It's a Roush 3x reservoir. I am a few picture of mine in this thread.
Anyone run a 148/149mm CAI with a twin jet TB?
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It's a Roush 3X tank.
Showing you the connections wouldn't help you, my tank is plumbed to be part of the systems flow path, unlike how the factory uses a by-pass " T ".
kool . I would like to do this .
What would be the advantage or dis advantage of the set up you have ?
One advantage is you'll always know if your coolant pump is working.
Not sure there is a disadvantage, it's been installed this way since 2014, I've had no issues with it..
Not sure there is a disadvantage, it's been installed this way since 2014, I've had no issues with it..
The disadvantage is the 13-14 pump moves enough fluid to cause aeration. You don't want air to be pumped through the system, which is why Ford came up with the bypass. There's no advantage to removing it....if you want to know if your pump is running just by looking in the reservoir you can pinch the bypass hose and you'll see the circulation.
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I know this was Ford's logic on the stock reservoir tank. I have the 13/14 pump and larger factory style inter cooler tank, and do not run the bypass, as I have never seen or had an aeration issues. I have run it this way for many years so I am confident the fluid never foams. I believe a larger tank solves the issue, as well as small factory tank with bypass.
I know this was Ford's logic on the stock reservoir tank. I have the 13/14 pump and larger factory style inter cooler tank, and do not run the bypass, as I have never seen or had an aeration issues. I have run it this way for many years so I am confident the fluid never foams. I believe a larger tank solves the issue, as well as small factory tank with bypass.
Just look at the i.d. of the inlet and outlet on the plastic tanks. Ford (which includes the Roush 3x) uses an aluminum sleeve inside the molded barb, which necks down the inlet and outlet and causes coolant to go into the tank at higher velocity. Think of filling a bucket with detergent with and without a nozzle. I think that feature is more responsible for aeration than anything else. The 13-14 uses a restriction in the hose going to the reservoir in a 13-14 to send more coolant to the by-pass than the reservoir. The bigger aluminum reservoir tanks don't have that failing. I used a by-pass just to circumvent the plastic reservoir.
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