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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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ian sibbert
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Originally Posted by matman
Ahhhhhhhh.

I remember that from my theory days at uni doing Mech Eng

I assume then that the expansion tank is filled to half level (or where appropiate) and then pressurised with air?

Do you set it to 1.7 bar by experiance or is it documented somwhere

Exactly, we bleed the system free of air and before competitive use pressurize with air...

It's gone on for many years in motorsport...there are other benefits...elimination of localised boiling etc etc.......
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