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Just noticed a couple of small cracks in the top of the radiator overflow tank on our 2002 Excur.
130k and 16 years, no issues and it's never been overheated, but I'm thinking it's not going to last much longer.
Our '92 & '93 Explorers had the black plastic radiator tanks split at 20 years 100k.
Darn plastic stuff just doesn't last.
Our Excur and Exped still have the OEM plastic intakes.
I replaced mine at 225k as preventive maintaince when I replaced the entire cooling system. Radaiator, fan clutch, belt, tensioner, idler, pump, t stat and all 6 hoses. Figured they served me well with zero issues this long I didn’t want to deal with them one at a time as they wore out.
I bought a Motorcraft brand degas bottle to replace my original a couple of years ago. It lasted about 3 months before the plastic weld developed a hole and it started leaking. I then went and bought a Dorman locally. It is holding leak free for a about a year now.
12-12-2018, 07:48 PM
