handogg

Hello Fellas. I've posted in the past regarding my 98 GS300. Well,recently all of my dreams have come true and I'm the proud owner of a 2004 LS430 Black on Black. With this recent acquistion, you guys can expect to hear a lot more from me in the near future !

My question for you guys today is What are these hoses circled in red in the attached picture and what purpose do they serve ?

Legender

Not looking at my 430 now, but can see at least one of those is a pressurized line. That means it's either AC line, Power steering line. Not sure what would be routed in front of the condenser...guess I never paid attention to them. What are the lines connected to on either end. That might be the missing clue.
Congrats on the purchase and welcome to the LS club!

bradland

Power steering

handogg

That's it in the picture.. wish there was a part number it there..

bradland

44406-50220
Has it failed somehow? Leaking?

2KHarrier

Seems to me that loop was run through there for heat transference. But, I too have not noticed that line on either of my LS's

handogg

The car I bought was smashed in the front and the metal cooler line is bent. Going to need some creativity to fit it correctly along side of the radiator. All seems to still be working so with the mantra of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I'll probably just leave it be.. but there is temptation to see if I can bend it back but that carries a risk of damaging it, leaks, and a whole new headache.. But thanks for the info Brad.. REPPED

handogg

So I have a follow up.. My Master level of mechanical expertise leads me to see a power steering cooler near the bottom of the image. But what is purpose of the hoses circled in red ? An intermediate cooler ? Why is it necessary and why doesn't the line run right into the PS Cooler ?

Thx!!