AST solutions..

[JohnP]

tried to search forum for alternatives to this.. my stock AST developed a rather large crack this weekend and decided to spit boiling water all over my hand (ouch).

any performance AST\'s out there? or decent alternatives?

long time since i\'v had any problems and needed to come on here lol

[davehg]

its worth getting an ally AST, try one of the tuners or the above links....

[Ada7]

Or just get aanother Standard one. It\'ll only of crack due to its age.

Adam

[CharlieP]

Hi!
 I have an alloy one you could have, £65 posted?

[m1tch]

Its apparently quite common due to the age of the plastic it gets fragile, so most people got for an alloy one - like ChalieP has for sale, it won\'t crack and its SHINY lol

[ad4m1]

i wudnt bother with ally ones. they hit and miss. some of them dont seal properly and u get overheating symptoms

[MaLicE]

get a fc filler neck and remove it

[MaLicE]

get a fc filler neck and remove it

[CharlieP]

get a fc filler neck and remove it

What...twice?? :Giggle

[JohnP]

Hi!
I have an alloy one you could have, £65 posted?

Charlie, pics to melanie.perkins@sky.com please  will this come with pressure cap? or will the standard one fit ok?

thanks for all the feedback guys, appreciated as always!

[MaLicE]

What...twice?? :Giggle

lol i posted it and looked and it didnt work so wrote it again lol!

but just incase

get a fc filler neck and remove it

[grinder]

so are you sure about the FC filler neck and remove it ??

[batman]

where can you buy and fc filler neck

[JohnP]

lol u like your FC filler neck plan dont u!
 
CharlieP - Desperate for those pics, want to get this sorted for JapShow finale at santapod this weekend! want to take the old girl for her first run down the strip!

[nuki]

buy this part and 10 minutes Labour you have an eliminated AST
 
http://www.mazdarotaryparts.com/b-fd-c007-ast-removal-filler-neckb-1360-p.asp

When the water system reaches high pressure above the 0.9 bar filler cap spring the pressure lifts the cap and releases the pressure back into the expansion tank. Simple but affective.

 
1: Fit the FC Filler neck to the top of your filler neck.
2: Simply pull off the AST Hose from the Original filler neck nipple and remove the AST and piping which is no longer used.
3: block/bung the original filler neck nipple where the AST pipe used to go to the filler neck under the cap.
4: Take the expansion tank pipe which went to the AST and connect directly to the FC Filler Neck 0.9 bar Cap.
5: done.
i would recommend this to whoever ask\'s because it cleans up the engine bay and i have never ever had an issue with the water system since this mod.