Reply to "Mangusta Cooling System Components"

Dick,

Great drawing! Looks like one I made!!! However, I found that the connections are a bit different. On the car that I used for my drawing, the LH water valve (Driver side in the pic) was connected to the top of the intake manifold, and the bottom of the fill tank was connected to the small fitting on the metal "Y" pipe that connects the water outlet to the tube heading to the front of the car.

I believe that somewhere along the line, and I'm not saying that what you have is wrong... but two additional "Y" junctions were added before the two shut-off valves, so that when the valves were closed, water was still able to circulate thru the pump and not cause cavitation.

Car #944 has the extra Y-pieces, as I was able to see that heater hose system up close and personal last week when we packed it in boxes for a trip to the UK!

I really need to make a drawing and post it....SOON!

I have reduced my hoses to a minimum, and moved the switches up into the cabin for ease of operations. Cleaned up some of the mess in the engine bay!

Ciao!
Steve