COOLANT TANK HELP
#1
COOLANT TANK HELP
Hi all
My car doesnt seem to have an Expansion tank?
I'd like one to be refitted so my questions are:
Can I please have some bug eye engine bay pics specifically of the expansion tank area?
Does anyone know the part number for it?
Does it mount with 2 screw in the rad housing?
Many thanks, Yodi
My car doesnt seem to have an Expansion tank?
I'd like one to be refitted so my questions are:
Can I please have some bug eye engine bay pics specifically of the expansion tank area?
Does anyone know the part number for it?
Does it mount with 2 screw in the rad housing?
Many thanks, Yodi
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My bad butty and OP - I should learn to read lol.
Yes, I was talking about header/filling tank - not expansion tank.
Yes of course, the FMIC return pipe has caused the expansion bottle by the battrey to be 'junked'.
Yes, I was talking about header/filling tank - not expansion tank.
Yes of course, the FMIC return pipe has caused the expansion bottle by the battrey to be 'junked'.
Last edited by joz8968; 14 January 2009 at 09:03 PM.
#11
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Yes you do.
If the coolant gets too hot, the excess pressure causes the pressure cap to open, venting expanded coolant out via the header tank's narrow vent pipe and into the expansion bottle. When the temp lowers again, then the partial vacuum created in the system causes that displaced coolant to get drawn back up into the header tank, thus restoring the status quo.
At the moment, if the pressure cap opens to vent expanded coolant, you'll be continually losing it to ground...
If the coolant gets too hot, the excess pressure causes the pressure cap to open, venting expanded coolant out via the header tank's narrow vent pipe and into the expansion bottle. When the temp lowers again, then the partial vacuum created in the system causes that displaced coolant to get drawn back up into the header tank, thus restoring the status quo.
At the moment, if the pressure cap opens to vent expanded coolant, you'll be continually losing it to ground...
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