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Coolant tank hate thread
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:48 am
by -K-
Well as the subject says I HATE those things. Mine just broke a nipple off driving around. I noticed some smoke frome under my hood so I drove the half block to my house. Got pretty hot in just a minute, hope I didn't do any damage.
Looks like I'm going to make an aluminum one now.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:49 am
by Yukonart
I hate nipples that break.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:58 am
by -K-
At least it waited untill I got back from a trip to Portland.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:00 am
by Yukonart
-K- wrote:At least it waited untill I got back from a trip to Portland.
This is true. This happening on the road would have sucked, hardcore.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:20 am
by LaureltheQueen
i really should have held onto that spare one that I had...
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:42 am
by corsair
LaureltheQueen wrote:i really should have held onto that spare one that I had...
coolant tank, or nipple?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:45 am
by Yukonart
corsair wrote:LaureltheQueen wrote:i really should have held onto that spare one that I had...
coolant tank, or nipple?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:51 am
by evolutionmovement
I knew a kid who pierced his nipples with safety pins when high. He later ripped them out under similar conditions. Last I knew they don't grow back.
Steve
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:54 am
by Yukonart
evolutionmovement wrote:I knew a kid who pierced his nipples with safety pins when high. He later ripped them out under similar conditions. Last I knew they don't grow back.
Steve
Quote of the day!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:26 am
by 555BCTurbo
That sucks Todd!!!
Do the N/A cars have the same tank? If so I am sure you could conjer one up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:14 am
by LaureltheQueen
they do not. one could probably be found at an auto parts store if the people working there like you enough, and you have the dimensions that you need
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:54 pm
by legacy92ej22t
I'm on my second one and just Saturday I had to fix a torn coolant line, that my TMIC puts pressure on, that was spewing. You wouldn't believe how relieved I was when I popped the hood and saw it was the coolant line and not the nipple. I almost cried and I think I'm suffering from PTS. Cold sweats that come out of no where. Oh and the nightmares, I can barely stand to go to sleep anymore.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 9:41 pm
by QuickDrive
I'll bite.. What's PTS?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 10:28 pm
by corsair
post traumatic stress (disorder) I believe
-or-
parts that suck
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 3:29 pm
by Tleg93
I guess I'd better try and get another coolant reservoir before I put the intercooler in.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:18 pm
by legacy92ej22t
corsair wrote:post traumatic stress (disorder) I believe
-or-
parts that suck
Ya, I meant post traumatic stress syndrome.
Parts that suck would work just as good though.
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 7:53 pm
by dzx
I broke a nipple off of mine when i was putting the engine back into the car but thankfully i had a spare sitting around. I might visit a place in denver that has a wrecked wrx and get the coolant tank off of that.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:49 am
by nsantos23
GUYS GALS GUYS GALS!
I'M IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A STEEL ONE, I TOOK THE DAY OFF TODAY BECAUSE I WAS SICK, A DAMN COLD, BUT THAT DIDNT STOP ME FROM GOING INTO THE GARAGE AND PLAYING WITH MY WELDER! WELL LOOK AT MY POSTING
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=21277
I SHOULD HAVE RESULTS AS SOON AS I INSTALL IT ON MY CAR AND TEST IT UNDER HOT CONDITIONS. I GOT ALL THE PARTS TOGETHER TODAY, I NEED TO GET THE ROUGH WELD SPOTS OFF AND PAINT IT. OHH ALSO I NEED TO WORK ON GETTING THE FITTINGS AND THE CHECK VALVE. SO I'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED
DONT WORRY I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER TANK
TAKE CARE
NEO
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:21 am
by -K-
Yes it's PTSD but only the Disorder if it interferes with your ability to function in socitey. Or so they tell me.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 8:45 am
by BAC5.2
So my car is currently a disorder? Sweet.
I just used a wrx coolant tank, put it where the battery was, and put the battery in the trunk. Easy.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:59 am
by dzx
yeh, i really need to secure my battery in the trunk. I have to be careful on corners and when it does fall over i tend to get burned with battery acid righting it.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 10:36 am
by BAC5.2
WHY ARE YOU USING A LEAD-ACID BATTERY IN THE TRUNK!?!?!?!
Holy shit dude, that's hella dangerous!
You NEED a dry-cell battery that doesn't give off hydrogen gas as a byproduct. That's horribly unsafe without breather lines running out of the trunk.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:21 pm
by free5ty1e
Yeah, relocating the battery to the trunk usually involves either a completely different battery (read: sealed Optima battery, or yes one of them newfangled dry-cell batteries - which will save you about 30 lbs of weight anyway), or one of those nifty platic mounting cases they sell at Autozone that has vent tubes you can run somewhere.
Regular lead-acid batteries are no good to have in the same closed location as you. Kinda like the Highlander - "there can be only one." (you or the battery)
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:13 am
by -K-
Don't forget to use a NHRA approved battery box if you plan to ever go out to the strip.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 4:19 pm
by kidwired
Like BAC5.2 I used a wrx tank. I bought a new one but the subaru recycler had 1 for $65 but it was a 4hr roundtrip and I didnt have a car. I'm currently working on relocating the battery to trunk.
I'm using a sealed aluminum battery box. Regular lead acid batteries give off hydrogen when charging which needs to be vented or you will have a Hindenberg/Pinto scenario.