Dart Budz wrote:
>
> I was attaching the front license plate holder and I found a rubber tube
> that looks about 3/8 inch thick dangling. On closer inspection,I found
> it connected to the top of the radiator, just below the radiator cap. I
> have a 72 mgb. My first reaction was that this might be an overflow, but
> then i remember the car was designed by the british who never put anything
> extra on. I have looked in a few manuals and cannot find if or where this
> rubber hose should connect. Thanks for the help in advance.
It's a pressure overflow tube. I've had one on all my Minis and MGs.
If the pressure exceeds the pressure rating of the cap, the
steam/coolant that's released by the cap goes down through this
tube.
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