Hydroboost / Power Steering Filtration

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AlisoBob
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Hydroboost / Power Steering Filtration

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Most everything on my Duramax has filters..... the flippin' tranny even has two. So why did the poor ol' Hydroboost system get left out? I guess GM was counting their pennies that day.

Well, now you can do something about it!! Meet Magnefine!

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This little gizmo plumbs into the return line in your hydroboost system as uses a mechanical filter, and a magnet to catch all the trash floating around.. Genius!!

Install takes 2 minutes, really.

1. Locate this hose, and notice the straight section. Its like GM made this hose with the mod in mind.
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2. Open cap to releive any pressure, and cut out a section aprox the length of the Magnefine filter

3. Install the filter with the flow going to correct way, back to the pump
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4. Crack a beer after your 2 minutes of hard work.

It tucks down in there a little better than the photo shows. Its disposable, just throw it away every 30k miles or so. Dont worry if it clogs, it has a bypass feature .... so no worries.

Its cheap, I got 10 of them for $100 on ebay. A lifetime supply.

I'm putting them on every vehicle I own.
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Post by hoofarted »

My Ford uses hydroboost as well.

Not a bad idea. I think I may do this as well. Looks like the inline transmission filters too.
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Post by Roostius_Maximus »

ever stall something with hydraboost :lol:
save time and don't try braking or steering it, just jump out
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Post by hoofarted »

Roostius_Maximus wrote:ever stall something with hydraboost :lol:
save time and don't try braking or steering it, just jump out
Had my kid pull me in the Excursion 25 miles - no hydroboost. Was fun.
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