Anybody know how to clean or keep the overflow and the washer jugs from turning brown or discoloring.

It may be better to buy new ones. How much do they cost?

I just noticed on most of the pics everyones looks like the ones on my car. any Ideas?

 

I got mine from Dal at this link http://www.worldparts.com/vandevereoldsmobile/

I think it was around $14.00

Dal sells to the internet people for 10% over cost. His shipping is also reasonable.

 

was 14.00 for the overflow or the windshield resivore.

 

part numbers and prices (from gmpartsdirect.com) are as follows

Overflow tank - 10170175 - 8.39
Windshield fluid tank - 22063426 - 13.89

biggest problem with them is their shipping prices are a little up there. total cost shipped would be like 38 bucks.. i get mine through my dad because he works doing body damage estimates for a major car rental company. i get them wholesale through him and the prices are a buck or so more but no shipping and i have them that day.

 

I thought gm had them for a good price I guess buying new ones is the best bet. I dont think It would be worth the trouble to clean the old ones.

any idea on keeping them looking new?

 

My uncle does great carbon fiber work so im just having him wrap them. Along with covering my non a/c box, and radiator cover. I think its gonna look great.

 

I haven't had any problems with the washer bottle, but the overflow bottle on my car looks new now. It was nasty, I took it out, soaked it in a 50/50 mix of bleach and warm water for a couple days. Then I took a flexible shaft for a drill and wrapped a towel on it, scraped it around inside and got all the gunk off. It isn't as clear as new, but it looks very clean. Sure it took a couple days, but it was only about 15 minutes worth of actual work.

 

How long ago was that? I'd wonder if the bleach would make the plastic brittle or something, but I supposed if it could stand up to ethyl glycol...

 

The carbon fiber sounds cool. But I dont know anyone around here that work with it. I think I will just get new ones for my car since they are cheep enough.

I will try the bleach on the new ones when they start to build up crud. The ones I have now have overspray on them and are dirty inside. I made the mistake of changing from green antifreeze to the orange. My tank and radiator "which was new" were empty, but the block still had the old green antifreeze in it. When the two combined what a mess, it looked like muddy water.

I flushed the system but the damage was already done to the tank. It stained it brown.

Thanks for the help!

 

I bought one from thirdgenparts and it was completely brown, so yes, I bleached it, works OK. Didnt make it completly white again, but im sure if I took more time with it, id had it.

 

I got my radiator overflow bottle from the local pontiac dealer, $14.71 + tax. it took 24 hrs to get it.....

 

hmmmm............ ive been pondering boys......

one, paint them..... leving a strip to see the level...

or..... ALuminum...... not sure... this is crazy idea im going to check out... cause thatd be pimp....



Laters...

 

not a bad idea.. might be kinda of a bizatch to see the level but would look good... polished to match my plenum and soon to match my runners

 

They look good painted. A sight wouldn't be hard to include.

 

I bought mine at the local Chevy dealership, paid less than $30 for both - delivered in a couple of days.


Ken