Expansion tank

[ukporker]

I have got a 1987 944 turbo and the the expansion tank needs replacing - it has overheated at some point in the past and the tank has got a domeded top !!
I have got a price for a new one from Lancasters in Colchester of £86 - 10% + VAT.
I have considered a seconhand one but although I am happy with S/H parts for many things I think a new item is called for here.
Can I get this cheaper anywhere else - I have talked to Bert at Berlynne and he does not stock them - says they are OPC items only.
Any ideas would be good.

Cheers

Richard
1987 951 - unmodified ... at the moment!

 

[Fen]

Adrian Oxley at Exeter OPC - £40-odd quid. 01392 822841 and he will post it. He's without doubt the best OPC parts man in the UK. Alternatively I have one if you want a cheap 2nd had; I only removed it because I took off the water cooling for the turbo and needed one from an n/a car.

 

[ukporker]

Fen - thanks for the offer - but I think that I will go for a new item on this occasion - I will try your guy in the morning and see what deal he can do.
Why have you deleted your turbo water pump ??

Richard

 

[Fen]

It takes away plumbing and a pump and it takes load off the cooling system, possibly by adding it to the oil cooling system admittedly but I can (and will very soon) get a much bigger thermostatically controlled oil cooler than standard for not too much money now I have a good relationship with a local oil cooler and braided line maker. In terms of the turbo I just need to let it cool after a drive more religiously than with water cooling (and I was anal about it anyway) and in any case turbos are cheap enough these days to be almost a consumable. Wassat? Somebody say anti-lag?

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Fen

Adrian Oxley at Exeter OPC - £40-odd quid. 01392 822841 and he will post it. He's without doubt the best OPC parts man in the UK.....

Well thanks for telling me that now, since I ordered one from Colchester yesterday. Dave in parts must be realy confused now as there seems to be a rush on expansion tanks in Essex. []

 

[eastendr]

What's up with you Mr Simms - WUF's cast-off's no longer good enough for beaky ????

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[Fen]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

ORIGINAL: Fen

Adrian Oxley at Exeter OPC - £40-odd quid. 01392 822841 and he will post it. He's without doubt the best OPC parts man in the UK.....

Well thanks for telling me that now, since I ordered one from Colchester yesterday. Dave in parts must be realy confused now as there seems to be a rush on expansion tanks in Essex. []

I thought most people on here used Adrian now. I think Paul does and Nick also, so there's the register secretariat covered already. Slim did too plus a few others.

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: FenI thought most people on here used Adrian now. I think Paul does and Nick also, so there's the register secretariat covered already.

We are cornering the market []

I have to admit I fancy a clean white expansion tank but I can't make up my mind whether to buy the clear front indicators that Simon at Essential Styling has just started selling for a brilliant price.

Decisions, decisions [&:]

 

[John Sims]

If I may be so bold, I would leave the header tank for a couple of thousand as there may be some oil contamination in the water ways as a result of your re-build. It would only be very minnor but wouldn't it be nice to keep the clean tank as clean as clean as you have ever seen?

So that'll be indicators then []

 

[Diver944]

There's always the shiny option [8D]

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

There's always the shiny option [8D]

Nah! Too Bling, too heavy and not as easy to check the water level. In this case the original is best. I am tempted by a Bling power steering reservoir though.[]

 

[John Sims]

Mine's in now and looks very nice. It will be a big change being able to see the level rather than guess. []

 

[Fen]

My anti-freeze is a source of eternal amusement. "What colour will it be today?" It started bright blue then it dulled to green and them orange and now it's tending to pale yellow. Bizzarre. Unfortunately Andy just informed me his uber-fancy Texaco super-dooper stuff will be arriving soon and I just have to have some of that. What's the betting it's colour-stable? The other stuff is Elf apparently.

 

[Guest]

its the same tank for n/a cars. turbos have an extra outlet for the turbo cooling system.