Re: Radiator cap

[Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Gronberg, John wrote:

> I have a vertical flow radiator on a 1275,  I know the original radiator cap
> is suppose to be a 7 pound cap.  I have seen suggestions that a higher
> pressure cap will provide a higher boiling point. What do you use?

That is true.
But the excess pressure also causes the radiator tank to swell and
distort, and maybe eventually to burst.
Mine is all bubbled up like that, it's not pretty.

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