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wardy1
12th May 2014, 04:53 PM
Well last week the old girl (D2a Td5) started loosing coolant. Buggered if I could find out where it was coming from, or where it was going.

Oh **** I thought, I've done a head gasket:(

In she went to AMV today and at 11:30 I got the call..... radiator:D. Oh and the trans cooler was weeping so while they had the radiator out, they did that too. Last but not least, there was a small split in the header tank. So another bit.....
Anyway, it all ended up costing me about 1/2 what I was expecting and she's back on the road as of 4:00 today.

Great service and reasonable costs from AMV in Ringwood. Thanks guys
benji
12th May 2014, 05:07 PM
My cousin takes his defender to them, and previously his d2.

They've always been great.
Chops
12th May 2014, 05:12 PM
Good to hear Al. :D
robbotd5
12th May 2014, 06:35 PM
Wardy
I'm on my original radiator, wondering whether or not to replace it as a preventative measure. But then I have heard of them lasting for 200 odd thousand k"s
Good outcome mate.
Regards
Robbo
ramblingboy42
12th May 2014, 06:38 PM
Mine was replaced around 2k's... a good mechanic noticed a minor weep, so we pulled it....it was totally knackered.
350RRC
12th May 2014, 07:45 PM
Well last week the old girl (D2a Td5) started loosing coolant. Buggered if I could find out where it was coming from, or where it was going.

Oh **** I thought, I've done a head gasket:(

In she went to AMV today and at 11:30 I got the call..... radiator:D. Oh and the trans cooler was weeping so while they had the radiator out, they did that too. Last but not least, there was a small split in the header tank. So another bit.....
Anyway, it all ended up costing me about 1/2 what I was expecting and she's back on the road as of 4:00 today.

Great service and reasonable costs from AMV in Ringwood. Thanks guys

And..............................

How much did all this actually cost? I know AMV are rock solid.........

this is of relevance to another thread.

cheers, DL
wardy1
13th May 2014, 04:25 PM
I got a good deal from Greg on the parts price as I deal with him for grease and so on (I sell grease and oil/diesel additives). I paid around $1200 but normally you'd need to add about $250 to this. That included a LR 'A' radiator which is the genuine one but not in a LR box. Everything else is genuine LR.

Just to answer the earlier question, as far as I know, this was the original radiator, trans cooler and header tank. 340k is pretty good I think.