The Ultimate Cooling System; Complete System Upgrade
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Y-ing into the expansion tank can, yes, increase your capacity. Not double, but maybe an extra gallon. I'd say a bit less than that judging by what this setup took. That extra capacity doesn't help you a ton, though, because it's not being circulated through the system.
You're right on the tee. I wouldn't exactly recommend it to anyone. That said, she's holding fine for now and easy to bypass if it fails in a pinch. I'll ride her like that for a while. It's actually a lot more sturdy than it looks, even taking thermal expansion into consideration.
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Y-ing into the expansion tank can......maybe an extra gallon
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Last edited by number9; 01-10-2018 at 12:27 AM.
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Y-ing into the expansion tank can, yes, increase your capacity. Not double, but maybe an extra gallon. I'd say a bit less than that judging by what this setup took. That extra capacity doesn't help you a ton, though, because it's not being circulated through the system.
In order for it to be effective, the radiator should be holding the extra coolant. The extra tank really doesn't do much.
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I thought two 12oz PBR cans were only 24 oz? Were no you find the growler size pop top PBR cans?
Looks sturdy and glad you provided info to procure a suitable one. Just saying if me and could get a real T without braking my bank it would be here and installed ASAP. Think of the MPG increase if you removed the bypass spare and tools needed if it were to fail.
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Looks sturdy and glad you provided info to procure a suitable one. Just saying if me and could get a real T without braking my bank it would be here and installed ASAP. Think of the MPG increase if you removed the bypass spare and tools needed if it were to fail.
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Yeah, not knowing where to get a good one is a big part of the reason I hadn't posted this up yet. You'd be surprised how hard it was to find. I just ran across it randomly in a link found in another thread on here.
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Just love this post...
I plan on keeping the upper hose/cover as factory as poss. Will have to notch the cover some I suspect, and adapt from 1-3/4" Camaro to 1-1/4" LR. I will probably delete the reservoir tank, relocate the windshield wiper fluid tank, and put a catch tank where the windshield wiper fluid tank is now...
Fun stuff!
I plan on keeping the upper hose/cover as factory as poss. Will have to notch the cover some I suspect, and adapt from 1-3/4" Camaro to 1-1/4" LR. I will probably delete the reservoir tank, relocate the windshield wiper fluid tank, and put a catch tank where the windshield wiper fluid tank is now...
Fun stuff!