Coolant bottle swap - Clio 182.

[Jekyll]

I snapped my top coolant pipe of the expansion tank this morning when removing my breather pipe.

I took a pic of how it is below. The car has not been started at all. I've ordered a new bottle from euro car parts which I'm picking up tonight.

My coolant is decent enough so is it a case of just clamping the hoses so no air gets in, and removing them from the bottle, draining the fluid from the old bottle, fitting the new bottle and feeding the pipes on and then inflaming them and replacing the coolant again?

Or am I simplifying a job that's more intricate than that.

Regards, Mark.

 

[JB21]

That easy mate yeah. Even if you get air you can bleed it easily enough.

 

[Jekyll]

Thought as much, but thought I'd ask rather than assume.

 

[Mr R.]

You won't have a problem mate.

 

[Inequality Street]

Strange looking Green that coolant

 

[leeds2592]

Stop being a cheapskate Mark, get some proper Type D stuff in

 

[Jekyll]

Doesn't need to be green yet.

Red is fine until I do a full coolant change next year.