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Re: Another coolant question

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:37 pm
by stuc
Where is best place to get a cap then, AVA leisure has them quite cheap, but should i buy genuine

Re: Another coolant question

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:56 am
by widdowson2008
stuc wrote:Where is best place to get a cap then, AVA leisure has them quite cheap, but should i buy genuine
For the cost difference? Get a Mazda one, fit it, and forget it. Not worth trying to go cheap.

Re: Another coolant question

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:23 pm
by dobby
widdowson2008 wrote:
stuc wrote:Where is best place to get a cap then, AVA leisure has them quite cheap, but should i buy genuine
For the cost difference? Get a Mazda one, fit it, and forget it. Not worth trying to go cheap.
Subject to finding a friendly mazda garage!

I went into our local one and went up to the parts counter and said 'please can I have a standard 1.1 bar mazda cap just like this' parts person said ' part number please' gave her the parts number and said the magic word bongo and got the reply 'we don't sell parts for bongos' :evil: and then refused to suggest an alternative part number :evil: I walked out suggesting they should start stocking bongo parts as there's more Bongo's Stafford they've sold equivalent MPV's! :lol: :lol:

Any advice on a decent Mazda supplier?

Re: Another coolant question

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 5:46 pm
by widdowson2008
dobby wrote:
widdowson2008 wrote:
stuc wrote:Where is best place to get a cap then, AVA leisure has them quite cheap, but should i buy genuine
For the cost difference? Get a Mazda one, fit it, and forget it. Not worth trying to go cheap.
Subject to finding a friendly mazda garage!

I went into our local one and went up to the parts counter and said 'please can I have a standard 1.1 bar mazda cap just like this' parts person said ' part number please' gave her the parts number and said the magic word bongo and got the reply 'we don't sell parts for bongos' :evil: and then refused to suggest an alternative part number :evil: I walked out suggesting they should start stocking bongo parts as there's more Bongo's Stafford they've sold equivalent MPV's! :lol: :lol:

Any advice on a decent Mazda supplier?
See what you mean dobby. Had a trawl round and came up with naff all.
£16 in BF shop. Is that about the going rate?