"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:12:50 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:29:56 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Sorry, banana breath, but there's no good reason for a new hydraulic
steering system to leak or suck in air. check valves or not.
Cost is not an issue.

Then 'splain this Oh Mighty Warrior of The Waves. :)

1 - Why does SeaStar dealers supply an extra quart of fluid with every
steering system?

2 - If it's a closed system, why does it lose 1/2 ounce or so a year?

3 - In a closed system, once the engine is in position, it should stay
there but it don't.

It has air in the system.

No air - purged and can't cram another millinanomicro drip into the
reservoir.

Hmmmm?

It has air in the system. "Purged" only means that the air that *can*
bleed out due to the limited exercising of the helm (several lock to lock
manipulations) after filling has been released. There's still air in the
system.

Eisboch


Ok. Rather than to continue shooting my mouth off, I researched the SeaStar
hydraulic steering system. I was wrong.
The system *can* slip. My apologies to ShortWave, Harry and any others I
disagreed with.

Eisboch