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A surge tank is basically a pressurized coolant reservoir. As your engine heats and cools the coolant expands and contracts. Because of this You need a place for extra coolant to go to when it expands and be drawn from when it contracts. Conventionally the recovery tank or reservoir was not pressurized. A tube from the radiator cap allowed coolant to be sucked and drained in to the reservoir. However, on many newer vehicles like yours the reservoir is pressurized and called a surge tank.
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Why won't Chevy Malibu start after filling gas tank when engine is hot?
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the spike in power. either take apart the cluster, and move the needle back to the top of the pin, or take a small wire, and run it though the odometer hole thing, and rotate it back
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Can you reach the fuel pump on a 2001 Chevy Malibu from the back seat?
NO it is located in fuel tank!!
How many gallons of gas does the gas tank of an 2001 Chevy Malibu hold?
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Do you have a picture of the location of the 2001 Chevy Malibu fuel pump?
Inside top of fuel tank Inside top of fuel tank
94 Chevy Malibu gas tank?
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How many gallons does the gas tank in the 2001 Chevrolet Malibu hold?
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