Just wrote this for the webshop, thought it may be of use here.
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Simon.
header tank caps.
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Nice write up Si.
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Good stuff.. 

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All you need to know and more.
A good informative post which once again leads to the old adage - Buy nice or buy twice!
A good informative post which once again leads to the old adage - Buy nice or buy twice!
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Yay Mr Baxter it works ,your write up made sense and I have now ordered one of your finest 'Dalek caps' 

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Great write up, very clear and easy to understand, my only question is, my van has a metal cap on the header tank (1983 1.6D non turbo).
Do I need to replace this with a blue Dalek?
Do I need to replace this with a blue Dalek?
Re: header tank caps.
No. Not if your header tank has a pipe coming from the actual tank to the top up bottle.
Older design you see
Older design you see