R Lutz Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Don't be tempted to the clean your expansion tank with the pressure washer, especially with the nozzle used to pressure wash your driveway. horriblemercedes, N Dentressangle, MrGTI6 and 11 others 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I have put my finger through on a K11C before, they are incredibly brittle. Don't blame yourself at all. R Lutz and MikeR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 minute ago, R Lutz said: Don't be tempted to the clean your expansion tank with the pressure washer, especially with the nozzle used to pressure wash your driveway. Blessing in disguise, it probably had multiple micro cracks in it. Better that to happen than it disintegrate on the road, Ford seem to have this problem on their tanks after a few years. 500tops, Lacquer Peel, N Dentressangle and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Eeek! Expansion tank fails to expand?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 All this has done is help prevent a future FTP. Be grateful. myglaren, Lacquer Peel, Marshall2810 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 its not under pressure , its just a header tank .. the up side is it will refill to over flowing every time it rains , took me a while to notice that on mine .... loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I fixed ours with duct tape till the helpful* garage we were using at the time billed us for plastic welding it back together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 hopefully can sort a replacement.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Blessing in disguise, it probably had multiple micro cracks in it. Better that to happen than it disintegrate on the road, Ford seem to have this problem on their tanks after a few years. That's exactly what i was going to post. Rather kill the tank like that than have it go pop on the motorway, spew all the coolant out at speed then find out you'd cooked it a few seconds too late. R Lutz and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Lutz Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 New one is delivered tomorrow by Amazon for £15.99. JMotor, Marina door handles, ProgRocker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Lutz Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 New one arrived. Great. Except the holes are drilled on the wrong place. FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 23/03/2024 at 22:52, R Lutz said: Don't be tempted to the clean your expansion tank with the pressure washer, especially with the nozzle used to pressure wash your driveway. RLUTZ = USELESS (That’s how it goes isn’t it @Sheefag?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 24/03/2024 at 22:56, R Lutz said: New one arrived. Great. Except the holes are drilled on the wrong place. FFS. You ordered the wrong bit yeah? USELESS SHITPIECE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Someone* jet washed the inner rear arches on their daughter's Corsa C and blew holes into the end of the sills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattlecan Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 8 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: Someone* jet washed the inner rear arches on their daughter's Corsa C and blew holes into the end of the sills. They were strong sills then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefag Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, Rod/b said: RLUTZ = USELESS (That’s how it goes isn’t it @Sheefag?) He should be SHOT WITH SHIT. UltraWomble and Rod/b 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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