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eliminating coolant expansion tank(why do we need it?)
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my question is: if you eliminate the tank completely how do you know the level of your coolant? look in through the cap on the radiator?
-tony
"T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu> wrote:Here's all that I can contribute.. on my brother's diesel rabbit (which
has an expansion tank), the radiator blew and the only spare he had was
from a car without an expansion tank. We tried to swap it in anyway, but
there was no place to hook up the small diameter hose from the expansion
tank to the radiator.
Went to the local european parts house and it turns out they had a special
aftermarket radiator cap that had a nipple on it for the small hose.
Bought that and the setup works fine.. but now there are two places you
can fill the coolant (in the radiator and in the expansion tank).
I guess if you could find some way to connect the hose from the block
(that normally goes to the bottom of the expansion tank) to that little
nipple on the radiator cap, you could eliminate the expansion tank
completely.
-Toby
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Scourge wrote:
> Here's where I wanna step in too.....
> My 82' has no expansion tank, I have the rad with the fill cap on it. I recall a few months ago someone was talking about switching away from this. wasn't there an extra line that went around the block you'd have to change??? (I really have no idea what I'm talking about, lol) Anyways, my reason for asking, when I swap in my JH, will I have to change anything to keep this style rad? Or will it just match up with all the coolant hoses I already have?
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> TIA
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> -The George
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> ohh!!
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> Im gonna follow this thread, sounds very interesting if possible.
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> Josh Able
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> From: Robbie Cotner
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:46 PM
> Subject: eliminating coolant expansion tank(why do we need it?)
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> Hey all, I'm on a mission to clean up my engine compartement. I was thinking of all the different places I could move the expansion tank, but now I'm thinking of maybe just getting an early Jetta type radiator(with the cap on the radiator) and eliminating the expansion tank altogether. What would the disadvantages of this be? Would it work to just pop in the jetta rad, and block off the big lower expansion tank hose? Thanks-
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> Rob
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<P>my question is: if you eliminate the tank completely how do you know the level of your coolant? look in through the cap on the radiator?
<P>-tony
<P> <B><I>"T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Here's all that I can contribute.. on my brother's diesel rabbit (which<BR>has an expansion tank), the radiator blew and the only spare he had was<BR>from a car without an expansion tank. We tried to swap it in anyway, but<BR>there was no place to hook up the small diameter hose from the expansion<BR>tank to the radiator.<BR><BR>Went to the local european parts house and it turns out they had a special<BR>aftermarket radiator cap that had a nipple on it for the small hose.<BR>Bought that and the setup works fine.. but now there are two places you<BR>can fill the coolant (in the radiator and in the expansion tank).<BR><BR>I guess if you could find some way to connect the hose from the block<BR>(that normally goes to the bottom of the expansion tank) to that little<BR>nipple on the radiator cap, you could eliminate the expansion tank<BR>completely.<BR><BR>-Toby<BR><BR>On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Scourge wrote:<BR><BR>> Here's where I wanna step in too.....<BR>> My 82' has no expansion tank, I have the rad with the fill cap on it. I recall a few months ago someone was talking about switching away from this. wasn't there an extra line that went around the block you'd have to change??? (I really have no idea what I'm talking about, lol) Anyways, my reason for asking, when I swap in my JH, will I have to change anything to keep this style rad? Or will it just match up with all the coolant hoses I already have?<BR>><BR>> TIA<BR>><BR>> -The George<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ohh!!<BR>><BR>> Im gonna follow this thread, sounds very interesting if possible.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Josh Able<BR>> www.JsHouseOfEuro.com<BR>> Secure online checkout<BR>> "S" airdams available<BR>> 87 Scirocco 1.8t 20v<BR>> 83 Caddy<BR>> 82 Caddy<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: Robbie Cotner<BR>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:46 PM<BR>> Subject: eliminating coolant expansion tank(why do we need it?)<BR>><BR>><BR>> Hey all, I'm on a mission to clean up my engine compartement. I was thinking of all the different places I could move the expansion tank, but now I'm thinking of maybe just getting an early Jetta type radiator(with the cap on the radiator) and eliminating the expansion tank altogether. What would the disadvantages of this be? Would it work to just pop in the jetta rad, and block off the big lower expansion tank hose? Thanks-<BR>><BR>> Rob<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!<BR>><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>1987 2 or 3 tone 16v scirocco<p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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