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Re: [Mg-t] Pressurized cooling system?

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Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Pressurized cooling system?
From: "Lawrence Karpman" <lkarpman@tx.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:19:52 -0600
I have the same system in my TD that Bud has. Works very well to "recover" 
coolant that would normally go overboard.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Krueger" <BudKrueger@comcast.net>
To: <mgbob@juno.com>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Pressurized cooling system?


> John, Bob's right about the cooling capacity.  The main reason for the 
> coolant recovery system is just that -- recover coolant that might 
> otherwise have messed up your fenders or bonnet.  See 
> http://www.ttalk.info/Tech/Overflow_tank.html for a view of my system, ala 
> the late Skip Kelsey.
>
> Bud Krueger
> http://www.ttalk.info/
>
> mgbob@juno.com wrote:
>>    One imagines that it could be done, but is it needed? Have you 
>> experienced
>> boiling of the coolant?  Our TD radiators are quite large for a 1250cc 
>> engine,
>> and had no overheating problems during the years my TD was driven in
>> Florida.Bob
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: JohnD<johnsfolly@gmail.com>
>> To: MG T List<mg-t@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Mg-t] Pressurized cooling system?
>> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:06:20 -0500
>>
>> I've seen write-ups on fitting a coolant recovery system to the pre-TF T 
>> car
>> system.
>> Makes me wonder if anyone has converted a TD to a pressurized system? 
>> Maybe
>> sealing the radiator cap with with a rubber gasket and tightening it up 
>> and
>> then running a tank off the overflow with a low pressure cap?
>> Thoughts?
>> Thanks in advance.
>> John Deikis
>> --
>> Racing in the Past Lane!
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