Coolant expansion tank as preventative maintenance ?

Pilarskica · 08-16-2019, 09:05 AM

I'm going to have some fluids changed and the front struts out as i'm finally breaking the 100k mark and the car is 10 years old. I've heard of the expansion tanks cracking. Does it seem like overkill to swap it out if it's not leaking? I've had the car for 5 years so I know the tank is at least that old.

Thanks

NoGuru · 08-16-2019, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilarskica

I'm going to have some fluids changed and the front struts out as i'm finally breaking the 100k mark and the car is 10 years old. I've heard of the expansion tanks cracking. Does it seem like overkill to swap it out if it's not leaking? I've had the car for 5 years so I know the tank is at least that old.

Thanks

I have 67K on my car and just changed mine as preventive. I think its a good idea to do it.

Redshift42 · 08-16-2019, 04:43 PM

Im at 75k miles and mine has developed a small crack. Id say its probably worth it.

Efthreeoh · 08-18-2019, 09:47 AM

Mine's 13 years 3 months old and at 379,000 miles. I keep an eye on it obviously. 2006 325i I'm the original owner. It did experience an overheating event at 149,500 miles in 2011.

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Pilarskica Private 13 Rep 75 Posts Drives: Black E90 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: North Carolina iTrader: (0)	Coolant expansion tank as preventative maintenance ? I'm going to have some fluids changed and the front struts out as i'm finally breaking the 100k mark and the car is 10 years old. I've heard of the expansion tanks cracking. Does it seem like overkill to swap it out if it's not leaking? I've had the car for 5 years so I know the tank is at least that old. Thanks
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Redshift42 Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: BMW 335i Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: US, Alabama iTrader: (0)	Im at 75k miles and mine has developed a small crack. Id say its probably worth it.
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Efthreeoh General 17309 Rep 18,733 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Mine's 13 years 3 months old and at 379,000 miles. I keep an eye on it obviously. 2006 325i I'm the original owner. It did experience an overheating event at 149,500 miles in 2011. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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