Hi, forgive my tresspassing but I am a Vauxhall Astra GTE owner bored at work so decided to stumble on here!

My brother has an RS Turbo, and we recently went down to Brands Hatch for the day, giving the GTE and his RS a good run on the journey.

On the return journey, his header tank decided to pop and p1ss all the coolant everywhere! Luckily it happend right outside his house when he was parked, so hopefully no damage has occured. It popped on the top bit where it seems to dip in (seems a little silly design wise!)

Can you still get new header tanks from Ford? If so, any ideas how much?

Bailey stainless jobbies look nice but seem a little pricey!

We found his rad was leaking slightly as well, so wheres the best place to get a new rad from? (No wonder his car was running hot! Coolant system wasnt even pressurised properly!).

Any advice and opinions would be most welcome.

 

They're about 25quid, and still available.

 

£27,£28 odd when I got one last year sometime

 

is it worth getting an alloy header tank instead of a new standard one? the one on my car has cracked.

 

ive got an ally one,but when i rebuild the car i wouldnt mine putting a standard one back on as i like the clean standard look.do they actualy do that much?

 

Great! Might just get a standard one then.

We are trying to do his RS up as a track car on a budget, so spending out £130 on an alloy header tank or spending £30 on a standard one and spending £100 on sommit else is a no brainer!

Cheers lads

 

alloy one .. the keep spending on plastic ones will soon mount up .. they are ok for standard cars but once you start tuning em .... they tend to expand too much and split at the weakest point .. which is the neck of the screw cap...