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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: Trouble on June 19, 2005, 20:18:00

Title: V8 cooling
Post by: Trouble on June 19, 2005, 20:18:00

Just a thought but does a Rover V8 require and expansion tank as my series dosen't have one just has the standard rad?

Title: V8 cooling
Post by: banditman on June 19, 2005, 20:24:15

Apparently so Trouble........

Instructions in my fitting kit say to use standard Landie Rad with a fitting brazed in top neck for leak off to expansion tank.............

Doesn't tell you how though !!

Title: V8 cooling
Post by: Trouble on June 19, 2005, 22:55:13

well my rad has a blow off thing in the neck so surely you could just put a cap on with the springy bit not in and use that as a take off to an expansion bottle?

I will try it I have an old expansion bottle off a sunbeam i could use

Title: V8 cooling
Post by: luffy on June 20, 2005, 10:31:09

Yep you do need an expansion tank, it gives the water from the radiator somewhere to go rather than being dumped overboard.

The v8 runs hotter than the smaller engines and I've found that there is quite a bit of water transfer between the radiator and expansion tank on heating up/cooling down.