Thread: Anyone running one of these puke tanks on the front of their hot rod?

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The spreader bar on my '29 Ford got smashed off and I've been looking to replace it with sumthin other than the usual SS tubing






Since she tends to puke a little more than the side tubestyle tank can handle on extemely hot days, I figure it will be useful

I'm using a 2 gal moon tank now, mounted between spreader bar and grill. Although I may make it functional as fuel tank. Found a nice little manual two way valve to switch between tanks...............but who knows. It looks cool...

Thanks to Ken Thurm's generousity, I will be running one on the front of my upcoming rpu.

Don

That looks pretty good there!!

Thanks Ken. That tank will always have a special place on the front of this car.

Sorry to hijack your thread. Let me ask you about your radiator overflow issue. You certainly have enough radiator surface area there, what kind of fan and shroud are you running? Thermostat? Cap pressure? Reason I ask is with that big of a radiator (if everything else is right) it should cool great.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Sorry to hijack your thread. Let me ask you about your radiator overflow issue. You certainly have enough radiator surface area there, what kind of fan and shroud are you running? Thermostat? Cap pressure? Reason I ask is with that big of a radiator (if everything else is right) it should cool great.

Don

1) Small Electric Fan (barely fits)

2)160* Hi-Perf Mr Gasket T-Stat

3) 16 lb. Thermo-Cap

50/50 Green/Distilled and a bottle of Water Wetter

I ONLY have a problem on extremely hot and humid days (miserable 100*+ Florida heat)

That puke tank will only catch any fluid that gets out, If you want a proper coolant recovery system you will need a different tank.

The Tank should work fine as long as it has a tube inside running to the bottom or the fitting is on the bottom. Most coolant recover tanks on cars these days sit lower than the top of the radiator and the hose is attached to the bottom of the tank

Originally Posted by roadster32

That puke tank will only catch any fluid that gets out, If you want a proper coolant recovery system you will need a different tank.

She already has a slimline recovery tank that starts off empty and usually stays that way, but on extremely hot days, it fills up and pukes about 12oz.



I just want to run a hose from the overflow tank to a catch tank so she doesn't spill anything on the ground

Originally Posted by Thegrappler

The Tank should work fine as long as it has a tube inside running to the bottom or the fitting is on the bottom. Most coolant recover tanks on cars these days sit lower than the top of the radiator and the hose is attached to the bottom of the tank

Yeah, I'm thinking two ports on the bottom for a cleaner look (one for the hose, one for the drain) and a vent port somewhere on the rear...

The vent would have to be as high as high as possible, be nice if you could put a chrome or stainless (non pressurized) cap on the top with the vent coming out the back

That tank doesnt have a pressure cap,

Originally Posted by Thegrappler

The Tank should work fine as long as it has a tube inside running to the bottom or the fitting is on the bottom. Most coolant recover tanks on cars these days sit lower than the top of the radiator and the hose is attached to the bottom of the tank

Your overflow tank should not start out empty, you want some coolant in there to replace what goes out, when the motor cools it sucks it back in. Make sure your cap is designed for a CLOSED cooling system. A regular cap is designed to let coolant out, but won't open to let it go back in.

What temp is your engine running at? Are you getting warmer at lights or going down the road?

Don

Oh, and make sure your overflow hose from the radiator goes to the correct fitting on the bottom of the overflow tank. It should go to the lowest one when looking down into the overflow tank. The theory is, the excess coolant rises and eventually will come out the taller tube. If you are hooked up to the wrong one it will spill out much faster onto the ground.

One thing you could look into is the 160 deg T-Stat. Too low of t-stat could make you run hotter because it is not letting the coolant stay in the rediator lon enought to cool it down.

I had a 77 vette that had a 160 deg t-stat in it and it ran 210-230 deg. Lost coolant all of the time. Put in a 180 deg t-stat and it ran 185-190 all of the time.

Just a thought,

if the radiator cap does not have the vacuum valve, you need a different 1.. it's a little spring loaded cup on the bottom under the gasket.. this is what Don is talking about

Since he already told me on the HOTRODDERS.com site when I mentioned this, all of you kind folks are just preachin' to the choir as "he checks the fluids before every run".