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04-04-2007 #1
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Catch Can v. Overflow tank ?
SO I am looking at cleaning up the coolant overflow for the car. The problem I see with the "Catch cans" is that they have the inlet on top and a petcock on the bottom. Seems OK for catch and release, but what about recirculating it? If you mount it upside down, then the petcock is useless except as an air inlet. So how do I find a decent way of having proper coolant recovery but in a smaller, nicer looking package?
Nick R.
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04-06-2007 #2
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Nick R.
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04-09-2007 #3
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Anybody? I really want to avoid the Pep boys style overflow tank.
Nick R.
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04-23-2007 #4
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My old setup, I switched the valves around. Putting the inlet on the bottom, and vent on the top. I broke down and ordered a RD with all the bells and whistles.
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04-26-2007 #5
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I'm planning on running it to the original washer fluid reservoir.
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05-13-2007 #6
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Go to the junkyard and look for an older (80's to early 90's) Mazda b 2000 pickup. They have a nice small cylinder shaped overflow/recovery tank with a nice mounting bracket. Thats what I have in my car, it looks clean.
05-27-2007 #7
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all you need is a hose that goes to almost the bottom of what ever container you are using and use a later model closed cooling system radiator cap. I believe the ones we used for larger caps were eiither AC delco RC27 or RC 33s. If you look at the bottom of the cap the on the rubber seal there will be a dime sized cap/valve and this is the vacuum protion of a preasure vacuum cap it open as the system gets cool and allows it to suck up coolant from your resevior.
Also if you think one of these caps is defective hold it cap side up and if the little valve falls down its broke, get a new cap.
Good luck
Lee
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