what are the particulars of coolant bottle installation?
> It Seems To Me that you'd want the bottle to be pressurized,
> with the inlet at the bottom, so that when the engine
> cooled the pressure would force the coolant back past the
> radiator cap. Yes?
No. It's a pretty simple system- you need:
-A recovery style radiator cap *that fits your radiator neck properly*.
-a recovery bottle - (a vessel that holds water)
a hose from the overflow to the bottom of the bottle.
A standard radiator cap has one valve, and simply blows off past the stated
pressure. A recovery cap is 2 part, with a second valve that works in
the opposite direction. Works like this:
Water in your rad gets hot, and expands, the pressure builds up and excess
water blows past the cap into the bottle. When the water cools, the pressure
drops (negative), and sucks the return valve open, sucking water back out of
the recovery bottle, into the rad.
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