Guys,

It would appear that the header tank on my UK turbo is a two piece affair held together by a metal band. It seems my header tank is leaking from the join of the two halves.

Is this a common problem? Does anyone know how much a replacement header tank is? I know Spec-R do alloy tanks for about £195 but this is a little more than I was hoping to spend at the moment.

Thanks
Dave.

 

Sorry, its not really a repairable item, the genuine replacement tanks go for around 55.00 plus the dreaded!
I wouldnt suggest a secondhand one, you dont know how "old" that is and when that may fail.

 

Oh well at least the geniuine replacement isn't too expensive then. Don't mind paying that much. Just didn't want to end up paying over £100 for a plastic tank. It would have made me feel the need to buy a Spec-R one which I can't really afford at the moment.

Cheers
Dave.

 

Either that or fit a metal one off a newer car bought from
www.gradea-subaru.co.uk bolts straight on I believe.

JGM

 

Thanks for that. I've emailed Andrew to see if he has a metal header tank for me.

Cheers
Dave.

 

JGM and others, the later metal ones won't fit in place of a plastic one without a fair degree of surgery.

David API

 

I fitted the later metal tank and all the pipe met perfectly all i had to do was make a bracket to fit the new tank to, then to the inlet manifold.. took ten mins..

 

I thought they went on with little hassle..

JGM