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From: John Slade
>In the 1960's, same era as most of our cars, certain Volvo models (6
>cyls and some 4's) carried a plastic bottle which appeared to be an
>overflow bottle, but was actually a functioning part of the cooling
>system (unlike 98% of similar looking bottles on other cars). The rad
>was sealed except for the "overflow pipe" which went from the top of the
>rad to the bottom of the bottle.
snip.
Series 1 and 2 alpines have this feature in the form of the expansion
tank.
It holds more coolent because of the feature, and adds the expansion
volume too.
The only problem is you cant see the water level through it.
cheers.
Jarrid
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