Identify the Coolant Expansion tank (please !)

[DippedHeadlights]

OK guys, what car is this from ? Genuine question, I need another and I can't remember, It came out of a scrapyard a few years ago, it was a small car - either 80s or 90s. Japanese or maybe Italian - I think those squeeze type clips on the hose were used on some Fiats ?

Anyone recognise ?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Mx5 possibly. I'll check tomorrow.

ETA, nope. Similar cap though. Another Mazda maybe.

Edited by Eighteeteewhy on Saturday 16th February 21:01

[CoolHands]

Total guess mazda 323 of that vintage ie C reg

[ging84]

why do you need to know?
surely you are not planning on buying a car to house it in
put it in the bin

[mybrainhurts]

DippedHeadlights said:

OK guys, what car is this from ? Genuine question, I need another and I can't remember,

Look at the car. It will have badges on the front and rear...

HTH...

[s p a c e m a n]

Got me stumped at the moment, why can't you just buy an alloy one?

[Oilchange]

fugging hilarious...

ging84 said:

why do you need to know?
surely you are not planning on buying a car to house it in
put it in the bin

[nagsheadwarrior]

DippedHeadlights said:

OK guys, what car is this from ? Genuine question, I need another and I can't remember, It came out of a scrapyard a few years ago, it was a small car - either 80s or 90s. Japanese or maybe Italian - I think those squeeze type clips on the hose were used on some Fiats ?

Anyone recognise ?

Probably a red herring but it looks very similar to my suzuki alto but not the hose clip.

[Billy_rfc]

Defo from a toyota. But what model

[DippedHeadlights]

Billy_rfc said:

Defo from a toyota. But what model

Well done !

I'm Google Imaging the replies (well most of them !) and the MR2 Mk1 has the same cap.

[s p a c e m a n]

http://www.amazon.com/RADIATOR-EXPANSION-RESERVOIR...

[Eighteeteewhy]

s p a c e m a n said:

http://www.amazon.com/RADIATOR-EXPANSION-RESERVOIR...

20 mins!

[TIGERSIX]

Toyota looks like my LC5 will check it in the morning

[DippedHeadlights]

Hang on, not quite there yet ! That is very close but mine has a square bottom. It looks very like the one half way down this page which is fitted in a homemade aircraft and described as Toyota Corolla - but Googling for Corolla hasn't found it yet.
http://www.sdsefi.com/rv5.htm

[yorkshireegg]

ging84 said:

why do you need to know?
surely you are not planning on buying a car to house it in
put it in the bin

I laughed more than I should have done at this!

I was going to suggest something jap, looks very similar to the MR2.

But why do you need to know,OP?

[DippedHeadlights]

To answer the why question, it fits nicely in the engine bay of a classic.
So, Toyota, mid 1980s to 2000, and it was in a Cheltenham scrapyard about 5 years ago so unlikely to have been anything unusual.
Corolla is close but it's not quite that.
It might have been a small commercial rather than car ?

[230TE]

This one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270978925921

[DippedHeadlights]

Thanks but not quite. Actual dimensions are 17cm tall, 9cm wide 7 cm deep

[320touring]

Toyota avensis 2.0.. circa 1997

[s p a c e m a n]

That's not even a litre is it? Go shiny, the price difference will probably negligible.. Half litre alloy, it would probably be easier to find an alloy one for sale in the size you want than to get an exact match on that plastic one.