Is the replacement power steering return line different from the original?

Tiny
TOM H
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  • 2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
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I need to replace the return line on my car. The one I was given seems totaly different from what came on the car. The original seems to be a 2 piece affair with a fitting on one end and a clampable hose on the other. The replacement piece looks like it threads into the steering shaft box, runs along the rack and has several bends which end up in a bulbed end which a piece of rubber hose is clamped over and then the other end clamps to the resivoir. The one that came on the car is a piece of hose that has a short piece of tubing with a threaded fitting at the other end. I'm not sure which one to use. The one from the parts store looks like it may work.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 AT 6:18 PM

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Tiny
JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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They should be the same. Check to make sure you didn't get a high pressure hose in place of a return line.
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 AT 6:31 PM
Tiny
TOM H
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It is a return line. Only one threaded end. I looks like it will work. I will give it a try. Thank you for your quick response.
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 AT 6:37 PM

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