Tuesday, July 16, 2013

New parts arrived yesterday :)

Thanks to Miguel at Newera parts for the fast delivery and a very good support.

Yesterday I received the SARD breather tank and a "new" used drivers indicator light housing since mine was a little damaged! Me likey :)

I will quote "xxfr" from the GTR forum in order to describe what a breather tank does:

"The highest point in the RB26 water system is higher than the radiator cap location for the GTR's. Seeing that the radiator cap is normally the self-breathing location for the water systems, it fails on the GTR's. Nissan provided a bleeding point for this reason on the highest water circulation point just by the front engine lift location.

During hard driving the water system tends to create air bubbles which expand vigorously. This removes the water through the radiator cap into the reserve tank and continues to push the water out of the system. Without water the system cannot cool efficiently and engine temperature rises.

This breather tank raises the self-breathing point to higher than the engine's high water circulation point. It eliminates the need for bleeding the engine as it self-bleeds. It also continually removes any air collected in the system while driving hard.

The breather tank is very useful if you do track days."


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