[DeTomaso] fluidyne radiator

[Andy May]

Mike,

My 1989 car has the narrow bore pipe from the top of the rad to the single
pressure tank in the engine bay. Since when I got it the car was 100%
stock, I have no reason to suspect it left the factory any different. FWIW,
the car has never overheated even on the warmest days europe can provide ;-)

Andy
On Oct 23, 2014 7:52 PM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso" <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

>    In a message dated 10/23/14 10 43 12, bd8134 at gmail.com writes:
>
>      The pipe goes all the way back under the car to the pressurized
>      water tank
>      by the engine.
>      You might be able to work it out by this drawing..
>      http://www.pim.net/detsec11ill18.jpg
>
>    >>>This was a short-lived Ford-developed attempt to create a
>    self-bleeding cooling system.  Their initial feeble attempt is
>    described in TSB #3; a small rubber hose is run from the top water
>    pipe, just behind the radiator, to a nipple on the top of the
>    radiator.  What this is supposed to achieve is anybody's guess?  Later,
>    in TSB #8 they came up with an even more far-fetched scheme, whereby a
>    nipple is brazed onto the pressure tank, the fitting on the water pipe
>    is blocked off, and a long hose is run from the radiator all the way
>    back to the pressure tank.  How this is supposed to automatically purge
>    the system of air is a mystery I've never been able to fathom.
>    Eventually they gave up on these schemes, and the last cars used
>    neither system.
>    I think the cooling system purging procedure described in TSB #8 is
>    quite valid, if you don't have a vacuum-based cooling system
>    maintenance tool.
>    Mike
>
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   Mike,

   My 1989 car has the narrow bore pipe from the top of the rad to the
   single pressure tank in the engine bay. Since when I got it the car was
   100% stock, I have no reason to suspect it left the factory any
   different. FWIW, the car has never overheated even on the warmest days
   europe can provide ;-)

   Andy

   On Oct 23, 2014 7:52 PM, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso"
   <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

     A  A In a message dated 10/23/14 10 43 12, [2]bd8134 at gmail.com
     writes:
     A  A  A The pipe goes all the way back under the car to the
     pressurized
     A  A  A water tank
     A  A  A by the engine.
     A  A  A You might be able to work it out by this drawing..
     A  A  A [3]http://www.pim.net/detsec11ill18.jpg
     A  A >>>This was a short-lived Ford-developed attempt to create a
     A  A self-bleeding cooling system.A  Their initial feeble attempt is
     A  A described in TSB #3; a small rubber hose is run from the top
     water
     A  A pipe, just behind the radiator, to a nipple on the top of the
     A  A radiator.A  What this is supposed to achieve is anybody's
     guess?A  Later,
     A  A in TSB #8 they came up with an even more far-fetched scheme,
     whereby a
     A  A nipple is brazed onto the pressure tank, the fitting on the
     water pipe
     A  A is blocked off, and a long hose is run from the radiator all
     the way
     A  A back to the pressure tank.A  How this is supposed to
     automatically purge
     A  A the system of air is a mystery I've never been able to fathom.
     A  A Eventually they gave up on these schemes, and the last cars
     used
     A  A neither system.
     A  A I think the cooling system purging procedure described in TSB
     #8 is
     A  A quite valid, if you don't have a vacuum-based cooling system
     A  A maintenance tool.
     A  A Mike
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