Re: [DML] Re: Metal coolant bottle

[id <ionicdesign@xxxx>]

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
>
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