Re: [DML] Metal coolant bottle

["Joseph Molino" <foxmul@xxxx>]

I like this one better because it looks like an exact replacement for the
plastic one. The new metal bottle looks like it wasn't meant for our car.
It doesn't fit aesthetically. I need one like yours.



Joseph
vin 2850

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Noeltner" <mark@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 12:04 PM
Subject: [DML] Metal coolant bottle


> I just got a metal coolant bottle in with some other parts that I bought.
> It's aluminum, with welded connections. It also has a piece of tubing
> installed that lets you check the level of coolant in the bottle without
> opening it. Picture:
> http://www.buffalochips.org/delorean/water-bottle.jpg
>
> 1. Who sold this originally? Just curious, as it doesn't really matter.
>
> 2. The tubing for the level check is getting pretty yellowed. Does anyone
> know where I can get some 3/8" ID clear tubing that will handle the
> temperatures and pressures of a cooling system? This is a fairly heavy
> walled tubing. Much heavier than what I'm finding at the local hardware
> stores. Plus, what I've located so far has a max temp of 165 deg (plus or
> minus a few degrees depending on who made it). I was figuring 250 to 300
> deg with at least 25 lbs of pressure to be on the safe side.
>
> It is only a 4" piece of tubing, so it may be that they used the 165 deg
> stuff figuring that a short piece like that would hold up fine.
>
> Anybody know anything about this bottle? My original plastic bottle has
> been holding up great, but I figured I would install this alum bottle this
> winter to play it safe.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark N
> VIN 6820
>
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