Non standard coolant leak.

[Joesson]

It never occurred to me that you were putting the seal in wrong.

Doh!

Which does  illustrate the difficulty of remote diagnosis in general and as is particularly and unfortunately, the case now with GP's!

[Call the midlife!]

Why would it? You can't always account for stupid...😆
I blame the official, exploded assembly  diagram I was following...

[Joesson]

Why would it? You can't always account for stupid...😆
I blame the official, exploded assembly  diagram I was following...

No wonder you had difficulty if the diagram had exploded😉

[1979scotte]

Don't worry, I've put 4 IPAs in the fridge for later!
I could've styled it out with a loose mounting post or something but what's the point? Nobody learns if we all get it right first time, the blinkers were well and truly on with this one though.
Cheers!😆

IPA!
Champagne is on offer a Sainsbury

[Call the midlife!]

Lovely dry garage floor this evening. And no coolant in the expansion tank so more bleeding to come.

[m1tch]

Any reason you are using a plastic neck rather than a metal one?

[Carolyn]

Any reason you are using a plastic neck rather than a metal one?

The vast majority are plastic.

[Call the midlife!]

Any reason you are using a plastic neck rather than a metal one?

Standard issue, if it ain't broke... Like the rest of the car 🤓