toid

Ok. it may not be there now. I haven't had to fix that part yet. HA Great little truck. Tough as nails, but an endless stream of "little" projects. Such is life... and jeeps. lol

what does the valve do? I'll have to check mine out to see if it's there. I can't say if it is.

There is a pale vacuum line under the water bottle... It comes through the firewall. It is right above the black that the AC lines go through before going through the firewall. Mine is dangling and dryrotted. Can anyone tell me what it is and where it connects so I can run a new line? Thanks. Rev. Toid

I am learning by leaps and bounds.

That could be the first time I ever saw the word "finagling" actually spelled. If it has an overflow hose how does it hold pressure?

Ain't hijacking no threads here, but I HAVE to ask... What oil filter and bottom end knock have n common? I'm assuming lower oil pressure due to overly restrictive filter design not allowing "floating" on the bearings.

Do I burp via the temp sensor with it running?

@Tugalo: could you provide me with some details on the bottle? what model vehicle or some details that I can use to find what you have. also did you use a 16 pound radiator cap or whatever radiator cap came with the bottle?

I haven't "filled" it, but I did fill it a bit beyond half. Now that u mention it, after the boiling and the overflowing, I ran it up to temp and parked a few times (I only live a mile or so from work) my coolant level is is at "half full bottle". I'm really considering a cooling conversion. This is aggravating. I flushed the system with off the shelf prestone product twice and the water flowing out of the radiator hose didn't seem restricted to me. When I changed the tstat, the water jacket behind the tstat on the head and tstat housing looked really good so I imagine the radiator passages were cleaned well enough. But I'm no pro in that area. Rev. Toid

More and more. She always wants more. Oh well, At least she not a Ford.

Tank referral? I will do all hoses n clamps at same time as the tank and a good burping.

I could very well be stupid. Its not unusual. So please correct me if I'm not seeing it right.

I may be experiencing ignorance here. Is the cap supposed to totally seal the bottle or isn't it designed to seal up to a particular level of pressure at which point steam/ fluid is allowed to bleed off? If a bad hose is allowing depressurization which causes boiling and the resultant steam, shouldn't I expect the cap to vent the risen steam/water to prevent something from rupturing?

Ok. Any favorite bottle selection... Or is it a stealership-only item?