Per Bentley - Pg 19.13 Coolant Expansion Tank - The tank with the Coolant Level Sensor Refill Tank - the tank accessible through the rear service hatch/ license plate Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver 88 GL Volksiebus Larry Alofs wrote: >I have never understood the use of the term expansion tank in >this context. I believe that on American cars with "open" >cooling systems, the terms expansion amd overflow are often >used interchangably. It's the tank where the extra coolant >overflows to when it gets hot and expands and doesn't all fit >in the radiator. A "closed" system on the other hand, is not >normally expected to overflow, and has a tank with an air >space to allow the coolant to expand when it heats up without > producing too much pressure. This can be called an expansion >tank. > When peering into the engine bay from the rear of the van, >the left hand tank is the "pressure tank" and the one on the >right is the "overflow tank". IMHO :-) > >Larry A. > > >---- Original message ---- > > >>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:41:56 -0600 >>From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> >>Subject: Re: [VANAGON] different expansion tank question >>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >>Marty Kulmus wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thanks for all of your inputs. I am sorry for mixing my >>> >>> >metaphors, I now > > >>>know the proper names and locations of Mr. Expansion and >>> >>> >Overflow. I now > > >>>have to get work on testing. >>> >>>Marty >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Well, it's sort of like this. If you were instructing a bunch of >>doctors on removing the appendix but were calling it the >> >> >uvula all the > > >>doctors would be looking in the throat trying to understand >> >> >what you > > >>were talking about. >> >>Ah, well. We all goof it at one time or another, and me more >> >> >often than > > >>not!! :-) >> >>Regards, >> >>John Rodgers >>88 GL Driver >>88 GL Volksiebus Driver >> >> > > > > |
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