[C320-list] Coolant Levels

[Michael Kowitt]

I'll have to take another look at mine, but I think the overflow bottle is
above the cap, and the tube is inserted through the top of the bottle and
rests on the bottom............I hope that's right.  Maybe there are
different ways of accomplishing the same overflow function.

Mike Kowitt
Elusive #903


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Jeff, the hose from the heat exchanger cap should be attached to the bottom
> of the overflow bottle. As the engine heats up, the coolant expands, pushes
> past the spring loaded cap, through the hose and into the bottle.  As it
> cools, the opposite occurs. At least that's how I understand it; and, how
> it
> seems to work on our boat.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Brown [mailto:oceanblues at mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 12:36 PM
> To: Catalina C320 List
> Subject: [C320-list] Coolant Levels
>
> My coolant overflow has been bone dry for years. I noticed the overflow
> container is below the heat exchange opening where the tube runs from just
> under the cap to the overflow. Even if I fill the overflow to the minimum
> level as indicated I don't see how it would flow back into the heat
> exchanger. I always thought is was just used in a case you had too much
> coolant in the system. Does that make any sense?  I can fill the overflow
> to
> the minimum but it doesn't appear it will provide anything. I always just
> make sure the coolant level is visable when you open the cap while cold.
> All
> input is appreciated.
>
> Jeff Brown
> 949-350-5123
>
>


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Michael P. Kowitt, PhD, ABPP
Director of Psychology
Pennsylvania Hospital, UPHS

http://www.med.upenn.edu/psychotherapy