After 6 weeks of more or less continuous wicked wind here in Southern Utah, the bit of fluid in the bottom of my coolant overflow tank was almost a sludge with all the dust/dirt that had blown up in the small, totally-open overflow tube. After cleaning it out I thought it would be nice to prevent this from happening again, but how? So I put a small chainsaw fuel filter I had sitting around on there and it fit perfectly! I thought I would post it here for others in wicked wind/dust country to consider as well, certainly that can't be good on the water pump once it gets into the engine.....
...and I promptly ordered an air filter because if my COOLANT tank looks like this then.....
...and I promptly ordered an air filter because if my COOLANT tank looks like this then.....