Busted coolant resevoir tank - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

BenG · 10-25-2003, 04:17 PM

I know that you guys ALL have problems with the plastic on the tanks breaking down and cracking/chipping. Some of you said taht you made custom tanks, when ghetto and just put a bucket there, etc. Any one here have pictures of what they did to fix it?

I just discovered that the tank on my 1996 camry is starting to break down right where it mounts to the retaining clip.

Nick · 10-25-2003, 07:59 PM

duct tape, epoxy, jb weld... all are excellent fixes for under 10$

BenG · 10-25-2003, 09:37 PM

That's what I was going to do, but I was afraid of the chipping plastic on the inside of the tank falling into the coolant and being sucked into the radiator.... possible??

Nick · 10-25-2003, 09:47 PM

another posibility is to chip away all the cracked stuff and make a big patch with fiberglass

cheap fix

Deuce · 10-25-2003, 11:57 PM

or be like me and pay $46 to your local toyota dealer for a new reservoir.

Now that I think about it, I could've used a tupperware dish and saved $46.

That's my unhelpful 2 cents.

Nick · 10-26-2003, 12:18 AM

what? you could have gotten one for 5$ at a junk yard

Stealth · 10-26-2003, 02:32 AM

i wish i could find a junkyard, mines doing the same

maybe we can get some kind of recall on the tanks? :P

Deuce · 10-26-2003, 02:38 AM

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Originally posted by Oldman
what? you could have gotten one for 5$ at a junk yard

True....i look at it now like my drunk driving accident - one of those things I shouldn't have gone through, but one of those things I'll never be dumb enough to do again.

Nick · 10-26-2003, 01:01 PM

fair enough

arcasmachineracing · 10-26-2003, 02:30 PM

Ha ha... you guys are jokes! Man, yea try to look in the for sale section of the forums and keep your eye out for Camrys being P/O thats what I did, I think that buying a brand new one isn't all that bad of an idea, THAT IS IF IT WASN'T $50 F'ING BUCKS!!!