[Fot] TR4 expansion tank question

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I think here is a confusion going on.

Expansion tank - tank that is under pressure and keeps extra coolant in store. Needs to be the highest spot of the system.

Overflow bottle - catches the forced out water. Needs to be lower than the filler cap.

Cheers
Chris 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles WATSON <clw2000 at msn.com>
Sender: fot-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 08:20:23 
Cc: FOT List<fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question

Question:  why does the placement need to be above the thermostat level when
the stock bottle was mounted near the bottom of the engine (on a GT6 anyway)?






> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 08:04:45 -0400
> From: rfdeanes at gmail.com
> To: spitlist at cox.net
> CC: fot-bounces at autox.team.net; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question
>
> Jim , I also use the Griffin radiator and love it, for the exspansion tank
> I have something simple and light, a plastic windshield wiper water bottle
> that you can get from Autozone for 8 to 9 dollars , about a quart and a
> half and you can see what is in it, sits in the battery box area in a
> bracket that comes with it, has worked well for 5 years now.Doubt that you
> can get any cheaper and still look acceptable... nothing fancy.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a Spitfire Mk1 expansion tank.
> >
> > Joe C.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> > Behalf Of jason at multivintage.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 7:46 PM
> > To: Jim Gray; fot-bounces at autox.team.net; fot at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question
> >
> > Granted, this is on a GT6, I also have a Griffin, my tank sits parallel
to
> > the valve cover running length wise between the cover and the carbs. It
> > sits above the manifold and is fed upwards from the radiator with the
same
> > size radiator hose as all the others. Its made out of the brass (solid
> > portion) of a stock GT6 radiator with a fabricated flat bottom. As an
extra
> > precaution I have a tube leading to a small overflow bottle in the unused
> > battery box, which has yet to accumulate anything significant in it. This
> > system has served me well so far. Gigantic radiator... No fan.
> > Jason Ostrowski
> > Friendly Ghost Racing
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Jim Gray
> > Sender: fot-bounces at autox.team.net
> > To: fot at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Fot] TR4 expansion tank question
> > Sent: Jun 6, 2012 9:03 PM
> >
> > Fot,
> >
> > I'm a little stuck on something. I want to install an expansion tank on
the
> > car but from what I
> >
> > understand about them the bottom of the expansion tank needs to be higher
> > than the head.
> >
> > I use a Griffin radiator which is lower than the thermostat housing.
> >
> > I can't see a way to get the bottom of the tank higher than the
thermostat
> > housing.
> >
> > I have my eye on a couple models Canton Makes but at best the bottom of
the
> > tank would
> >
> > still be slightly lower than the top of the thermo housing.
> >
> > Any idea's would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > jim g
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