Coolant expansion bottle?

[johnkemp]

Has anyone used or known if these are any good?

RENAULT CLIO 172 182 HEADER EXPANSION TANK COOLANT FEBI BILSTEIN

 

[hopgop1]

I'd trust a febi one over a generic, just use your genuine cap from your existing bottle.

 

[Martin_172]

I've got the MEHA branded ones on all of mine, they are around £12 and are spot on identical to the OE

 

[Filipe Dias]

See my post regarding this. I don´t trust it. I had a Meyle failing in 2 Years (5000km).

Genuine ftw for me.

 

[Mr Underhill]

I bought this "Genuine" one from Renault and it has no Renault markings. In fact, it looks identical to the cheap one I bought off eBay for my BG a few months before.

https://renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/parts/cooling-heating-parts/renault-clio-expansion-bottle-mk2/

Part number is 7701470460

The original part number for my 182 is 7700805031 but that's NLA.

So it looks like Renault is now supplying a cheap alternative. I wish I'd saved my money and bought an eBay one now.

 

[hopgop1]

Can’t remember what brand I put on mine, may well have been a febi, but it certainly wasn’t genuine anyway. Nearly 3 years and probably 15k miles later, no issues.

 

[Crayola]

I've used a Febi one, a TRW one and a Topran one. No issues with any of them

 

[johnkemp]

I bought this "Genuine" one from Renault and it has no Renault markings. In fact, it looks identical to the cheap one I bought off eBay for my BG a few months before.

https://renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/parts/cooling-heating-parts/renault-clio-expansion-bottle-mk2/

Part number is 7701470460

View attachment 1658560

The original part number for my 182 is 7700805031 but that's NLA.

So it looks like Renault is now supplying a cheap alternative. I wish I'd saved my money and bought an eBay one now.

That cap looks like eBay one too

 

[Mr Underhill]

That cap looks like eBay one too

Yeah, and it's what came with it. The cap off my old 182 bottle won't fit it either.

 

[Brigsy]

Yeah, and it's what came with it. The cap off my old 182 bottle won't fit it either.

Thats the same style expansion tank cap as the r5gtt had. Brown top was lower pressure iirc gtt used blue top.

 

[Martin_172]

This is the Meha one i fitted:

 

[Mr Underhill]

Thats the same style expansion tank cap as the r5gtt had. Brown top was lower pressure iirc gtt used blue top.

That makes me feel a bit better Jon as it cost me £58 😐 Looks like a £12 eBay special 😂

 

[Brigsy]

I paid a small fortune for an oem meg header tank for the trophy..turned up in oem renault bag..looks like aftermarket. I feel your pain on this one!

 

[SuperCinq]

That's my Febi tank listed on eBay and works well on my sprint car, the problem I found with the cheaper versions is the top pipe collapses and distorts out of shape......you probably wouldn't notice until you remove the top hose or it starts to leak.

 

[Gus]

Does the original cap screw on ok with the after market bottles? I bought an aftermarket one a few years ago and the thread isn't the same as the original bottle, you can screw the cap on but it's hard to get it on without cross threading.

I've just ordered an OEM bottle from k Tek so will see what that's like.

 

[Louis]

Does the original cap screw on ok with the after market bottles? I bought an aftermarket one a few years ago and the thread isn't the same as the original bottle, you can screw the cap on but it's hard to get it on without cross threading.

I've just ordered an OEM bottle from k Tek so will see what that's like.

Yeah goes on fine. I think on the first time it feels like it isn't correctly screwed on, but every removal afterwards is fine.

 

[Mr Underhill]

Does the original cap screw on ok with the after market bottles? I bought an aftermarket one a few years ago and the thread isn't the same as the original bottle, you can screw the cap on but it's hard to get it on without cross threading.

I've just ordered an OEM bottle from k Tek so will see what that's like.

On the one I ordered from Renault, my old original cap wouldn’t fit.

 

[Louis]

Mine was a topran I believe

 

[MarcB]

I bought the Original Renault OE one a few weeks back with the OE Part number of 7700805031
The genuine Renault 182 one is NLR and im guessing the difference is the cap but I know its NLA.

Its OE 182 one came with the original black cap with yellow and not the newer white cap with brown.

I had issues with the white and brown cap on my car as the cap would not seal and it dumped the coolant out the bottle.

 

[Martin_172]

The meha one I linked above takes the factory cap with no issues, infact sometimes they come with one, other times the brown and white cap

 

[TheCAB]

The meha one I linked above takes the factory cap with no issues, infact sometimes they come with one, other times the brown and white cap

Hi, where did you get your MEHA expansion tank from? (can't see a link)

Cheers, Colin

 

[Martin_172]

Hi, where did you get your MEHA expansion tank from? (can't see a link)

Cheers, Colin

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[Colin-S]

I bought this "Genuine" one from Renault and it has no Renault markings. In fact, it looks identical to the cheap one I bought off eBay for my BG a few months before.

https://renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/parts/cooling-heating-parts/renault-clio-expansion-bottle-mk2/

Part number is 7701470460

View attachment 1658560

The original part number for my 182 is 7700805031 but that's NLA.

So it looks like Renault is now supplying a cheap alternative. I wish I'd saved my money and bought an eBay one now.

I got mine from BTT Motorsport for £16.95 but I don't think they do them anymore.

It looks exactly the same as this one and has been on the car for over a year with no issues.