Dear plt1,
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My name is Larry.
I could make an attempt at spelling your name, but you don’t even bother to sign your postings.
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I just took the time to reread the original posting and I apparently misinterpreted what had been written. I thought he had bought new tanks with which to perform the modifications but I now see he is replacing tanks that have previously been modified. Since that has already been done, and apparently he has no issues, then I see no issue with him replacing his current tanks with the stainless steel tanks.
What I do see an issue with is the many owners that have posted or I have personally spoken with over my 18–19 years in the community that state their car’s cooling system is broken, but share no tales of gurgling, trapped air bubbles or expansion tank overflow.
A new owner quickly learns that the most often discussed issue is cooling, and year after year it seems someone is coming up with a new approach to “fix” that problem.
And over the years those many approaches have found many owners satisfied with the cooling performance results.
I fear many owners, not truly understanding what an overheating problem actually is, fall victim to the endless onslaught of “I fixed my cooling system!!” and find themselves believing that since they do not have modifications then there must be something wrong with their system.
I have no doubt there are owners that have performed this extensive tank modification when in reality the cooling system was previously ...actually... functioning just fine.
I shared my experience with a minimally modified system in hopes of conveying to owners that there are, in addition to totally functioning stock systems, varying levels of modification approaches.
Just because one owner believes in one approach being “standard operating procedure”, that should not be taken to indicate that ...some... procedure is in fact needed, and ...that... approach is the only never-fail approach.
Once again, whatever floats your boat.
Larry