Dave Bailey
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| posted on 26/9/08 at 09:54 PM |
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Header Tank height
My heater exit is high on the scuttle which means that the return into the expansion tank is slightly lower than the top heater matrix pipe. Is this
going to cause me a problem?
Dave B
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D Beddows
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 01:35 AM |
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Header tank or expansion tank? if it's the header tank ie the ONE fluid reservoir in the system with a pressure cap then as long as the level of
fluid in the tank is above the pipe you'll be fine - if it's an expansion tank then it makes no difference as long as the outlet pipe from
the header tank is at the bottom of the expansion tank.
Bored of explaining this but in simple terms an EXPANSION tank just is an unpressurised container that collects water that has been forced out of the
cooling system past the pressure cap if it gets too hot so it can be sucked back in as the engine cools. A HEADER tank is the important one as it has
the pressure cap that ensures the cooling system is pressurised so it has a higher boiling point than it otherwise would. It can be part of the
radiator (if the radiator has a pressure cap on the top) or remote btw. Anyone who tells you otherwise tbh doesn't know what they are talking
about or is trying to be unnessisarily confusing 
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Dave Bailey
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 09:48 PM |
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Thanks for the information...
Dave B
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