Re: [DML] Re: Question about steel bottle

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

Yep, it happened to me. I was on the highway at night and steam started
pouring out of the back of my car. It actually reminded me of the steam
that shot out of the BTTF car, but I digress. I had the car towed home,
took the header bottle out, and couldn't find a crack. I took it inside
and poured water in it, and it held water fine (remember though, it wasn't
under pressure). Since it looked like hell, I decided to put a stainless
bottle in. Swapping the bottles did the trick and now the coolent system
holds pressure.

Just one of my misadventures.

-Christian


On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, daveswingle2 wrote:

> Actually that brings up another question. It is often stated that it
> is important to change the header bottle becaust the plastic one
> fails. I've seen dozens/hundreds(?) of these, and they often look
> pretty bad (yellow, "crazed"), but I've never actually heard first-
> hand of someone who's had one fail under operation. This system is
> commonly used on other euro cars of the same era (notably BMW/SAAB)
> and it is not common on those cars to consider this a must-replace
> item.
>
> Just wondering if anyone on the list has really, first-hand, seen one
> of these fail.
>
> Dave Swingle (Yes - changed mine to a SS bottle too - and still have
> a perfectly good but slightly yellow plastic one around here
> somewhere)
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote:
> > The "standard" metal bottle sold by the venders comes in S/S or
> > aluminum. It is approximatly the same size. ---
>
> ----
> > I replaced mine not for looks but because the origional header
> bottle
> > ages and cracks.
> > David Teitelbaum
> > vin 10757
>
>
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