No the top tank is the actual top of your radiator. If you look carefully at your radiator you will notice that the top of the radiator is clipped/glued onto the rest of the radiator body where all your pipes are. Also you will notice the top tank is plastic while the bigger bottom part of the radiator is aluminium. Top tanks usually get hairline cracks around or near the cap where you fill coolant so if there is leaking there good chance of top tank. Once your top tank goes you do not need to change the whole radiator as the bottom aluminium bit 90% of the radiator is still ok, just the top tank needs to be changed, but you will need a professional install for this. Cost me around $250 removing radiator and brining in to the shop myself so they can fit it on with 1 year warranty. Most places wanted $300 for top tank fitting and $400 for a new radiator, maybye Melb is just expensive.
Didnt you notice the heatguage going up and steam comming from the engine? thats when you are supposed to turn it off before something like that happens lol
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