Does anyone know, how can you whiten up the plastic coolant and windshield washer reservoirs? Is there another solution than just getting new ones, so the engine bay will look like nice? the ones on my '90 RS are looking yellowish and tarnished.

Thanks,

Thunderboy

 

u can try and paint them but they dont look that good painted. they look better brand spankin new. thats my opioion

 

Thanks, but I was thinking more along the lines of light sanding, vinegar, etc. to help their looks a bit. Come to think of it, I could also adapt some smaller parts from an import, to make more room.

Thunderboy

 

I wonder if anyone has tried bleaching them. Maybe theat would brighten them up?

 

New ones are not that expensive.....

....that's the only way to go.

 

Dude they are only like $35 for the 2 at the dealership. I change my collant overflow every summer and my washer fluid bottle I've only had to change once...

 

CLR would do the trick that is some strong stuff there if you want to be like me about it (poor)

 

Yeah but look how much CLR costs, that and all the extra time needed. Plus older cars one's are most likelyon the verge of cracking from the heat and age by now anyway. Just install new ones. There is a point where you are so cheap you drive your car into the ground by saving money and not doing it right, where do you draw the line?

 

I just used it because it used to be free from work but now i'm too far away from the car and don't have a job

 

you know a while back someone from here put a reservoir from a ford(yes I know evil ) but it looked really good. The reason why is that it's smaller and compacted looking. If I remember correctly it also had the wiper bottle with it too. Kinda of like a combo of the two. But it did look really sharp.

 

dude wtf i bought a brand new one from the dealership for $27 canadian

that's like under $20 US

 

I bought a new reservoir for my T/A a couple years ago at the dealer cause the little spout on the bottom of my old one broke off, plus the top didn't seal well. Mine's the smaller, sort of "triangular" shaped one (for lack of a better word). I only mention this cause I know some 3rd gens came with a much larger cubic shaped one. Mine only cost $13 plus change, and that was dealership prices. Just get a new one, your old one's probably getting a little brittle by now anyways.

 

18 for both.............

 

Get some simple green or windex, and a toothbrush, and you can actually clean them up pretty nice. Mine are 20 years old and they cleaned up great

 

Kandied i am suprised you havent gotten a new/painted/polished that top radiator support there. it looks off color faded black.

 

Where did you get that fine intake plumbing?

 

yeah i changed that............it's aluminum now, that's what happens when radiator fluid gets on it.

CAI is made out of 4" stainless and ceramic coated.

 

yeah, i may actually be putting in one from a ford. its a washer and coolant tank. about the size of a car battery. empties out the engine bay a bit. snagged it from work (worked at a towing/mechanic/used car) for free. who knows, maybe it'll go in this spring

 

Everytime I see your car I want to bust a nut.:hail:

 

sorry i'm thinkin bleach but maybe i'm wrong i don't know if it would just discolor it more or not but CLR would work too.

 

How did you eliminate your MAF sensor on your CAI ? Also, that pipe, is it mandrel bent? If so, where did you get it ?

 

A toothbrush and some tough cleaning agent should do the trick....

They can clean them up quite a bit, but.......the cloudy yellow will stick around......

BUT they will never look as good new.....

$10 says Kandied91Z went out of his way to get red washer fluid to match his car....... .......j/k

 

His car is a 91, he never had MAF sensor...

 

i tried bleach, CLR, wd40, almost anything i could find and it only cleaned it up a bit. i let mine even soak for a week in PURE bleach and it didnt do anything.. i would just buy new ones or look in a junk yard for some half decent ones.

 

man.... where do you drive that thing to mess up a coolant overflow tank enough to justify buying a new one every year? jeeze, sounds like over kill to me. buying one after 17 years however is understandable.

btw... does anybody know the part number? i bet they r even cheaper from GM Parts direct.

 

I removed my washer fluid reservoir. I never drive it in crappy weather anyway. Now I only have one ugly tank to look at.

What about a black plastic or aluminum overflow tank from Summit or anyone else? Those look cool and won't need constant replacing

 

I drive during the summer on clean dry roads, you should see the bottom of my car I replace it every year because they are dirt cheap and the plastic does tend to go to an off white from the heat and it doesn't match the whiteness of the washer fluid bottle after about 8K miles. It just looks bad to me unless both of them match perfect...

 

yeah tose ones in summit look sweet, with the valves on them, nice.. or with ones without.

 

I am guessing that you used red washer fluid to match the car.....sneeky. Nice though, if they only made it in black

Brian

 

put food coloring in it

 

i was just going to say that.....harmless dye.....although black would look sick i think. and not in a good way.


so far the only colors i've seen to date are the normal green, orange, blue, red, yellow, purple.

 

How are you going to get your hand into it?

 

you cant.

when i soaked mine i could only scrub the outside, and the inside of the coolant one was a disgusting brown color.. i couldnt get it off.

 

hey heres the guy's engine bay who put the Ford overflow/window bottle in his car hes a memeber of the board
http://www.fbody.com/members/MNFormu...mulaengine.jpg

 

hmmmmm......only 20 bucks.....ima have to goto Berger Chevy this week....i just got my car painted and por-15ed the engine bay...its the only thing that makes it look nasty still

 

i cant see it it just shows a pic that says fbody....

 

your's was a nasty brown color too i hate that i still can't get mine clean it sux it like permanitly died the tank a SH!tY brown color.

 

$17 locally, PN 14070997 for an '86 Trans Am coolant overflow tank. GM Parts Direct $7.73!!!!!! List price was something like $13.xx... Can you say, local parts store is a rip off?

 

Hehe, wouldnt you?