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Subject:Re: coolant overflow tank
From:Bill MacLachlan
Date:Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:07:03 -0800

thanks all- and especially to Dennis for reminding me to keep my kidneys
for processing beer!
Tube comes off the overflow tank tomorrow, I'll get a wire in there and
clean the guck out.

Bill M

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Bill MacLachlan <billmacla@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all.
> Should the coolant overflow tank drain freely through the tube that
> connects to the pressure cap?
>
> I disconnected the connecting tube  at the pressure cap, tried blowing
> through it into the overflow tank, but could not. Couldn't suck coolant
> from the overflow tank either.
> If I can't get coolant to move through the tube, how can the pressure tank
> purge/replenish?
>
> comments before I take the overflow tank off and apart :) ?
>
> thanks all
>
> Bill M
> 89 westy
>

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