[Dlipford370]

I've narrowed down my coolant leak to the coolant reservoir. The little plastic tank appears to be connected to the radiator, but I don't think it is under pressure because the coolant leaks so slow from the reservoir. Is this a common place for leaks or has anyone else ever experienced this? It seems there must be a tiny crack or something along the bottom of that reservoir, takes days for the overflow amount to leak out, but do I need a whole new radiator to replace this? Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[rich_d]

isn't that part of the shroud that has the radiator fan built into it? just sits behind the radiator? if you go to a toyota parts online and look for the coolant reservoir for your car, they have the parts diagram and item number for each part so you can see which part you need.

 

[Dlipford370]

Yeah what you're saying makes sense as to where it is. I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[Dlipford370]

Looks like it's not actually contained within the radiator, so that's good. I'm really not even that worried about it anymore since it doesn't keep pressure.

 

[rich_d]

Looks like it's not actually contained within the radiator, so that's good. I'm really not even that worried about it anymore since it doesn't keep pressure.

go to car-part.com and find a local place you can go for wrecked cars and just pull one from another car for cheap.

 

[Dlipford370]

Yeah sounds like a good idea.

 

[rich_d]

i replaced similar part on one of my cars for $3 in the past