i tend to agree not so critical as to vent but even slight pressure does cause leaks at old pump seals . including can . Level of fill is fairly critical — if overfilled it finds it’s way out when hot , vent or not . And vent does not hurt anything . want to worry about vents? How about gas tank vents ? CDE always blow back on gas , wherever is in there is a joke— poor design , I don’t think it ever works . Lots of mopar do that right up into 70’s
-- Sent from my iPhone not by choice Marshall- To my knowledge, with 9 different old cars, is that the power steering pump reservoirs and the fluid contained inside is not under pressure. Its on the return side. Generally there are fill marks that you are not to exceed so as to account for fluid expansion when it gets hot. It can get very hot and it can expand a lot. But its not under pressure. The purpose of the non-sealing cap or cap with a vent hole is so that air displaced by expanding fluid has somewhere to go. If you overfill your pump the fluid is not going to come out the vent so much as from the cap or a neck O ring if its sufficiently hard and perished.
A cap made for your pump is fine, I wouldn't worry about a vent. -----Original Message----- The usual point of leakage is the O ring between the reservoir and pump body. I believe increased pressure may cause leakage at that junction.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 3:47 PM dplotkin <dplotkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-- Marshall Larson
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