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| millard455 |
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hi all
the overflow bottle on my elxr8 is leaking a bit and i was wondering if i can replace the bottle without draining the cooling system? (just empty the bottle and replace it) and do ford still sell them? thanks
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| Disco Frank |
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yup and yup
u will loose the coolant that is in the bottle thats all
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| Timmeh |
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Is it leaking through a crack in the plastic or is it just one of the hoses?
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| millard455 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: Is it leaking through a crack in the plastic or is it just one of the hoses?
not real sure yet but i think its got a crack in it . how did you go with those door sills?
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| millard455 |
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thanks heaps disco frank
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| Timmeh |
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I didnt get the door sills. I didnt realise they were stick on. I didnt want to pay that price for stick on kick strips.
With the overflow bottle leak I thought I had a leak but in the end I just needed to replace the clamp for the bottom hose. It still had the Ford stock clamp which is a spring clip so I got a worm drive clamp and put that on and now it doesnt leak. I took the oppertunity to change the coolant. |
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| millard455 |
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its only a small leak cos it takes about 2.5 months to empty the bottle but the strange bit is it dosent leak when driving. i only drive it every 3rd weekend or so and every time i get her out the shed it has lost a bit more coolent and there looks like some water marks around the bottom of the bottle but i gotta pull it out and have a good look
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{USERNAME} wrote: its only a small leak cos it takes about 2.5 months to empty the bottle but the strange bit is it dosent leak when driving. i only drive it every 3rd weekend or so and every time i get her out the shed it has lost a bit more coolent and there looks like some water marks around the bottom of the bottle but i gotta pull it out and have a good look
That was happening with mine, changed the cap for a new one and it was fixed. The spring lost its pressure and coolant was bypassing, but only after it was stopped and cooling down, would come back and find a small puddle under front of car and not every day either, would go a couple days with no prob, then do it again.
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| millard455 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: its only a small leak cos it takes about 2.5 months to empty the bottle but the strange bit is it dosent leak when driving. i only drive it every 3rd weekend or so and every time i get her out the shed it has lost a bit more coolent and there looks like some water marks around the bottom of the bottle but i gotta pull it out and have a good look That was happening with mine, changed the cap for a new one and it was fixed. The spring lost its pressure and coolant was bypassing, but only after it was stopped and cooling down, would come back and find a small puddle under front of car and not every day either, would go a couple days with no prob, then do it again. cool il replace cap and leave it for a week or 2 and see how it goes thanks heaps
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| ELV8 |
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Also change the 3 clamps from the crappy factory ones (that you loosen with pliers or multigrips) to the good quality screw up ones, this is a common problem of coolant leaks, as the factory ones loose tension over time.
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| Timmeh |
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{USERNAME} wrote: Also change the 3 clamps from the crappy factory ones (that you loosen with pliers or multigrips) to the good quality screw up ones, this is a common problem of coolant leaks, as the factory ones loose tension over time.
Exactly. Very wise idea....very wise. |
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| Big Kev |
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how much roughly are u lookin at for a new overflow bottle from ford ?
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| millard455 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: how much roughly are u lookin at for a new overflow bottle from ford ?
for a bottle with low coolant sensor $112 and $9 for a new cap
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: how much roughly are u lookin at for a new overflow bottle from ford ? for a bottle with low coolant sensor $112 and $9 for a new cap really F**k ok kool cheers
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I put a new overflow bottle on my ute (XH) and it cost me around 90 bucks. This was after f**k around with three from a wrecker which all cracked within weeks
 . That was 6 months ago and I haven't had a prob. Was starting to wonder if there was a deeper problem 
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