On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Jonathan Farrugia wrote: > i was able to find valving to vent the tank as pressure > built up but, i was unable to find valving that would allow the system to > draw coolant back into the radiator from the over flow bottle as the > system cooled and the system experienced a vacuum. if any one knows of > such off the shelf valving i would be interested to know about it. How about an ordinary check valve? Orient it so it only passes coolant from the tank to the radiator, and insert it as a bypass around your pressure valve.
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