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so i swaped out a belt (belt had like 120k on it anyway) and pulley and made my saturn a manual steer. a-b-a seemed like it would be a real PITA, so i just did a little a-a-a-a-b-b-b-b by checking the gallons per hour on my scangauge at either end of my commute, so car at t-stat regulating temp and idling in park for like 10 seconds. with power steering i was typically seeing .29-.31 gph, since removing the p/s im seeing .27-.30gph.
so about .02 gph, or $0.07/hr, or after 430hrs idling it would pay for the belt and pulley... but i'm hoping its worth a bit more when the car is moving.
also think its a bit easier to keep the car in 4th w/ the converter locked than before
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