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Subject:Re: Plastic Expansion Tanks Repairable?
Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:09:42 EDT

In a message dated 98-06-25 09:34:20 EDT, condor2@FLASH.NET writes:

<< I will purchase a new one but am considering repairing the
 old one as a spare for my '87 and '91. Has anyone ever successfully
 repaired one of the plastic expansion tanks? If so how.
 All data appreciated. >>

As cheap as the replacements are (like less than $30?) it isn't worth the
butt-pucker of driving on a hot summer day with a questionable patch. Let the
landfill take your expansion tank and turn it into worm-food, (or groundwater
pollution, or whatever).

gmbulley
cary, nc