Top Tank's of Preludes can split and leak coolant!

[nuborn]

g'day people,

dunno if many already know this but the top tank of a prelude radiator is plastic and can split and leak coolant, this happened to mine only 3 months after i bought the car. it cost $240 to repair, which i didnt think was to bad considering it was spraying coolant all over my bonnet, requiring me to wash it off with soapy water every time after a trip. the bloke who fixed it said it was common on these cars after about 10 yrs or so, my car is 12 yrs old. he said it shouldnt need replacing for approx another 10 yrs.

cheers,

James

[CUL8R]

yeah theyll do that

[nuborn]

yeah theyll do that

you wouldnt think honda, being of such high quality would put plastic bits in their engines would you? you'd expect it more in european cars.

[newmski]

lol pretty much all OEM raditors have plastic tops....

[zco]

you wouldnt think honda, being of such high quality would put plastic bits in their engines would you? you'd expect it more in european cars.

the plastic is not even in the engine. the top tank is plastic on standard radiator's from honda. and there are european cars that are much "higher quality" then honda's.

These plastic top tanks last anywhere from 5-15years.. and its not only preludes that it happens to. it can happen to ANY CAR.

[94vtirozguy]

for $300 you could have got new one...

[[ricer]]

you wouldnt think honda, being of such high quality would put plastic bits in their engines would you? you'd expect it more in european cars.

european cars are much much better built then hondas...
honda only has good motors

i remember my mate telling me that the 92+ model honda prelude are the least reliable anyway.

[hurstyboy]

dude thats gona happen to ne car once it gets old...and 12yrs aint young for a car

[nuborn]

for $300 you could have got new one...

ok so i could have paid $60 for nothing, is that what your saying? my radiator is back to its original condition, that is, it now has no problem and neither would a new one, so whats the difference? that is cheap for a radiator, but i think it'd would hav been pointless in my case.

[nuborn]

the plastic is not even in the engine. the top tank is plastic on standard radiator's from honda. and there are european cars that are much "higher quality" then honda's.

These plastic top tanks last anywhere from 5-15years.. and its not only preludes that it happens to. it can happen to ANY CAR.

i guess it depends what particular cars ur talkin about in the end, for example, i know that the golf, from about 92 to 96 were a bad batch with heaps of plastic bits in the engine and shockingly unreliable. i only kno this cos i was thinkin of buying a vr6 model b4 i found out how bad they can be, and its also the reason their so cheap! the idea of a big 6 in such a tiny car flicked my switches, can u blame me?

[nuborn]

european cars are much much better built then hondas...
honda only has good motors

i remember my mate telling me that the 92+ model honda prelude are the least reliable anyway.

i wouldnt say that.....landrover? compare that to say, a subaru outback, as far as quality and safety goes, their at opposite ends of the scale. i'm not sayin all european cars are bad, but u cant go past japanese reliability.

[ECU-MAN]

the plastic tank on a radiator has about a 10 to 12 year life for OEM radiator, ( which is awsome life ), but it will crack on day, its a bit like how your tyres ware out, just normal ware and tare.