the line down. You will be able to remove the main PS line after that “bolt” is removed.
Take your air compressor attachment that you bought and wrap the thread in teflon tape. This will ensure a good seal and no leaks.
There needs to be a little fluid in the lines so be sure to add some before doing this last part.
Now take the line you cut and put it on the attachment. You can use some of the clamps you just removed to keep the line on the adaptor piece.
When you are done, it should look a little like this

If any of this is unclear, let me know. I just got off work and i dont feel like re reading it. e-beer

i know alot of people prolly dont need this, but i really needed to do a writeup. I had a craving or something
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