Recirculating Coolant Tank...?
07-01-2005, 11:05 PM
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i'm sorry, but i wanna make sure i have this right...from the nipple on the radiator cap, run that line to the BOTTOM of the new tank...and the top line of the new tank to the other connection on the radiator? thanks
07-02-2005, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by liftin'em on nittos
i'm sorry, but i wanna make sure i have this right...from the nipple on the radiator cap, run that line to the BOTTOM of the new tank...and the top line of the new tank to the other connection on the radiator? thanks
07-02-2005, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike K.
drive about 1 time a week about 80 miles total, sometimes not even that but no it does not overflow, at first I had the top portion closed off with a vacuum cap but I noticed that when the coolant started cooling off and sucking back into my radiator that even the coolant hoses looked like they had sucked in and if I removed my cap I heard a whoosh as the pressure release, I decided to try it with the top uncapped one day just to see if it would relieve the pressure since thats kinda like stock and it did.
Im in the same boat as you have a fuel cell there now so need the aftermarket tank.
Im in the same boat as you have a fuel cell there now so need the aftermarket tank.
07-02-2005, 09:30 PM
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now driving on the road today its overflowing quite a bit 
maybe I need a bigger jug.
what temp is your guys engine runnig at?? mines around 185, maybe that is higher causing more expansion
nothing great from the track. track prep and weather was crap last night. just ran NA, breaking in the new clutch and tranny. next friday will be SPRAY
hello 9's 
maybe I need a bigger jug. what temp is your guys engine runnig at?? mines around 185, maybe that is higher causing more expansion
nothing great from the track. track prep and weather was crap last night. just ran NA, breaking in the new clutch and tranny. next friday will be SPRAY
hello 9's
07-03-2005, 02:02 AM
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it shouldn't be overflowing like that. either one of two things, either you have way too much extra coolant in there. (whenn my car is cold there should be VERY little coolant in the jug, almost nothing)
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your radiator pressure cap is bad and is letting too much coolant by.
OR
your radiator pressure cap is bad and is letting too much coolant by.
07-03-2005, 04:10 PM
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ok, I've tried it with the radiator full and with it at various lower levels. it still spews out. guess, I'll try changing the cap. it does not suck any back in when the motor cools down.
07-04-2005, 01:11 AM
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I think I know what is wrong then, are you sure that you have the tank that has the syphon pipe in it? you may have a non recirculating tank, When I had my non recirc tank the first one it would just keep filling up and up and up until it would spew, then I got the recirc one and it works great, I have even shook it when warmed up and cool and when warm there is coolant in there and when cool there is not.
07-04-2005, 01:17 AM
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Just did some more research on this and I was wrong your coolant tank is not like mine yours is just an overflow tank not a recirc one. its the petcock that gives it away
Check out this link
http://www.jazproducts.com/index2.htm
You have this kind
its just an overflow which fills up then spews out.
The kind I have and what you need is this one
its a recovery tank that fills up then syphons out as the coolant cools, it has a little syphon tube in it that does this and you hook up the overflow hose into the bottom fitting.
Sorry I did not catch that earlier I just got confused cause I had the petcock one the first go around and had it mixed up with my current one. In short you need a new tank
Check out this link
http://www.jazproducts.com/index2.htm
You have this kind
its just an overflow which fills up then spews out.
The kind I have and what you need is this one
its a recovery tank that fills up then syphons out as the coolant cools, it has a little syphon tube in it that does this and you hook up the overflow hose into the bottom fitting.
Sorry I did not catch that earlier I just got confused cause I had the petcock one the first go around and had it mixed up with my current one. In short you need a new tank
07-04-2005, 01:21 AM
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damn now I just got what sux2bu was saying, it does make sense to plug it into the bottom and leave the petcock open, it should syphon this way as well, maybe you do have a bad cap or something. hmmm.
07-14-2005, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 01-Z
If it weighed much that more than my moroso, I would have put the moroso in.
I still have the moroso in my tool box.
But hey, to each his own.
I still have the moroso in my tool box.
But hey, to each his own.
