expansion tank

[ferret100@juno.com (Brian C Barrows)]

For what it's worth, I never had an expansion tank in my 'Roc, and I
never had any overheading problems.  Not even after many hot laps around
Summit Point during those nifty little driver's schools.  But I did have
to get a radiator cap with a pressure spigot (sp?) and run a hose to a 25
oz. Foster's can so that I could have an overflow system...  

Anywho, that was my experience with a 1.7...  

B.

'82 Scirocco <-- sold  :-(
'85 Jetta
'87 Porsche 944

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:21:59 -0500 Kervin Ridgley
<kervinridgley@earthlink.net> writes:
> Just thinking.  On my 86, I took out my AC condenser and now I get 
> much
> more air to my radiator.  I only have the stock water temp gauge.
> Before, the temp would sometimes get to the halfway mark, now, it 
> stays
> at 1/4 most of the time and got up the 1/3 once.  I have a small 
> crack
> in the top of the radiator where the mounting clip goes in.  I lose
> maybe a few cc of coolant from the crack (my coolant level is still 
> 3/4
> of the way to full from when I filled it 2 months ago).  I'm going 
> to do
> a ABA swap.
> 
>  If I add a regular oil cooler and get a non expansion tank 
> radiator,
> will I be staying in about the same cooling level?
> 
> I like the idea of fewer hoses, but I don't want to hurt anything.  
> 
> -- 
> Kervin
> 80 1.7 8v Crack free dash
> 82 1.7 8v The gift 
> 86 1.8 8v My everyday ride
> 00 tt600 more HP than my car
> 00 Habanero my cheap ti ride
> 00 IF Delux XT-Bomber
> 
> 
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