[Land-speed] Radiator Catch Cans...

[neil at dbelltech.com]

Mayf;

Cruise through your local junkyard and find a coolant recovery tank that
looks like it will work. Most are plastic these days.

Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
drmayf
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:24 PM
To: LSR
Subject: [Land-speed] Radiator Catch Cans...

I have a trunk mounted "catch can" right now. The overflow comes in from 
the radiator pressure cap and enters the can (actually a 3 gallon or so 
SS tank, lol). The tank has a over flow tube itself and that dumps 
overboard. Not a likely event because the can holds more that the 
radiator and engine combined. But, I need to replace it with something 
smaller as the space where the tank is curenly located is going to be 
occupied by a water injection system pump and tank. I see that Summit 
has plastic catch cans that hold a qt or so, but it looks like they are 
non vented types. The overflow comes in at the top and there is a drain 
valve at the bottom for clean out. Is this something I want to use or is 
there something better but still reasonable in cost? Seems to me that as 
water or steam comes into the overflow it is going to compress the air 
trapped inside making it not so efficient?  In any case is it even 
necessary? Do all of you other folk have radiator overflow catch cans? 
If so, what are you using that is new and novel or just plain usefull?

mayf, way off and far out in Pahrump where the )(&^%)^^%$( wind 
continues to blow
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