Date:         Tue, 9 Mar 2004 06:44:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
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From:         Michael Snow <slowmachine@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
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George Goff wrote:

> In a message dated 3/8/04 9:36:47 AM, gull@GULL.US writes:
>
> << The technical problem is there's no room for an expansion bottle above the
> radiator in the Vanagon. ;)
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE >>
>
> Finally, the plain and simple truth!
>
> George

I'm not so sure we even need an expansion bottle in the front when all
we're really trying to do is purge air from the cooling system.  I read
an advertisement not too long ago for a fitting that was specifically
designed to bleed air from a fluid system without leaking fluid.  It
used a small piece of Gore-Tex, which air can pass through but not
liquid.  Unfortunately, my old computer died and I have not recovered
the data from it yet.  Anybody familiar with these?

--
Michael Snow
1982 Westfalia 1.9D
1986 GL
1987 Syncro GL