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Old 22nd March 2015, 10:21 PM
Davidbolam Davidbolam is offline
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I am going to keep my header tank on the scuttle and run a pipe to the point marked on the diagram above

I have checked the heights and the header tank is 2 inches higher than the thermostat

David
I did my mods as described above. I ran the engine the allow it to warm up. I didn't put the cap on the coolant bottle. After about 5 minutes there was a surge of coolant that overflowed out of the top of the bottle. Is this from the thermostat opening expelling air ? Anyone got any ideas?

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David
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