driving without coolant tank....

[VinceSez]

I wanted to know how long my car will go without the coolant tank because I'm currently in the process of buying one from the dealer. So far I've been driving my car for 2-3 weeks with coolant in it, but it doesn't have the coolant tank..

[Nanaimo]

I wanted to know how long my car will go without the coolant tank because I'm currently in the process of buying one from the dealer. So far I've been driving my car for 2-3 weeks with coolant in it, but it doesn't have the coolant tank..

As your engine heats up, the coolant expands and the overflow spills out into the tank (or the hole where the tank should be), then gets sucked back in when the engine cools. If there is no tank, it's air that gets sucked back in. This is very bad. IMHO, Park your car.

[Axel Grungy]

go to autozone and get one, there like 8 bucks. the end

[VinceSez]

I already have, but I have no room to mount it... eee lol... but I plan on just buying one from the dealer to save me the hassle.

[midnightclubbaa]

use a gatorade bottle the kind with the nipple in the end

[Ramius83]

Hell, you can use that gatorade bottle and a PVC fitting on the bottom of it using JB weld. Then, just hook up that rubber hose to the PVC fitting. Easy, ghetto, cheap, and it works. However, just even go to a junkyard and get one for cheap.....

[Broaner]

I've been running for over six months on my Maxima with no resevior. No problems to report.

[Ramius83]

For the most part, in OUR imported Nissans, the coolant reservoir tank is more of a bleed-off when the temps get really high inside your cooling system. Well, for this to happen, you have to have a bad fan, bad wiring for the electric fans (if applicable), bad radiator, old coolant, bad water pump, broken water pump belt, etc. As long as you do NOT have the reservoir hose BLOCKED off and the extra water/antifreeze can escape the system and bleed off, then you are fine. Now, some DOMESTIC cars are different and actually use the reservoir as the fill spot for the radiator. It is USUALLY pressurized and is required in order for the cooling system to function.

I broke the upper part of the radiator where the piece of plastic comes out from under the radiator cap and leads to the reservoir unknowingly on my 96 Maxima. I drove around on it for quite some time before I saw it. I didn't notice ANY high temps or improper cooling of any nature. However, when I did see it was broken, I plugged the hole with a screw in the radiator where the plastic piece broke off from. This in turn built up a ton of pressure in the cooling system and actually started blowing high pressure high temp water/antifreeze from where the radiator meets the top endtank where the radiator cap screws onto. I had to purchase a whole new radiator afterwards. The best I could figure is that by plugging the hole, the air and pressure inside the cooling system could not bleed off anywhere, so it found a way out by blowing the radiator.

[Sirikool]

I've been running for over six months on my Maxima with no resevior. No problems to report.

are u serious?

[amolao]

This just happen to me, I took the reservoir off for a couple of months, drove around fine. But as soon as the weather start it getting warm, coolant started leaking out the hose, to the point that I lost a lot of coolant and the car overheated. IF you drive around when is the weather is warm, you will need the reservoir to keep a safe coolant level due to the pressure built into the system. Now I have one of those aluminum "catch style" ones and it works fine.

[midnightclubbaa]

my resovoir is also blocked off but i bought it that way and it doesn't run right now

i have a S13 with a S14 radiator soresovoir hose goes the opposite direction

[sleepyRPS13]

just dump it off the road