[DML] Re: Coolant overflow

["DMC Joe" <DMCJOE@xxxx>]

Correction,

Believe it of not the DeLorean parts manual has a few mistakes. Let me take
this opportunity to note the discrepancy for this particular part. The air
bleed hose is actually part # 101460. The hose designated at 1/3/1 # 30
part # 100502 is incorrectly identified as the "air bleed connector", it
should be "vent hose".

Ed, your description of how the header bottle (expansion tank) is
integrated into the system is right on track. 

The 
DMC Joe / DeLorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
Web Site: <http://www.deloreanservices.com>

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> From: Ann & Ed Thompson <RappaRivaRat@xxxx>
> 
> > BurkePhoto@xxxx wrote:
> >
> > This is totally incorrect. Deloreans do, or are supposed to have,
overflow
> > containers. The original was plastic and was prone to cracking,
probably the
> > reason some Deloreans are sans container. 
> 
> Not "totally incorrect" Burke.
> 
> Technically, the DeLorean does not have an "overflow container" but
rather a
> "header bottle assembly", part #101944. Typically an overflow container
is
> not part of a pressurized system. The container you refer to is an
integral
> component of the DeLoren's pressurized system and, by design, works as an
> expansion chamber for the system, thus eliminating the need for a
conventional
> overflow container. The system was designed so there would be no
"overflow".
> 
> Without the header bottle assembly the DeLorean cooling system cannot
work
> properly as designed.
> 
> BTW, if you were to fill the header bottle completely full, there would
be
> some "overflow" through the "overflow" hose (technically called the air
bleed
> connection hose, part #100502) to the road, outside of the closed system.
> Eventually the expansion will force out enough excess solution fluid so
that 
> there will be enough room in the header bottle to accommodate solution
> expansion without further overflow.
> 
> Regards,
> Ed Thompson (#6419 since 1982)
> Midlothian, VA