Coolant Cap?

Paulyh

A quick one: any ideas where i could get a coolant bottle cap that would suit a 2002 mini cooper???

I have looked on donedeal but no one is breaking any minis near the dublin area. I need it fairly quickly, in the next day or two.
Would Halfords stock anything like that?? or can I pick up some generic one anywhere?

Any help welcome

mickdw

You need the proper one for this as it is a pressure system. If you run the car without the full pressure in the system, it will boil its coolant and f*ck up the engine.
Go to BMW dealer
or offchance of a genuine one on Ebay

Paulyh

mickdw wrote: »

You need the proper one for this as it is a pressure system. If you run the car without the full pressure in the system, it will boil its coolant and f*ck up the engine.
Go to BMW dealer
or offchance of a genuine one on Ebay

thanks for that, your right its an unusual cap alright. I had'nt looked at it as there was a 'cap' fixed over it with a cable tie since my OH got it. It seems to be a clip on type cap, so off to a dealer i think probably cost me about 50 quid!!

giant_midget

Paulyh wrote: »

A quick one: any ideas where i could get a coolant bottle cap that would suit a 2002 mini cooper???

I have looked on donedeal but no one is breaking any minis near the dublin area. I need it fairly quickly, in the next day or two.
Would Halfords stock anything like that?? or can I pick up some generic one anywhere?

Any help welcome

http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/NME7674/InvDetail.cfm

DublinDilbert

mickdw wrote: »

You need the proper one for this as it is a pressure system. If you run the car without the full pressure in the system, it will boil its coolant and f*ck up the engine.
Go to BMW dealer
or offchance of a genuine one on Ebay

The colant bottle on the MINI is not pressurised, it just has a little cap that press fits on. The dealer will sell you one for €3 euro. The pressure cap for the system is on top of the thermostat housing (about €12 at dealer)

Paulyh

DublinDilbert wrote: »

The colant bottle on the MINI is not pressurised, it just has a little cap that press fits on. The dealer will sell you one for €3 euro. The pressure cap for the system is on top of the thermostat housing (about €12 at dealer)

thanks, its the press on cap that i need. i'll give joe duffy a ring, hopefully they will have them in stock

DublinDilbert

Paulyh wrote: »

thanks, its the press on cap that i need. i'll give joe duffy a ring, hopefully they will have them in stock

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=RA32&mospid=48013&btnr=17_0219&hg=17&fg=05

02 Cover lid 1 17107515485 $2.25

The p/n is 17107515485

Paulyh

Thanks for the advise everyone!

Got onto Joe Duffy, they have them in stock at €1.60!!

mickdw

DublinDilbert wrote: »

The colant bottle on the MINI is not pressurised, it just has a little cap that press fits on. The dealer will sell you one for €3 euro. The pressure cap for the system is on top of the thermostat housing (about €12 at dealer)

I didnt realise that the bottle wasnt pressurised on the mini however seeing the cap, its quite obvious that its not.