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Re: coolant overflow
depends on your rad cap and rad.
if you are pressurized you can either have an expansion system or a burp system. on a burp, you just need a catch can or let it hit the ground. on an expansion system, the coolant expands when heated and you need a reservoir tank that holds some coolant, tube in from the bottom and a vented cap and an optional overfill tube to the ground.
with a burp system, any excess air is expelled and you have to check the coolant once in a while to make sure its topped up. with an expansion system, any excess air is expelled as the cap vents to the expansion tank, then as it cools it pulls coolant back in. usually top tank rads are burp and side tank rads are expansion, but thats not a guaranteed thing.
some systems have a pressurized overflow tank, but those usually have no rad cap on the rad, just the extra plumbing to the tank.
I get a nice square s10 coolant overflow for my expansion systems at oreillys for liike 8 bucks, has mounting tabs and a vented cap.
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