pink/red fluid passenger side coolant leak ?? D2 v8 manual

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Originally Posted by Discobaker

Replaced mine just a few weeks ago, remove the hoses connected to the throttle body, undo the air intake and undo the 4 bolts (6mm I think) being careful not to lose the gasket. The 4 bolts holding the plate onto the throttle body are an unusual size, 5.5mm, remove the little plate with the inlet & outlet for the water to circulate underneath. My gasket was cardboard like so I just replaced the whole thing, gasket & plate come in a kit & I was told you can't purchase them separately. I put a small amount of black gasket goo on as well just to make sure.
Note- if the engine is still warm, undo the header tank to release the pressure in the cooling system and I also clamped off the two lines running to the throttle body to minimize coolant loss.
Hope I've been clear enough :)

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thx for the reply u have been very clear... just another question from you tho. .. where did you buy your parts from ?? cheers Lp

Hunter Cuthill they are called mate, Gordon is the guy I've been dealing with. They are LR & BMW specialists.
Based in Geelong.

This courtesy of slug_burner;)
Low Water Alarm Sensor

Apparently the Throttle Body Housing Gasket does let go at around 150klm-200klm. I had mine replaced for $60 (parts) and about 20 mins work by LR specialist during a routine service.

Good luck

In the West where Pedro and I live it can and does get to minus...so for those 4.00am starts I like having the throttle body heater. I read on here ages ago that they go, so being a dutiful pessimist I stripped mine down and had a look, but to save time I ordered and got the gasket which then came with the housing (cant buy separately as said above)...anyway mine was fine it was just that my gasket had a little bit of weeping but the housing was in great nic...so I replaced it anyway and kept the original as a spare. Put blue gasket sealant on and within 6-8 months it had started weeping and has over time (12--24 months) grown some white crystals from the leak and has stopped leaking - probably sealed itself up...so I am ignoring it and have the spare. I dont know why the gasket goes. When I get sick of it I will make my own gasket and make sure its good material.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by simonl8353

Apparently the Throttle Body Housing Gasket does let go at around 150klm-200klm. I had mine replaced for $60 (parts) and about 20 mins work by LR specialist during a routine service.

Good luck

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Hi simonl8353 and ozscott - thanks for your replies. I didn't think it would be an overly expensive part. Landyprincess has done around the 250K mark so I guess some things are bound to start needing replacing now.

Funnily enuf, I found my paperwork from my last service that I had done with mornington prestige and malcolm had noted this problem down with about 7 other leaks (something which I am sure are not uncommon!) so i'll either save a small fortune and get him to do all the work or source everything (provided I can understand the handwriting) and take it from there and hubby can do it all in part w/ myself ...

cheers,

Lp