DIY radiator reservoir

[tetsuo]

Something about these things.. they crack and I know there's people who are in need of a replacement!

All you need is any type of a drink bottle, and that red chilli sauce that the Asians (esp southeast Asians) love, I think it's spelled Sriacha sauce? Well it has the peacock on it so if you see that you're good. They have em at any Asian market, guaranteed.

It has a squirt thing on the top... and if you pop the tip off of it you get your nice little nipple for the hose. I just put two wire ties and it doesn't leak. You're almost guaranteed with a metal harness.

[NCturbo75]

All you need is any type of a drink bottle, and that red chilli sauce that the Asians (esp southeast Asians) love, I think it's spelled Sriacha sauce? Well it has the peacock on it so if you see that you're good. They have em at any Asian market, guaranteed.

hey...those sauces are great...in a bowl of PHO`

by the way....its a rooster not a peacock.

[Tech12]

Thats pretty much amazing. IS there any worry of pressure if your "res" doesn't have a breather hole/tube/whatever?

[ArcherV20]

Haha! You sir are my hero.

[Fenvy]

you need the hole or water flow is not so good

try sucking with your might on a 12oz coke bottle and you will know what I mean, the negative pressure will prevent most of the water from being sucked back into the radiator, or positive pressure going into the bottle.

I say mount it nicely, straight up vertically and bore a little hole.

if you want to do better, get those 1/8 in clear hoses, bore a little hole and then glue that thing into the hole, run the line toward the floor and zip tie it down

[480sx]

Boil your car over and see how well your catch can works lmao.

[mchkc240]

That's sick! I was just doing overflow tank research because I need to get one. May be I should DIY my own! LOL

[WhiteSilvia]

I use a Gatorade bottle for mine, have been since I got the car and the resivoir was cracked open

And yes, you need an opening in the top of that, and it'll have to sit upright, not upside down.

[mchkc240]

I use a Gatorade bottle for mine, have been since I got the car and the resivoir was cracked open

And yes, you need an opening in the top of that, and it'll have to sit upright, not upside down.

Haha that's really ghetto~ Why dont you get a replacement from junkyard?

[WhiteSilvia]

Haha that's really ghetto~ Why dont you get a replacement from junkyard?

Because no junkyard has a replacement. It's something that Nissan went really cheap on. They crack VERY easily after 4-5 years. When I bought my car it had a small crack on the top, I simply touched it and it created a sweet cartoon effect causing several more cracks and pieces of plastic falling off into the coolant

The Gatorade bottle uses surprisingly strong plastic, and I have it secured tightly in the engine bay sitting upright where the original coolant resivoir sat. Works great

[mchkc240]

Because no junkyard has a replacement. It's something that Nissan went really cheap on. They crack VERY easily after 4-5 years. When I bought my car it had a small crack on the top, I simply touched it and it created a sweet cartoon effect causing several more cracks and pieces of plastic falling off into the coolant

The Gatorade bottle uses surprisingly strong plastic, and I have it secured tightly in the engine bay sitting upright where the original coolant resivoir sat. Works great

Here's the interesting part. If you go to dealer they are gonna charge you 90 bucks for that P.O.S plastic. Pay 10 more bucks you can get a full aluminum one.

[mchkc240]

Oh also I think you will need a zip tie for the bottle. Because It will move around when you are making turns

[ishkabibble]

It's something that Nissan went really cheap on.

Not really, it's just too close to the battery.