Patent ID: 8443767

Claim:
An arrangement for venting air from a liquid cooling system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a shunt vessel having a reservoir portion and a flange portion, said flange portion having a passage in fluid communication with the reservoir portion; a transfer conduit fluidly connecting the flange portion with the liquid cooling system, said transfer conduit arranged to transfer coolant between the reservoir portion and the liquid cooling system; a venting conduit disposed in the passage and connected to the flange portion, said venting conduit having first and second spaced ends, wherein the first end is open to the reservoir portion and the second end is open to the transfer conduit, said first end being positioned at a predetermined location relative to the reservoir portion, said second end being positioned at a predetermined location relative to the transfer conduit, said predetermined locations of the first and second ends adapted to vent air trapped in the transfer conduit to the reservoir portion.