So sometime ago I had asked on this forum how to tell if my coolant tank was full or not. I was informed that the black plastic tanks break at the seams and to replace it. I did not, I figured it had lasted this long, it will be alright. Wrong! Driving home yesterday it seperated at the seam as if it was designed to do that. Now I have a new white tank on order from British Atlantic, lesson learned...

 

How many miles did it last....? Mine is black as well. Guess I better order one now for when the thing breaks.

 

My disco has 126k miles on it now, I would order one today!

 

THanks for the reminder...been putting it off myself. Water pump is on that list for me too.

 

Ditto that. Can't believe I need a water pump already at 86k miles...

 

I do not think the overall number of miles is that critical. The effects of age are the same. A lot of short distance drives can be as detrimental or even more so than long commutes and highway driving where you may be cruising for long distances at a steady speed as compared to a series of short trips where it barely warms up, is driven hard for a few minutes more often thsn cruising or commuting long distances.

Remember the air liner in Hawaii that the entire cabin roof peeled off in flight and sucked a stewardess right out? Multiple short hops gave excessive pressurization/depress cycles and caused severe stress cracks in the aircraft skin.

Same principle.

 

dang, i hope my rover roof doesn't peel off sucking out my wife!

 

There are sooo many possibilities with that last statement.....

I'll be mature.

 

maturity is for babies

 

or is that maternity