i would like to see a picture of your set-up for the over flow bottle, could you send me a picture so i can understand your set-up better if you have a digital camera? thanks mark "David Teitelbaum " wrote: > When I installed a metal coolant header bottle on my car I also > thought it would be neat to have a sight gauge to see the fluid level. > I couldn't find any clear tubing that would take the heat and > pressure. What I ended up doing was running a tube from the overflow > fitting under the pressure cap to an overflow bottle. Now the coolant > system is always presureized so it cannot foam and I can always see > the level and even add some without opening the coolant system. This > is exactly how it is now done on all modern cars. My advice would be > to plug the fittings that go to the sight glass hose and install an > overflow bottle. Be careful with the fitting under the pressure cap. > On my bottle it was only a press fit so it can come loose. I > reinstalled it with some silicone for a leakproof seal since it is > under slight pressure and vacuum. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mark Noeltner <mark@xxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/