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Old 10-01-2016, 12:45 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
If you can't see it and you don't smell it then it probably isn't a big deal. Fill it up again and keep an eye on it. Those overflow tanks seem to have a mind of their own sometimes.
That's fer sure.

Sort of like feeding a baby a bottle of milk (even these new high-tech bottles that have a inner valve system to keep baby from sucking air, sometimes the baby will still "burb" ...... and then sometimes .... not.

Hint for new fathers (grandfathers) don't trust the new bottles 100%. If you think I'm kidding, just after a feeding, prop the baby up in front of your face, shake it gently, pat it's back and watch what comes shooting out of the cute little grinning mouth ....... ......that means it's tummy is up to or over the "fill line".

Now, back on subject, sort of, back in the day, the top of the radiator WAS the "expansion tank". So, you couldn't see the level (unless you took off the cap and looked in). Even if the level of coolant didn't cover the top of the fins, that didn't mean it was low.

My point is that people didn't worry about it ....... unless the car overheated.


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