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Subject:Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:29:14 -0500
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Randy Huyck wrote:

> I've seen a number of vehicles with expansion tanks lower than the top of
> the radiator H20 level - many fords and mercs, for example.  As long as the
> outlet from the radiator is controlled by a functioning pressure cap, there
> shouldn't be too much worry about it siphoning out coolant when it
> shouldn't.

This is more analogous to the *overflow* tank in the VW than the
*expansion* tank.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon