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Old 06-10-2007, 02:21 PM   #1
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Question Coolant Reservoir Question

Hey guys, just wanted to know are the coolant reservoir's all clear or yellow? cauz mine is yellow and i was told that its prolly because its not very clean inside? i've seen pics of ones that are clear and look really good!

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Old 06-10-2007, 02:25 PM   #2
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they come clear from the factory.
whatever the inside of the reservoir looks like, thats what kind of condition the inside of your engines cooling system looks like.
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Old 06-10-2007, 02:41 PM   #3
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hear how to clean them up from inside take out of car fill half way with water add handandy or track wash then go to the kids sand pit and add sand now with all holes blocked start shaking the sand need to be thick after 4-5 hours of shaking drain sand out and wash out with water removing all the sand not saying you will get the same result but it did work for me
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CLR also gets rid of it - just make sure you rinse thoroughly, as you don't want to leave any cleaning stuff in when you reconnect it to the engine.
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Old 06-10-2007, 03:33 PM   #5
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they come clear from the factory.
whatever the inside of the reservoir looks like, thats what kind of condition the inside of your engines cooling system looks like.
there are a lot of ones i've seen that are look yellow(ish), does that mean bad or ? used:
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Old 06-10-2007, 06:24 PM   #6
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i wouldnt think yellow so bad (probably heat damage over time) , brown or redish brown would be bad (rusty).
why go to all the trouble of spending 5 hours cleaning it when you could just buy a new one and be done with it?
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B-series coolant resvervoirs fit with the correct BA hose to the radiator from the tank.

I know ... i have one ... and it was only about $30 from a wrecker (near new) .... nice and clean.
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