Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:37:34 -0700
Reply-To: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: metal coolant bottles
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I don’t think it really matters as both will suffice. I have only had my
aluminum tank for a little bit of time so no issues to complain about other
than the first tank I purchased had a very small leak in a welded corner -
I have had multiple plastic tank issues - a couple leaking fairly
significantly but I was not too far from home.
I would go with GW given the sight glass but that is my preference and I
have no data to back it up. I have heard good things about both tanks from
each vendor.
Bruce
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, my current plastic bottle is 14 yo, so what do I want? I probably
> won't even be alive in 14 more years, and despite the scare verbage on the
> GoWesty site, I don't think the bottles actually fail suddenly. Rather,
> they get a small crack that grows over time. At least that's what happened
> with mine, and monitoring it has worked. I WILL replace it, but with which
> tank?
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 8:04 PM Alistair Bell <
> ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dave
> >
> > I’d have no issue with either except I wonder, with no evidence or
> > experience, abiut the level Sender in each unit.
> > My first reply was reheat by list serv
> >
> > Anyway , that’s my only unknown
> >
> > Ab
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 20, 2023, at 7:54 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Oh, I have no doubt that the people who make them are charging properly
> > for what they've put into them. It is just a lot of money, especially
> > compared to the plastic ones. BTW, my local mechanic says go with the
> > plastic. But mine now has a slight crack at the neck, as well as the cap
> > not fitting properly any longer (cap threads a bit askew). It is the
> > German cap, too.
> >
> > But my question now is, which aluminum tank? mcneely
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 6:49 PM Alistair Bell <
> > ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dave, all I can say that despite the price those tanks are a good deal.
> >> You’d be hard pressed to find anyone good to make them less expensively
> .
> >>
> >> Ab
> >>
> >> > On Apr 20, 2023, at 6:07 PM, David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Ok, so I may be ready to take the plunge and spend an ungodly amount
> of
> >> > money for a metal coolant expansion bottle. GoWesty, Van Cafe? Which
> >> is
> >> > better and why? I like that the GoWesty bottle has a sight glass, but
> >> then
> >> > the original plastic ones can't be seen without opening the engine
> >> > compartment, and that seemed to be ok. I have read that the GoWesty
> >> bottle
> >> > can fail at the sensor port just like the plastic ones. Is that true?
> >> Are
> >> > there any others available. mcneely
> >>
> >
>
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