Radiator overflow...

[Avery4jc]

I pulled my inner fenders and relocated my battery on the firewall but now I need to get my radiator overflow tank figured out.
I was getting ready to order one from Summit but I noticed it said it wasn't a recirculating one...
Maybe I'm missing something but is there a one way valve or something in these or are they just a regular tank? If it's just a tank I don't see why I couldn't just plug the line out of the radiator cap into the bottom of this tank and run a hose from the top of the overflow tank down so if it fills up the overflow to the top it'll spill out on the ground.... plus it'll use that top line as the vent correct?

Here's what I'm looking at...

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G1473/

 

[George_Pimpdaddy]

I know that the overflow on my k5 has a vent in the cap so your gonna need something to let the fluid be drawn out from the bottle somehow or find a cap that would let that happen.

 

[Avery4jc]

ttt

 

[4X4HIGH]

An overflow bottle and a recovery bottle are different. An overflow bottle has a hose going to either the tap or bottom of the tank and nothing more, a recovery bottle will have the hose going into the bottom with a vented cap OR the hose attached to the cap with a hose that goes to the bottom of the bottle so that water can be drawn back into the radiator as it cools with either a vent in the cap or the bottle itself at the top. Also, don't forget that if you want a recovery system the radiator cap needs to have 2 seals in it otherwise it is only for an overflow system with 1 seal.