[DeTomaso] Capacity of overflow tank

B Hower b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
Thu May 2 19:16:59 EDT 2013


Or you can add a catch bottle to Mike's statement and not dump anything to the ground.

Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )

--- On Tue, 4/30/13, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:


From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Capacity of overflow tank
To: demongusta at me.com, detomaso at poca.com
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 1:10 PM



In a message dated 4/19/13 11 54 50, demongusta at me.com writes:


> Anyone know the overflow tank capacity for the radiator? And do run it at 
> 30% - 50% full?
> 

>>>I don't know the capacity.   The manual says to run it 'partially' full 
which isn't helpful either!   If you overfill it, it will chuck out the 
excess until it finds its happy spot, but then might chuck out a bit more on an 
especially hot day, which can be embarrassing.   The conventional wisdom 
seems to be to run it at 50% or thereabouts.

The stock setup routed the overflow hose to the ground right in front of 
the rear tire, which has resulted in at least a few wrecked Panteras, as the 
antifreeze mix is as slippery as oil.   Make sure you create a longer hose 
and route it to the rear of the car, so you cause some OTHER poor slob to 
wreck instead of you! :>)

Mike
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