Looking for alternative degas bottle

Posted by captain_dunkle@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 20 comments

94 Thunderbird v8 Lx

Looking for a replacement for this degas bottle. the original part is discontinued. Any suggestions?

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MidDayGamer@reddit

It's a Coolant Overflow Tank.

Ebay man, I had to do the same with my Friends' 97

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

Sorry I've been chatting with chatgpt to try and figure this out and it was calling it a degas bottle. Thats why I wanted a second opinion lmao

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spotdishotdish@reddit

Lol, I didn't think people actually did that. AI auto diagnostics is like 1950s fuel injection right now

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

I dont know anybody with mechanical advice and the tbird is sentimental. I know not to trust the advice but it at least gives me a starting point.

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legionofdoom4@reddit

These or a Haynes manual will have almost everything you'd need to know for whole repair procedures and torque specs for almost any system/part on the car.

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spotdishotdish@reddit

See if you can find parts diagrams online. A forum or group for the specific model would be helpful too. Sometimes new old stock pops up on ebay.

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

I do, but the instructions aren't very clear. Right now im just gonna maybe see if a ford focus tank will fit.

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Guy-Manuel@reddit

This is supposed to fit, new aluminum tank: https://ebay.us/m/FLnbvs

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

Would this work as a pressurized plastic one? I dont have a radiator cap on the tbird its all done through the coolant tank

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Kolano_Pigmeja@reddit

ive found it really useful sometimes, but mostly as a rubber duck while I think "out loud"

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plaugedoctrwithradar@reddit

Please stop using AI for car diagnostics, it doesn’t know what it’s talking about. Read through old forum posts, hats where the actual information is.

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

Ive been doing my best but google seems worse than usual and I cant find the old forums

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plaugedoctrwithradar@reddit

Don’t use Google. Go to the forum for the vehicle you are working on, and then use the search function there.

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ChatGPT doesn't actually know anything about cars. It scans a bunch of websites, looks for general patterns, and spits out word combinations that seem believable without any factual basis. It's equally likely to draw from a Firebird repair forum as it is someone lying about their Fiat for shits and giggles.

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captain_dunkle@reddit (OP)

Well hey im here now lmao. Really struck a chord with people mentioning AI

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