Aluminium Degas Bottle

Well hmmm. In perusing the internet for sight glasses... I stumbled across this.

Coolant Sight Glass

Joe... a bit off topic for this thread... but would something like this be beneficial to bleeding the LS cooling system... and where would it be best installed? Possibly the upper TB heater hose? That would be the highest point on the engine... correct?
 
Well... the reservoir tank for the Cummins is aluminum, (previous engine had a steel one), but here's a pic:



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No pressure rating on the cap... but they usually run 16psi. No numbers on the part... so I'll have to pull the numbers off the engine... and on a free weekend go to the local Cummins dealer and see if they can find it.

Once that's done and the sight glass is acquired... It's a matter of figuring out the size and threads... then ordering a bung from the website link in a previous post.

Of course this may depend on whether or not the Ebay degas holds the same liquid volume as the OEM plastic one.

Any ideas on that Stinking Lincoln 1 ???
 
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04_Sport_LS said:
Well... the reservoir tank for the Cummins is aluminum, (previous engine had a steel one), but here's a pic:



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No pressure rating on the cap... but they usually run 16psi. No numbers on the part... so I'll have to pull the numbers off the engine... and on a free weekend go to the local Cummins dealer and see if they can find it.

Once that's done and the sight glass is acquired... It's a matter of figuring out the size and threads... then ordering a bung from the website link in a previous post.

Of course this may depend on whether or not the Ebay degas holds the same liquid volume as the OEM plastic one.

Any ideas on that Stinking Lincoln 1 ???
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Sorry been busy I've had 0 issues with bottle working like a champ. As for the sight glass looks pretty good. As for fluid capacity it seems to be very close or spot on fluid capacity.
 
Thank you, I just placed the order. The aluminum eBay unit looked nice, but barely fit and I couldn't be sure if the tubes were routed correctly internally, so that proper degassing and pressures could happen inside. Should have went with FSP from the beginning.
 
Bringing up this old thread because the current quality of plastic coolant bottles is beyond worthless. Lots of "what ifs" in this thread about the ramifications of the aluminum reservoir not having a sight glass - this has been been a non issue for me as the coolant level has remained constant. The real "what if" is what if you found a plastic reservoir that lasted more than 6 months? What would you rather have; a coolant reservoir that you can see the level but can't see the fissures that leak coolant and air or a reservoir that will never leak coolant or air? I have enjoyed the car so much more since not dicking with the plastic bottles. Sure, if you could find a 20 year old NOS Ford bottle, by all means buy it. If you can't, buy the $90 aluminum one and be done. I am also trying out the recently available GEN 2 aluminum thermostat housing, water neck and crossover, time will tell but so far, so good.
 
Liquidlounge said:
Sure, if you could find a 20 year old NOS Ford bottle, by all means buy it.
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Even the true Motorcraft degas won’t last. I installed a new bottle several years ago and it only lasted 3-4 years.

I now have an aluminum bottle and installed working fabulously!
 
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