don't hurt to look
Broken Degas bottle
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It definately cleans up the engine bay look 
Post Fiend
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From: Payson, AZ
This is what I mean by being able to tell what's gong on. My old degas got a faint bathtub ring of oil from an oil cooler leak. Had I had this nice clean degas bottle then I would have caught it sooner. The old one was almost opaque and the leak wasn't noticed for awhile. Now 5k miles after the oil cooler R&R no trace of oil in the coolant.
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From: Payson, AZ
That's what the ones they're selling now look like. I never saw a new factory installed degas in a '99-'03, so I can't make a comparison.
It sure seems like the new ones are made from a different material but I really don't know.
It sure seems like the new ones are made from a different material but I really don't know.
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Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Payson, AZ
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Washington
Wow. That does look good. I've always hated the dingy color of my original stock one. But I have learned not to fix it unless its broken.... Or unless its an upgrade haha.
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From: Southern Colorado
My dealer wanted $125 - so Ed was 1/2 price. Ed rocks! If you consider that this bottle is mission critical - if it busts open on the freeway, you're pretty much hosed, I'd go new. Mine had large stress cracks around the top and I was happy to put a nice new and pretty one in there and cross that off my 'might fail' list.
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Payson, AZ
Make sure you get the right cap. Part #9C348101AA on cap. My old cap did not fit the new degas properly and leaked.