robbio c Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Evening alll hope ye are all keeping safe .I will be fitting hydraulic steering on my boat shortly and was wondering is it necessary to fit a small oil header tank .It's a vetus hydraulic steering pump and it does have 3 connections on it . Edited March 29, 2020 by robbio c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, robbio c said: Evening alll hope ye are all keeping safe .I will be fitting hydraulic steering on my boat shortly and was wondering is it necessary to fit a small oil header tank .It's a vetus hydraulic steering pump and it does have 3 connections on it . Yes. The 'header tank' should be incorporated as a reservoir behind the wheel. (It is on mine) Are you installing a single or dual helm position ? I have the Vetus manual if you need it (send me a PM with your email) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) If it is a simple system, i.e. one steering position and one hydraulic ram shoving a single rudder then almost certainly not. Ah, edited due to Alans reply to say that on my boat it works fine, there is plenty of oil in the pump. Edited March 29, 2020 by Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 The twin-helm units have the 3-take off points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 The 'tank. and fill point is behind the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbio c Posted March 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks for your reply guys it is a simple system with one steering position pushing one rudder with a distance of about 4 metres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_V Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 Mine is similar, no need for a separate tank, from memory I believe they supply 2 caps, one vented, one not, make sure to fit the right one, instructions should be downloadable from Vetus if you dont have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbio c Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 Thanks phoenix Alan has sent me the manual ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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