Thread: Radiator fluid leaking from top screw mount for fan cover.

Any D2 owners wishing you could fit a D1 radiator instead. All metal and shroud attached by clips.

Just have an all alloy radiator made with suitable fixings welded to it.

Originally Posted by fatman

I screamed the F-word again,for multiple time during the last 10 years of land rover ownership
I was checking things out under the hood when i saw coolant stains at the top right radiator corner,i thought radiator gone bang,time for a new one but wait a minute,maybe it's the small crap-plastic hose that goes to coolant tank?NO
Is it my imagination? NO
Maybe i must undo the retaing bolt to get the fan shroud out of the way..
And WHAT THE ****,coolant is pouring from right there,it can't be happening,i whiped it clean,went for a ride,coolant again rising from there,when the bolt is on it gets worse,time to get the 2-compound glue out of the toolbox..




Cheers.

Another flimsy piece of garbage is the thin section in pic below.
The screw into the top of the radiator tank can be completely eliminated by filling it with 2 part kneadable filler. The only purpose it serves is to retain the bracket that supports the header tank hose and the top hose fan shroud retain clips.
This could be sikaflexed on after the hole is filled if yours has broken the flimsy plastic

I've just had to deal with this on my D2a today, after checking that the screw may/may not be the source of a leak, I put it back on (convinced that it wasn't the leak) only to see the car park awash with coolant when I returned to my disco later today A bit of metal filler/putty seems to have done the trick but I'm still not convinced that it was the only leak in the rad........the OAT stains are around the bottom corner but this may be the spillage from the top screw. here else do the radiators normally fail?

Originally Posted by Marmoset

I've just had to deal with this on my D2a today, after checking that the screw may/may not be the source of a leak, I put it back on (convinced that it wasn't the leak) only to see the car park awash with coolant when I returned to my disco later today A bit of metal filler/putty seems to have done the trick but I'm still not convinced that it was the only leak in the rad........the OAT stains are around the bottom corner but this may be the spillage from the top screw. here else do the radiators normally fail?

Older units also tend to crack / corrode down the lower corners...

If the unit is 7+ years old then its highly likely!

Thanks Tombie, just checked it again and it seems to be coming out of the lower corners, and getting worse by the second! (how do leaks accelerate so quickly once established?)

I've got a fuel cooler repair kit on it's way, a new rad needs to go in ASAP. What are the chances of the kit turning up the day after I've put the rad in

Originally Posted by Marmoset

Thanks Tombie, just checked it again and it seems to be coming out of the lower corners, and getting worse by the second! (how do leaks accelerate so quickly once established?)

I've got a fuel cooler repair kit on it's way, a new rad needs to go in ASAP. What are the chances of the kit turning up the day after I've put the rad in

You ordered a fuel cooler repair kit?

Go to Welshpool - Transeals... And buy 2x BS221 Viton O'rings...
Thats your fuel cooler repair kit

Also what's the best sealent to use on the screws that go into the top tank?
Mine aren't leaking ATM,but they will one day!Sikaflex of some type?