On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Randy Huyck wrote: > I've seen a number of vehicles with expansion tanks lower than the top of > the radiator H20 level - many fords and mercs, for example. As long as the > outlet from the radiator is controlled by a functioning pressure cap, there > shouldn't be too much worry about it siphoning out coolant when it > shouldn't. This is more analogous to the *overflow* tank in the VW than the *expansion* tank.
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