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deandownunder **
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 0:17 Post subject: Warning: Plastic expansion tank |
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If your Delica is pre '97 my advice is to replace the plastic expansion tank located on the LHS guard just in front of the windscreen washer tank. With age and degradation these things have a nasty habit of fracturing without warning and if the fracture is large enough and the engine hot enough, can run you out of coolant really quickly. I caught mine just in time. Cheers, Dean. |
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sambsam ***
Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 197 Location: Hove
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:18 Post subject: |
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Dean, How much did the tank cost?
I note that Hikari have got this tank as one of their regular repair items |
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sambsam ***
Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 197 Location: Hove
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marcsparks Moderator
Age: 46 Zodiac: Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 2681 Location: brighton
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:37 Post subject: |
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sam
i beleive mits rush about £120 for a replacement that was from brtn mitsubishi,expensive but cheaper than a new lump atb
Marc 8) |
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deandownunder **
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 22:28 Post subject: |
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Yeh, too right they are expensive but a lot cheaper than a new motor. Some of the guys here have repaired their tanks. They obviously like living on the edge. It looks like the top tank on the radiator is also plastic (albeit a different kind). I presume the bottom tank is the same. Hikari don't list these parts as high wear but I wonder what the life expectancy is? Does anyone know? I guess metal deteriorates just as fast if not faster so the right sort of plastic is probably better. My new expansion tank cost 250 Pacific Pesos, around a hundred quid in your money,so there's really not much difference.
It's nice to see Mitsu ripping you guy's off just as much as us. Cheers, Dean. |
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PeteMillis *****
Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 845 Location: Sussex, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 0:09 Post subject: |
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I guess there's no reason, apart from shape, why it would have to be a Mitsu expansion tank. I think I'll get one from the breakers off a newish wreck and fabricate a bracket to fit it should the need arise!
Pete |
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