Aeroflow Coolant & Steering fluid tank issues

[NickGNB]

Has anyone installed the Aeroflow Radiator overflow tank and/or power steering reservoir to their Series 1 LS1 VY? The plastic bottles on my car are pretty aged and looking pretty rough and I'm keen to replace them with the much nicer black finish aeroflow options:

https://www.aeroflowperformance.com/tanks/overflow-expansion-tanks/af77-1024blk
https://www.aeroflowperformance.com/tanks/power-steering-tanks/af77-1020blk

Just wondering if anyone else has used them and if there were any issues mounting them etc... Also noticed that the Coolant tank does NOT have a float, does anyone know how to check if my SS has this? If so is it an issue not having it?

Cheers

 

[Interloper94]

have a look to see if there's a sensor coming from the current tank, if you do have one its not an issue, just rig it to say that its at the right level (find out what the sensor is outputting and emulate it to be constant)
pretty sure that would do the trick

 

[NickGNB]

Yea cheers mate, finally got a chance to take a look at the car yesterday, looks like I've got the float. Should have been obvious now I think about it as the computer has given me low coolant warnings before. Guess it's time to crack out the multi-meter.

Would have been cool to keep that functionality.... oh well. I hate the look of that plastic tank.

Cheers

 

[vee-y]

just a side note, these can be found alot cheaper giving you more cash for more parts

been looking at one myself becuase im sick of seeing the old stained yellow bottle lol

Black Power Steering Tank Reservoir VE VZ VY VX VT VS Holden Commodore V6 V8 | eBay

 

[Interloper94]

$134 for that! would love it but so expensive for what it is

 

[vee-y]

$134 for that! would love it but so expensive for what it is

yep thats why its on my to do list and not on my car hahahaha

 

[Munz]

could always paint the original power steering reso

 

[NickGNB]

Yea it's a fair whack of cash just for a reservoir, but I've got to drop everything in the bay for a full re-spray anyway and it seems a waste to put all the effort into a full professional paint job just to re-install those ugly reservoirs and ruin the look of the whole bay.

My mate had silver finish welded tanks in his F6 and it really made a difference to the look of the whole engine bay.

 

[vee-y]

could always paint the original power steering reso

painting looks alot cheaper then brushed aluminium lol