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Originally Posted by Weather Spotter
i have experience with the OEM on power steering systems. The short answer is removing it should net you ~2MPG. Most cars can work without any power steering but if you must have assist go electric. it costs $500 more new (to the OEM) but they claim it helps the MPG by 2 and drops about 30# of weight.
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I just took the powersteering belt off. Easier to test that way do you need the steering or not. I did not need it with my arm forces, but I am a quite big guy...
Non powersteered rack migh have different gearings still so you need to test a car with no powersteering and make your decicions after that.
On my car the effect was minimal 0.1-0.2 liters.