The Doc
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| posted on 25/2/07 at 06:39 PM |
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Expansion Bottles
Hi,
On my Renault 5 the expansion bottle is lower than some parts of the system. To refill the system you remove the tank from its mounting (Rubber
straps) raise it up then open a couple of bleed screws in the highest hoses.
This seems like an attractive system, meaning that the tank could be located anywhere, but not too far away from the car as that would be very very 
silly.
Why does this tank not keep filling up with water, even with the cap removed and th
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macnab
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| posted on 25/2/07 at 08:38 PM |
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I think it’s because it would have to pull a vacuum in the head to get the water out. If you had a gasket failure I'm sure the water would just
empty out. Seems a bit of a silly system and no doubt inspired by an enema...
[Edited on 25/2/07 by macnab]
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flak monkey
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| posted on 25/2/07 at 08:40 PM |
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Sounds like a typical french bit of engineering, everything is an after thought 
No need in a locost anyway, as the scuttle bulkhead is higher than the top of the engine.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 25/2/07 at 10:21 PM |
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Sounds about right for a French system...
These are the same Renault 5's that the Renault Extra vans were based on..
Instead of a Temperature guage on the dash.. or a warning light
They had what can only be described as a "your engine is Fu*ked light!"
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/2/07 at 01:01 PM |
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The official factory way to fill the system is prob to pressure fill via one of the bleed screws.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 26/2/07 at 05:54 PM |
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Got to be a french thing. I had an AX once, it had about four different bleed screws in different places around the cooling circuit where it went
higher than the fill point, why they couldn't have just done it properly in the first place is a mystery...
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NS Dev
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 01:09 PM |
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heh heh yep, got to admit peugeot OCCASIONALLY design something clever, but otherwise I can genuinely say I have only come acroos crap engineering
ideas on french cars.
All other manufacturers have at some point impressed me with something (e.g. GM vauxhall "F series" gearboxes, Ford/FFD 4x4 transmission)
but Renault have only shocked with pure ineptitude!!!!
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02GF74
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 03:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
All other manufacturers have at some point impressed me with something (e.g. GM vauxhall "F series" gearboxes, Ford/FFD 4x4 transmission)
but Renault have only shocked with pure ineptitude!!!!
zut alors!! you inglish think ze is so clever but where is ze Rover ? 
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