Re: [DML] Re: Question about steel bottle

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

It wasn't the cap for a few reasons. First, when I stopped the car, steam
was still spraying from somewhere below the bottle (bottom of the bottle)
that I couldn't see. It wasn't coming from the cap. And secondly, I'm
still using the same cap on my steel bottle.

-Christian

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, jeremys_im wrote:

> couldn't this have easily been the cap not holding pressure as
> well? Especially since the bottle had no visable leak though
> since you only tested the bottle under the tap maybe it was.
>
> Justr wanted to remind everyone to check the caps as well. Had
> a cap fail on my 20 year old Mercedes this morning. A cheap part
> to keep in the car or just replace as well especially at this age.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx> wrote:
> > Yep, it happened to me. I was on the highway at night and
> steam started
> > pouring out of the back of my car. It actually reminded me of the
> steam
> > that shot out of the BTTF car, but I digress. I had the car towed
> home,
> > took the header bottle out, and couldn't find a crack. I took it
> inside
> > and poured water in it, and it held water fine (remember
> though, it wasn't
> > under pressure). Since it looked like hell, I decided to put a
> stainless
> > bottle in. Swapping the bottles did the trick and now the coolent
> system
> > holds pressure.
> >
> > Just one of my misadventures.
> >
> > -Christian
>
>
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