Coolant recovery tanks, what do you have that looks o.e.?

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

On a 2nd gen, I saw one from a Ford Explorer which looked good. Wondering what others have used that looks factory.

Bonus for pics /part #s

Looking for ideas beyond a mountain dew bottle.

Thanks!!!

[cdr]

BUD LIGHT CAN 

[471_Magnum]

This skinny mitsu part will slide in right next to the rad on the passenger side.

http://amzn.com/B00474QODC



Where do I cash in my bonus?

[myk]

"Cool" thread-I was just thinking about this part of the car, too.  I'll bet that 'Mitsu part in a Charger makes all the 'OE guys faint, lol...

[Plumcrazy]

I have one of these.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JAZ-Products/547/602-025-01/10002/-1?parentProductId=751518

[toocheaptosmoke]

O.E. coolant tank for the real O.G.     Going with a Colt 45 bottle for my build. 

[Ghoste]

Beer can here too.  For some reason whenever I have seen a recovery tank in an old car that didn't have one it looks very out of place to me.  The oe style one never looks right or oe to my eye.  The beer can look is somehow "day two" sixties to me I guess.

[C5X DAYTONA]

I use the original washer bottle on all my cars.     I pull the electric motor and install some fittings for the bottom.     It doesn't hold a ton but it works.   

[moparstuart]

this is off a early caravan with a pentastar and all n it

  2 bucks at a u pick it yard

[Ghoste]

It just looks un-natural somehow.

[tcs69rt]

When I bought my 69 Charger RT 12 years ago, it did not have one and does not leak out of the overflow tube. I have a 3 core radiator, I mounted a MOPAR gear lube bottle from the 70's and once the car ran it overflowed the bottle, so i removed it. Do I need one? I bought & drove the car that way in the heat of Las Vegas a few years and it never leaked a drop? Still not running one.....

[471_Magnum]

Whether or not you need an overflow/recovery bottle depends primarily on how high you need to run your coolant level.

Cars with cross flow radiators need to have the coolant topped off for maximum cooling efficiency, and therefore need a tank. These require a recovery-type tank that allows for the coolant to get sucked back into the tank as the car cools down.

In addition, on vehicles where the radiator filler cap is not the highest point in the cooling system, the system is usually filled through the recovery tank that is mounted higher in the system.

Down flow radiators don't have to run topped off. Coolant level just needs to be high enough to cover the core. In the event a down flow radiator is overfilled (or over heated), the bottle helps keep everything environmentally friendly.

Overflow tanks are required for racing where coolant overflow on the racing surface can have disastrous consequences.

[chargerboy69]

I picked up a $2.00 Rubbermaid liquid container from Walmart.  Drilled a hole in the lid and painted it satin black.  Works perfect.

[ODZKing]

OEM From a Mitsubishi $12. pn MR188696

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

 :scratchchin:Some good ideas here