Originally Posted by sxecrow

No. That will eventually ruin the pump. You need to loop the lines together to prevent the pump from being destroyed. If it were a civic, you could swap in a manual rack, but all DC's had power steering. There are 3 lines to the pump. 2 of which you loop together to keep fluid in the p/s pump. The line to the resevoir you cap off. This way you don't ruin the pump, you don't loose hp from the belt, and its still smooth to steer with.