Cleaning an expansion bottle.

[Deadly Dave]

The bottle on my 300CE has brown stains on the inside. Not exactly a major problem but I want to clean it. There are nooks and crannies that cant be reached with a bottle brush or bent coat hanger with cloth stuck to it. So, is there something I can leave it in to soak and clean (removed from the car obviously) ??

 

[mattc]

Dishwasher tablet, baking soda, bleach. Take your pick

 

[tonyc280]

Some de scaler works fine. T.

 

[coalville126]

+1 for descaler - citric acid.

 

[Druk]

As above except I added a handful of small 1/4" pebbles and gave it a good shaking-up.

That worked!! :bannana:

 

[Deadly Dave]

Thank you for all the suggestions, I will try it this week and post the results.

 

[millo777]

I gave up trying to clean the one on my w124 and bought a new Febi one from Wunerpartz for about £18

 

[Deadly Dave]

I have stuck it into a bucket of bot water with two dishwasher tablets and a squirt of washing-up liquid. I will leave it soak 24hours. This is the before pic.

 

[stwat]

The plastic its self discolors. The only remedy is replacement. Give Wunderpartz a call.

 

[Sp!ke]

A bucket of bot water? Hmmm..

 

[stwat]

A bucket of bot water? Hmmm..

It will come out even browner that before

 

[ItalianTuneUp]

Brownian motion

 

[brigadier]

The plastic its self discolors. The only remedy is replacement. Give Wunderpartz a call.

I agree! I always just get a new one - it's around 20£ for w124 and with all the hassle cleaning, they still wont be nearly new!

 

[Deadly Dave]

Well, it didn't clean, as said above, the plastic is discoloured. Is the Febi one good enough quality ?

It took a lot of time to make the bot water too

 

[millo777]

The Febi one I got is just as good as the original, and I can actually see the coolant level now, which is a treat.

Check all the usual suspects for prices, ECP, GSF, Mister-auto.co.uk and even ebay.

 

[Deadly Dave]

I had to put the brown tank back in as my local motor factors don't have a new one and don't have it listed in their Febi catalogues ! They are checking with Febi.

Thanks for the help, hopefully I will have a new one in in a week or two.

 

[Druk]

I had to put the brown tank back in as my local motor factors don't have a new one and don't have it listed in their Febi catalogues ! They are checking with Febi.

Thanks for the help, hopefully I will have a new one in in a week or two.

Have you tried Wunderpartz (as suggested above)? 01302 351421



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[Deadly Dave]

Have you tried Wunderpartz (as suggested above)? 01302 351421



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No, I am in Ireland. No Wunder shops here.

 

[DSM10000]

No, I am in Ireland. No Wunder shops here.

I think you will find that the suggestion was that you contact the shop as there is only one and is, I believe on eBay.

 

[John Jones Jr]

There you go.



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