2 power steering pumps or just 1?
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2 power steering pumps or just 1?
So the motors I pulled out of my 33OL each had a power steering pump but the port side was only circulating fluid to and from the cooler and nothing else. Now the motors I'm about to drop in didn't come with any power steering. So should I put both pumps on to keep the weight of the boat level or just the one that was actually working on starboard engine and install the amps on the port side by the galley hoping they keep the weight even?
I recently saw a guy selling 2 beautiful 450hp engines and only one had power steering.
I recently saw a guy selling 2 beautiful 450hp engines and only one had power steering.
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My 33 was the same, If your running the a serpentine belt system you need the pump in place or rig it with a pump delete kit, your boat wont go any faster with it removed or make the boat list
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And no problem limping home if need be on the non power steering motor. It just steers a bit harder. I have been in this situation a couple times and completely doable!
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Leave it on. If you lose a motor it WILL be the PS equipped engine. That day will almost always include a heavy crosswind, tons of marina traffic and a water patrol officer while your trying to get it docked or on a trailer. Murphy's law. Been there a time or two
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same here when my drive broke. i ended up just leaving the engine running in neutral just so i could have the ps when i got back to the dock (2.5 hrs later).
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Come into pb2 on 1 engine, in a crosswind, during a bass tournament loading time in a 46 Black Thunder.... And On fire. That gets REAL, quick
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So the motors I pulled out of my 33OL each had a power steering pump but the port side was only circulating fluid to and from the cooler and nothing else. Now the motors I'm about to drop in didn't come with any power steering. So should I put both pumps on to keep the weight of the boat level or just the one that was actually working on starboard engine and install the amps on the port side by the galley hoping they keep the weight even?
I recently saw a guy selling 2 beautiful 450hp engines and only one had power steering.
I recently saw a guy selling 2 beautiful 450hp engines and only one had power steering.
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Yeah, if it's the type that doesn't have a shared reservoir and it isn't plumbed into the other side like mine even if he leaves it and the other side that is powering the system quits he still won't have any power steering.