which power steering hoses to use?

[hugh jass]

with the e36 ps reservoir, which hoses need to be used? e30 or e36, or a combination? thanks.

[HST]

The hoses from the reservoir to the pump, and from the pump to the reservoir?? Just take off the ends that conect to the pump, with the banjo bolts, and replace the lines. Autozone or Advanced can match them up. They are both low pressure. Alre replace the 4 hose clamps.

[1990m3]

for the high pressure line I made my own using high pressue SS braided hose. It looks trick as hell and works perfectly so far. I had a problem though, the used power steering pump I bought was from a e34 525 not a e36 like I had asked for. The low pressure and high pressure ports are swapped on the e34 pump so I had to do something custom as I couldn't get any of my e30 high pressure hoses to work. it cost me about $50 in parts.

For the inlet and return hoses to the reservoir I used some stock e30 ones, and mounted the reservoir on the s50 motor mount arm. I had to cut the length on one hose to make it fit the way I wanted it to. Let me know if you'd like me to post some pics

Dave

[Jason89i]

ive used the e30 lines without difficulties. cheers, jason

[japspecvr6]

post the pics!!!!!!!!

[bmws50b30]

post the pics!!!!!!!!

:up:

[DanGillan]

e30 lines, no problems. i replaced the WHOLE power steering system with e30 parts except the fluid res. and the pump. no difficulties. you have to slightly bend the high pressure line on the pump side i think to get it to line up right, but its easy.

[japspecvr6]

post the pics god damit.......lol

[Rev Engineer]

I used the stock e30 m3 high pressure line and had to bend it a little. For the low pressure lines to the resivior, I bought a new pair from a guy selling these on bimmerforums. I think it's $20 for the hoses and new clamps shipped - high quality hose and clamps. To avoid confusion, I ordered them as being for a 95 m3 and had to trim one of them down to fit the s50 conversion.