Mine just dumps overboard
----- Original Message -----
From: <neil@dbelltech.com>
To: <drmayf@mayfco.com>; "'LSR'" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Radiator Catch Cans...
> 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@autox.team.net
> [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@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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