Reply to "New to Pantera and cooling questions"

rockyMember

JFB is correct with his comments.

The diagram he shows has a little green bleed off the top front of the radiator going to the water pump return. My car didn't have this, just a petcock on the drivers side upper corner of the radiator to bleed trapped air out.

It would help to be clear on your descriptions. The swirl tank (shown in red in JFB's drawing) has a European neck in it's stock form. This uses a pressure cap, but the American caps (Stant, etc.) don't seal well because the neck is too deep. You need to source the correct pressure cap, or have the neck replace with a standard American neck. Any radiator shop can do it.

The Expansion Tank (green) is the one with the non-spring loaded cap - it's just a twist-off with a rubber gasket.

My car never gets to 230•... Are you asking if that is good, or bad?

PS> Most will recommend that your temp sender be moved to the engine block from the swirl tank if it hasn't been already.

Rocky

1/14/179:37 AM

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