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  • Coolant expansion tank refill?

    Groff, Montgomery · Mon, 8 May 2000 09:08:34 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    This morning I experienced the infamous 'blinking coolant light.' Inspection of the coolant level in the overflow tank and expansion tank explained the problem...

  • Expansion tank bypass tube cracked

    William Greenamyer · Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:20:03 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Small holes in the coupling allow coolent to enter and leave the expansion tank. In looking at the hoses and the tank, it appears...

  • SV: Expansion tank not connected

    Jens Jakob Andersen · Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:04:24 +0100 · Mailing-list archive

    Hi I have the expansionb tank. Yup. I have the overflow tank. I am missing pipe between those two. ANy valves or similar there...

  • Re: 1.9 without expansion tank?????????

    Jim Thompson · Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:12:48 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    Actually, the tank behind the license plate flap is correctly called a coolant recovery tank (or reservoir) as there is no pressure for expansion...

  • Marvelous! Mysterious! But what's wrong with my e...

    Ken Wyatt · Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:27:12 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Wheel spray in the wheel well gets on top of the expansion tank, drains into expansion tank, into fuel lines, into gas tank. Check...

  • fuel expansion tank hose

    brett rueff · Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:08:47 +0000 · Mailing-list archive

    ...During the process of changing the fuel tank and generally replacing all the fuel lines one of the nipples on my expansion tanks broke...

  • Re: Expansion tank bypass tube cracked

    Jim Thompson · Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:52:59 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Expansion tank bypass tube cracked > Got a problem with my 84GL Vanagon. Between the coolent expansion tank and > the engine coolent hoses there is...

  • Re: Expansion tank not connected

    John Rodgers · Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:28:31 -0600 · Mailing-list archive

    You should have two tanks in the system. As seen from the rear of the van looking forward, the expansion tank should be on...

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  • expansion tank

    A tank that allows for expansion of fuel due to temperature changes

  • Fuel expansion tank

    Tank that allows fuel to expand and contract with temperature changes

  • Coolant expansion tank

    The pressurized tank in the water-cooled Vanagon cooling circuit that accommodates coolant expansion and provides a fill and bleed point. It is separate from the low-pressure coolant refill reservoir; the names are sometimes confused in parts listings.

  • Coolant refill reservoir

    The accessible coolant container used to replenish the water-cooled Vanagon system as coolant moves between the pressurized expansion tank and the reservoir. It is not the pressurized expansion tank itself; verify the part by the vehicle's cooling-system layout.

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