Thread: Seeking advice on newly acquired '08 Puma

Originally Posted by TM86

I have now replaced the intercooler hose that was leaking (image below). I went to do the driver's side one, however it looks very awkward and I am not confident in replacing it; is there an easy way to do this? I have the car booked for an annual maintenance service in May; would it be ok to wait until then and have the mechanic replace the other hose?

Also, I attempted to drain the coolant and replace, however only one of the clamps attaching the two hoses to the fuel cooler would undo, so I could only drain from one end. I ended up draining about 2.5 litres and topped up with 5 litres. Again, this is something I may just need to manage until May, unless there is better advice out there.

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to replace drivers side:
*remove viscous fan
*dis-connect top coolant hose from radiator and bleed line (take care not to break plastic bleed line and spigot on radiator).
*remove lower plastic fan cowling. (lower coolant hose is attached to it, you will see how when underside of vehicle)
*use a long screwdriver to undo clamps
*you may also see a bracket off the alternator, undo 10mm nuts.
*the rest and reverse is pretty self explanatory.

cooling system drain:
while all the above is out, you will see that the bottom hose has a plastic line on a t-piece, press clip on the side of it and it unplugs thus allowing the cooling system (with rad cap off) to drain.

Yes all can be done by your mechanic...

Well, I decided to hold off on replacing the other inter-cooler hose for fear of damaging the plastic bleed line and spigot, however new events will see it happens after all.

Firstly, I had the A/C seen to and they couldn't find any leaks or faults, so simply re-gassed / serviced and it is now blowing cold air without drama, which is great.

Unfortunately, I have done a couple of drives since then and upon inspection of the engine bay this afternoon, saw fresh coolant leak all around the passenger side of the radiator (this stood out particularly well on the new, blue silicone intercooler hose). As I was planning on travelling to K'gari (Fraser Is.) for a few days from tomorrow, I decided to take it the local Landy mechanic for a quick look over because I couldn't see anything obvious and nothing was leaking when it was idling in the driveway. He has diagnosed a leak in the top of the radiator. It appears the top left bolt had probably been tightened too much and ruptured the plastic underneath.

He has ordered a new radiator for me, which should arrive on Monday. I suspect that I'll have to install this myself, but have had a read of the Haynes manual and am put off by having to remove the condenser (involving a trip back to the A/C people to discharge the system, thus wasting the $350 just spent). Is there a non-condenser removal way of replacing the radiator?

As a silver lining, at least I'll be able to drain and replace the coolant and replace the other intercooler hose easily, with the radiator out...

For the drivers side intercooler hose, i tackle it from underneath. I remove the top section of radiator cowling and undo the clamp at intercooler and pull hose off the port. Undo clamp at turbo and remove hose. From underneath i pull the hose in the middle so it folds into a V and just wrangle it out. Install is a little tricky but generally the reverse of the removal. I have done an intercooler hose swap in work clothes on the side of the road more times that i care for. Had a problem with the intercooler hose blowing off the turbo for about 15 months. No clamp could hold it on for an extended time. I got into a routine to fix it down to 7 minutes. The problem was the chinese knock off turbo outlet OD was machined too small for the intercooler hose.

the 2 screws on top of the radiator that hold the fan cowling in place is an old Defender TD5 and Discovery 2 TD5 issue. If you screw them in too tight they put a hole in the top tanks.

I always fit a flat washer and a spring washer, the spring washer is only for the thickness.

its covered here: https://youtu.be/EaIObLLWv8c?feature=shared

Thanks Daz! The video was very informative. A quick question - when the radiator comes out (with the intercooler attached), what happens with the condenser cooling fan and the A/C connections?

Here's where the leak is:

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