mines disappeared, what happens if i drive it till i get a replacement, apart from the obvious like water loss through evaporation etc.

would it be possible to knock up a replacement fashioned from various houshold items - duck tape etc?

cheers

Mr Marea

More like water loss through boiling The cap is required to keep pressure in the system to stop the water boiling. There is usually 8-10psi of pressure under the cap when the engine is at temp.

So?

can i drive it till i get a replacement, or could i cause damage?

if i feep an eye on the water level, will i be ok for a few days?

cheers Tom

Mr Marea

Re: So?

It would boil in about 3-4 mins of driving, don't drive it.

Re: So?

Not to mention the inevitable air-lock which will no doubt occur and take many attempts to clear, possibly taking the head/head gasket with it.

Get the bus to Fiat for a new one if I were you.

Re: So?

Do you know what time or how often the buses run by any chance?

my god

what are the chances of two Mr Mareas on the same board and message

uncanny

anyway cheers for that, will have borrow car and drive to leicester, no local garages (god dam it)

Mr Marea

I lost mine about 6 months ago.

Being the mchanically-minded person I am, I bunged up the hole with a screwed up Sainsbury's bag and waited until the weekend to go to the Fiat Garage.

This worked fine and I lost hardly any coolant.

The Fiat replacement was about £2.40 I think.

£3.50

Borrowed my brothers Volvo 2.0 S70, its so slow but strangely nice to drive, feel like I am in a yacht.

£3.50 from a dealers in Grantham, in tomorrow.

Cheers all for help and advice

Mr Marea

Re: £3.50

Ah! mr marea you must be using A.C.Williams!Ask danny boy there!he the man!

ben

(not far from you)