I replaced my leaking coolant reservoir today. Total time was bout 6 hours including time for pictures and lunch. It is not that difficult, it just takes a lot of patience to get your fingers into the tight spots to get parts off. Here is how I did it...

 

Wow, that old one was really yellow. How many miles on your car? Mine is still white but I did have to replace the cap with the newer part.

 

The car has 102K kms - (60 K Miles where you come from) It had a slow leak - it wasn't really dripping but I could smell it. There was a little pink spot of hardened coolant under it when I took the old one out.

 

Awesome write up!!!!!! Rep for you!

 

Nicely done.

 

Excellent Job Slider. Thanks for sharing rep+....

 

yeah be sure to post it up in the knowledge base thread.

 

GREAT write-up and pics! Rep comin' your way!

 

Thanks for the write up I might be replacing mine soon.

 

Good call! Done.

 

Excellent DIY!

bob

 

Mine just started leaking last mont and had it swapped when theybwere doing my PSS9 install. I guess these things have a weak point on/near then hose fitting at the bottom.

Excellent write up- one of the best I've seen!

 

Thanks for all the comments!

Here is the old one. I can't really see any holes, but you can see where the trail of residue starts.

 

How timely, saw a puddle on the garage floor yesterday and I don't have pets! Thanks for the great DIY instrucitons and photos, what a time saver.

 

I see you didn't lower the engine or drain the coolant like I have seen on other DIY's. I like that! Didn't really want to deal with filling with new coolant and "burping" the engine to get the air bubbles out. Was it really difficult muscle the tank out while it was full of coolant? What about the available room without lowering the engine? I thought it was basically required to lower the engine. This DIY is on my list in about 2 weeks.