General Coolant tank change

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General Coolant tank change

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Evening..The coolant tank has been leaking for a while now from the turbo coolant pipe..with the car been a 12 reg it has copper insert in the on the coolant tank.THE leak is running on to the top left engine mount so best to change the tank i think..I have orderd one and some Paraflu to top up.looking at it it looks fairly to change so any advice please ..
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Evening..The coolant tank has been leaking for a while now from the turbo coolant pipe..with the car been a 12 reg it has copper insert in the on the coolant tank.THE leak is running on to the top left engine mount so best to change the tank i think..I have orderd one and some Paraflu to top up.looking at it it looks fairly to change so any advice please ..
Thanks phil.

This came up on an earlier thread - the turbo coolant return pipe started to leak at the tank on my 4x4 TA - failure could lead to serious damage so changing promptly is essential. Fortunately I was in Italy at the time and the local dealer had a (slightly modified) replacement in stock - they did the swap and refused to charge me for the labour.
 
Easy job. Did the Mrs' on Sunday. Remove the top 2 small pipes leaving the bottom large pipe attached. Then remove the 1 bolt holding it in and tip the coolant into a small pop bottle. Once almost empty, tip the tank back, remove large pipe and replace it. :)
 
Hi was your bottle cracked under the turbo coolant return.i found the bottom clip a bit difficult to put back on.I intended to fit a jubilee clip but I stuck with the orgininal clip thus keeping it OEM standard
 
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Thanks for this. I still have a slight leak as I mentioned in an old thread which you commented on.

Will order a new tank and swap very soon, will report back if my old one has same damage as you guys found.
 
Hi ..car is the early 12 reg with 46800 on the clock...i dont see why the copper stick out of the top return pipe ...it cracked underneth..
Mine is a 62 4x4 twin air and had the same leak on the coolant tank.as they changed the design slightly, it must have been a known problem.
 
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