by "Berang" (berang)
Published 05/13/2017 at 03:25
by "Berang" (berang)
Published 05/13/2017 at 03:25
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STARS: 2
The stupidest thing that has ever happened to me while driving happened today.
Somehow, right as I was pulling to the curb to park, the coolant overflow tank popped out of its bracket, fell onto the exhaust pipe and was basically melted in half by it. Surprisingly, it gave off less steam than you think it would.
This is a pretty serious problem though, as overflow tanks for 1969 SAABs aren’t just around.
However, the shit-cherry on today’s shit-cake is that when I came home my room mate informed me some disgruntled turd burgler took it upon themselves to cut up several frogs and distribute them around our front porch. I literally know nobody in this neighborhood except the next door neighbor, so I have no idea who the fuck would do this or why. It’s nice to know some shithead, for some unknown shithead reason, has some shithead grudge against my front porch, and is willing to shitheadedly kill small animals to satisfy it.
I have to presume this has something to do with the previous occupant who was apparently a real asshole, but they haven’t lived here for over a year sooooo... ¯\_()_/¯
"sony1492" (sony1492)
05/13/2017 at 03:46, STARS: 2
I don’t know the condition of the car but if you don’t care about it much and just want it to work you could probly pick up any old surge tank and make it work. Hope everything improves.
"Berang" (berang)
05/13/2017 at 04:03, STARS: 1
Unfortunately, it’s pressurized tank which makes it a little harder to find. I was already in the auto parts place looking through their catalog and nothing that wasn’t insanely priced or bizarrely shaped was going to work.
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
05/13/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 0
Creepy. Time for a front door/porch cam.
"sony1492" (sony1492)
05/13/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 0
The pressurized kind all work the same, just slightly different pressures(the cap will say). Should be a line from the motor going to the bottom of the tank and a line from the top of the radiator to around the top of the tank.
"LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
05/13/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0
I can say for sure that e38 and e39 BMW’s used fairly highly pressurized cooling systems, and the expansion tanks are reasonably sized and shaped.
Not sure if it would be appropriate for your application, but thought it might be worth mentioning so you can have a look.