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coolant reservoir replacement/mod
Any ideas for switching out my coolant reservoir? So far, I have come up with two different ideas. One, is just to switch out the reservoir with a totally different one out of another car. This will most likely require some kind of modification, because of the coolant level sensor that is on the Alero, and it might prove to be difficult to think this out enough to complete. My other option is to buy a stock coolant reservoir, and switch out the radiator, probably from a '95 Buick Park Aveenue, which will require a mod to the body under the hood to make room for the radiator cap on the new radiator.
I will definitely be making ONE of these two mods, because I absolutely hate the stock coolant reservoir for this car. The only way to know if you have the cap seated and sealed correctly is to fire it up and drive it, which is NOT cool, because if you get stuck in a traffic jam and that needle keeps climbing, you're pretty much screwed. This has almost happened to me once, but at the last second, I found a spot to pull off the road and shut the car down before the needle made that last jump from the 3/4 mark into the red, but I barely made it. I'm pretty sure that this is part of the reason for some of these gaskets going bad, and I don't feel like replacing these gaskets every few years, not to mention the damage that is done to other parts of the car from the heat. So any ideas or thoughts will be greatly appreciated!!
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