Jo.M

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aight so there is a guage connected to this cylinder right near the latch for my hood right i have no idea what this cylinder thing is but its leakin somethign anyone know waht im talkin about?

RB_eater

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You mean the sensor on top of the radiator? It's the coolant level sensor. If it's leaking try adding some tefflon tape of something.

I'll see if I can get a pic.

RB_eater

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The coolant level sensor is in the blue circle. Is it the one you were talking about?

Jo.M

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almost but its in this green area right here [IMG][/IMG]

w0ppe

Do you have a pic of it? The only cylinder things I can figure over there are relays...?

Aaron Cake

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Might be oil from the oil cooler lines?

Jo.M

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iono but the plastic black piece next to my green circle is cut in half in room for this thing

Jo.M

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aight got the picture check it out [IMG][/IMG]
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RB_eater

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What the hell is that thing?

jdmsuper7

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+1

Maybe some sort of aftermarket A/C condenser?

Tiers

ITS A BOMB get out of your car!!!

never seen that before something added after,,,,ac thing?

Aaron Cake

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Huh....Aftermarket A/C system?

Jo.M

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iono lol the guy i bought the car from didnt know what it was. its a psi gauge and on the side of the cylinder if you see it it says regulator......

George84

Does it have hoses coming out of it? What do they go to?

texFCturboII

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yea where do the hoses go? aftermarket....... overflow....... guage?

jon0886

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oil accumulator?

ITSWILL

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looks like a vacuum canister

Evil Aviator

+1

http://www.accusump.com/

Jo.M

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ill see i gotta put the car up on jack stands to see where the lines go but what does an oil accumulator do ?

George84

I have never seen one on a street car before but on that accusump link it says

"The Accusump, the original automotive oil accumulator, is designed to provide the engine with oil pressure before the starter is even engaged.

An Accusump is a cylinder shaped aluminum storage container that acts as a reservoir of pressurized oil, to be released when there is a drop in the oil pressure.

The Accusump is connected to the pressure side of an engine's oiling system and is charged by the engines own oil pump.

Its simple, efficient design revolves around a hydraulic piston separating an air pre-charge side and the oil reservoir side.

On the oil side of the Accusump it has an outlet that goes into the engine's oiling system, controlled by a valve."

Jo.M

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i think that is it but its friken leaking droplets so iono if i can just take it out or do i have to get a new one

mike_merryguy

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gotta see how they hooked it up, is it something that goes in the rount of the cooler lines, or did they do something with the filter to hook it up, just depends, you can always go back to stock, i'm sure someone would be selling oil cooler lines somewhere on this forum...

edit: considering the location i would guess it was tapped in at oil cooler

Jo.M

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yeah its tapped into my oil cooler i had to get a tune up so they guy told me is was an oil pressure regulator and that it would be easy to bring it back to stock so taht it wont leak anymore

manslayerx9

its not a regulator, its for cold startup so the motor can be primed with oil. it also serves as a small backup oil supply if your pressure drops. for example on the track on a high g turn the oil pickup might get uncovered and cause and oil starvation but this will help prevent that. check out their website.

Jo.M

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what pressure should the car be at during a cold start up do you know ?