Coolant expansion tank cap

[bideford]

Looking for a new coolant expansion tank cap - anyone used these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0074282316

Thanks in advance.

James

[R0B]

not saying these are.but there are some dodgy ones out there.but these are deffo ok..http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php?o ... 0&Itemid=6

[bideford]

Thanks Rob - I will purchase as advised.

Always good and prompt advice here!

[beergut100]

I was going to get this one from justkampers http://shop.justkampers.com/product_inf ... ts_id/9202. Are they no good? It's half the price!

[Nicola&Tony]

I was going to get this one from justkampers http://shop.justkampers.com/product_inf ... ts_id/9202. Are they no good? It's half the price!

Quite a few people on here have reported problems with JK and other non-genuine caps (i.e. they don't last five minutes). It's a false economy, stick with the one from Brickwerks.

Tony

[beergut100]

I was going to get this one from justkampers http://shop.justkampers.com/product_inf ... ts_id/9202. Are they no good? It's half the price!

Quite a few people on here have reported problems with JK and other non-genuine caps (i.e. they don't last five minutes). It's a false economy, stick with the one from Brickwerks.

Tony

Thanks. I'd decided to order one from Brickwerks for precisely that reason; after all, it's still only a tenner!

[kenkent]

I fitted an expansion bottle and blue cap from Just Campers on Wednesday
Spent tim e getting air from system and adding 3 litres antifreeze,
When I used van on Thursday top did not work right and deposited antifreeze all over my drive,
After fitting original vag cap on thurday pm I have had no more problems

Kenkent

[Simon Baxter]

Cheers.

First, have a read here, it explains why the cap is important, I tried to make it as easy to understand as a mechanic from Yorkshire can do..

Clickski

Second.
There are loads of different brands of these caps, like about 20 (I have checked) some are good, some aren't.
The ones you want are blue, and if you flip them upside down you want to see ONE raised section in the middle with lots of radial vents.
The blue caps with the 2 exposed valves on are for want of a better word... sh!te.
I sell the VW ones as I know I can trust them, I know I can sell them with confidence that they aren't going to go wrong and with them being such a critical part of the cooling system it is false economy to fit rubbish.
Thing is, and I've said it before, the thing that sets me (Brickwerks) apart from all the other people is that I also fix these things on a daily basis, I generally work alone so I cannot afford the time to be doing warranty work replacing faulty parts I have fitted.
You may look around at my website and think "Cor, that's expensive" but it's what you are comparing it to that counts, yes it may be expensive but it will be right.
I am generally quite open about where I source parts from, I can tell you that the caps I sell come from my local VW parts centre and I make about a quid on them! but, you lot need them, I have them and they are for sale at the same price VW sell them for.
Yes, they are probably the most expensive caps on the market and I'm not saying that I havn't had problems with those either but the percentage fail rate on gen VW ones is nothing compared to the cheaper brands.