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guppy
 Post subject: radiator expansion tank
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:36 pm 
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can anyone point in the right direction for an expansion tank for my VW Golf-radiator-ed Z18?

at the moment, my cooling system isn't pressurised :?

or even wreckers in perth that wreck relatively new cars, so i can go have a look around myself.

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Just get an expansion tank from any wreck that has a reasonable setup.
When you say the system is not pressurized, do you mean it is venting to the atmosphere with no coolant recovery??
That is a 1/2 baked system.
However if you mean you are not using a pressure cap, your cooling capacity will be severely reduced.

Oh, lose that avatar, it is inappropriate.

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yep no pressure cap. runs slightly hotter than normal, but still less than halfway, even on 35+degree day.

re avatar: you reckon?! i thought it was funny, and so do most other people. maybe if you knew someone that had been doused in petrol... anywho it's changed now

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Yeh the old avatar seemed ok to me. Anyway, check out radiator caps when you get the reservoir set up, I have some vague recollection of some caps not allowing the coolant to be drawn back into the radiator.

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Tis true, you need to use a cap for coolant recovery.
Not hard to find :wink:

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Nissanman wrote:
Oh, lose that avatar, it is inappropriate.
pfff. it's a stick figure .... :roll:

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graeme, craig has had that avatar for months, why only pick up on it now?

i thought it was funny as hell =)
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Lets not turn this into another Avatar debate guys...
Keep the topic on track. :wink:

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