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There is a diagram in TM-2320-280-20-1 unit maint. in the steering control system section

Verify and double verify the plumbing is correct, anything hooked up wrong or backwards in the system will cause this problem, however, in my case it was a faulty component (cadillac valve).

Yes, didn't see any other way. I labeled or color coded everything I removed, which helped when putting it back together. If any of your cooler hoses show signs of cracking or age, it would be a good time to replace. At the advice of Infidelgotme, I double clamped all the cooler hoses when...

After replacing most everything in the system ( lines, cooler, Cadillac valve, temp sensor, time delay module, PS pump, fan clutch 3 times , it ended up being Cadillac valve. The second NOS unit fixed my problem . I have a good sized area in and around my driveway grass will probably never grow...

Yes I changed out the pump with a NOS unit, but the problem persisted prior to the pump swap. I was hoping the new pump would have fixed the problem, but no

Today, I plugged the line from the Cadillac valve to the fan clutch. Performed the TM method of bleeding the system ( just to confirm no air in the lines) Cranked it up and immediately a rupture occurred in the line from the Cadillac valve to the cooler. PS fluid sprayed from here to kingdom...

While contemplating my next course of action, I disassembled the original fan clutch expecting to see a bad o ring or ???? But the 2 o rings on the spindle and one o ring in the dust cup look to be okay. Nothing to implicate why a deluge of power steering fluid would blow by

I will look into the pressure tester. I don't want to end up with a garage full of formerly NOS fan clutches trying to overcome this obstacle

Confirmed visually

Arrow points to where the PS fluid blows out, behind dust cover

Yes, same ports they were removed from.

Negative! No foaming over, no milky looking PS fluid. The fluid is blowing out of the fan clutch

I had posted a while back that my Cadillac valve was not functioning so I bought a NOS replacement from a fellow SS member. Once replaced and system bled, upon start up the fan clutch blew PS fluid everywhere. I replaced the fan clutch, bled the system and again another fan clutch sprays PS...