Heads up, expansion bottle...

[eon172]

...anyone thinking of swapping out for a fresh one?

I've just received mine from ECP and reduced to £16 I thought was a bargain. It's now reduced further to £11.24 in the last couple of days!

OK it doesn't have the Renault markings, but it certainly looks like it's from a similar mold, and is German made.

Grab a bargain....

http://www.eurocarparts.com/mobile/...d8401d76205c2a95cebb4311a5543b65ff9d22&000125

 

[Darius]

Loz H ?

 

[eon172]

Have added link.

 

[Loz H]

Cheers both, just ordered one

 

[bloke]

£9.50 inc vat

 

[Simon_16v]

£9.50 inc vat

Where?

 

[Loz H]

£9.50 inc vat

ffs :rasp:

 

[Simon_16v]

ffs :rasp:

I've ordered one from ECP too lol only a couple of quid more and free delivery.

 

[Fletcher]

Haven't a few of these split?

 

[m1tch1987]

You do know that if you run them through a dishwasher they come up looking almost brand new right?

 

[George182]

Mine split.

 

[Fletcher]

You do know that if you run them through a dishwasher they come up looking almost brand new right?

I don't think my old expansive bottle would have TBH.

 

[Loz H]

You do know that if you run them through a dishwasher they come up looking almost brand new right?

Damn, so I could've saved afew quid and bought a dishwasher instead?

 

[eon172]

Damn, so I could've saved afew quid and bought a dishwasher instead?

Lol

 

[DannyR]

They're £10 off of ebay.

 

[bloke]

Where?

from euro.

 

[Ryanph1rs]

Ive got an ecp one from back when i was working there ... they are actually decent unlike some of the other stuff they sell...

 

[MrDave]

Need to give the coolant a good flush or will look s**t again in no time.

 

[LeeRS]

may as well bump this save starting a new one.
am looking for a new expansion tank and washer bottle to freshen up the bay.
got some prices from renault and it came to almost £100 for the two.
best place to get them from? And links.
ive checked ebay but don't want to be buying tat.
cheers.x

 

[Mr R.]

I have a ebay tank on my car and its been fine.
I have heard of them splitting though.

 

[Laine_16v]

I ran an ebay tank for a couple of years, no issue with the tank, but the cap would never do up properly and when fully tight you could turn it further and it would click and undo. Was fine with a genuine cap though.

 

[Ricardos]

I ran an ebay tank for a couple of years, no issue with the tank, but the cap would never do up properly and when fully tight you could turn it further and it would click and undo. Was fine with a genuine cap though.

I bought my expansion tank from here, it does exactly what you've described with the cap. It's been on a few months and hasn't split.

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l...4bb968a73d0c02831ee8f0ae9695728d514304&000125

 

[LeeRS]

ive got the original cap. Just want a fresh bottle for Renault D.

 

[Ricardos]

The 1 I bought from the link above

. by Ricard o1, on Flickr

. by Ricard o1, on Flickr

 

[LeeRS]

cheers mate

 

[Ethan1996]

Why does noone change their brake fluid bottle? Always looks even more manky next to a new coolant bottle!

 

[Simon_16v]

That isn't the brake fluid bottle, that's power steering.

 

[Ethan1996]

That isn't the brake fluid bottle, that's power steering.

Okay, power steering then Is it just a PITA to change or something?

 

[car.crash]

That's the colour of the plastic.
It's not transparent like the coolant.

 

[MarcB]

Why does noone change their brake fluid bottle? Always looks even more manky next to a new coolant bottle!

Just clean it, From this -

To This -

Then to this -

 

[Welsh.Dan]

What did you clean with mate? A steam cleaner? Jet wash? dishwasher?

Cracking engine bay

 

[MarcB]

What did you clean with mate? A steam cleaner? Jet wash? dishwasher?

Cracking engine bay

Toothbrush, Brake Cleaner and a few rags.
Took 10mins

 

[AndyStew]

Great work on that engine bay MarcR :up:

 

[Welsh.Dan]

Toothbrush, Brake Cleaner and a few rags.
Took 10mins

Great. Just spray hell out of the inside with brake cleaner?

 

[MarcB]

Ha Ha Ha, No.

I sprayed the toothbrush, Scrubbed the bottle, Sprayed the rag and wiped the bottle and then carried on doing that till i got it clean.
You could also use G101 or GUNK.