KS7
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Crossflow Cooling System -Overflow Tank or Expansion Tank
KS7 replied to KS7's topic in General Tech
Thanks guys! It turned out to be as stupid a solution as the question! The hose was deteriorated near the top of the overflow tank, so in essence, it was unable to allow the return vacuum to reach the bottom of the tank! It looked fine at first glance...thanks again for your support! -
Sorry for the novice question, is the cooling system in a Crossflow a sealed system or a bidirectional system? In other words, is the "tank" which is connected to the filler neck an overflow tank or an expansions tank (bi-directional)? If it is a sealed system, and as the "neck" is higher than any point in the cooling system, it would make sense that the correct "level" of coolant would be at or below the filler neck, allowing for expansion. I would then have to assume that the water pump pushes the water up to the neck to come in contact with the stat to transfer the heat to make the thermostat open. If it is supposed to have a bidirectional cap, I aint got one of those! I just have a standard Motorcraft 100 cap rated at 15psi. Fortunately, I am not having any over heating problems, just simple engineering stupidity! John
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Thanks for asking this! I have just gone with the flow and figured it was some sort of slang for a pleasure drive. Never heard it used before in any of my other circles!
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OK, I will say it...its not good looking, or hairy, or "fashion forward"...its just ugly. I hope that nose is not designed around the new Euro laws to prevent pedestrians from getting caught under the car when they are hit. Please tell me that it is designed for aerodynamics or cooling or something!
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This is perfect! Thank You!
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I am new to the 7 world and recently acquired a 2003 with Crossflow and T9. The T9 was shot so sourced replacement from Quantum Mechanics...awesome experience with John Esposito...now I need to put this back together, however, I dont have any torque specs for the bell housing to block, adapter plate, driveshaft, exhaust manifold, etc. Is there a .pdf of the build manual on line somewhere? Would love to have a copy for future reference.