Driving my car (02 type s,JRSC@5lbs, engine mounts, AEM V2, Hondata, progress springs) and all or a sudden the steering feels like I'm driving a truck....then the smoke starts!! Long story sort, I blew the high pressure power steering hose right at the weld at the power steering pump. It was just a hairline crack at the weld, but man that **** sprayed everywhere. I found that the hose is a $300+ part so I took it to a buddy/mechanic who welded it up better then new, only cost me $10 in power steering fluid. Anyway....we were discussing whether this will happen again, or if it was just crap luck. I think the spot may have been stressed when I put the super charger on and moved the power steering pump over to do the work. I think I could have stressed the weld and it broke over time. My other concern, and the reason I listed some of my mods, is that this could possibly be a vibration thing and will reoccur given time. I've tried to locate other instances of blown power steering hoses, and I was happy to not find any. Feed back is appreciated. Crap luck on a power steering move during an install, or a soon to be chronic problem?

 

you stressed the part moving it.

 

jim (oside jimc) just had this happen to him too. it's because there was hairline fracture when you bent the piece during a step in the install of the supercharger.

 

Thanks for the feed back guys