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

Good old Land Rovers. Even my jack is leaking oil!!

LOL ... it wouldn't be a Land Rover jack if it didn't leak oil !

The jack in the D2a looks alot nicer than the jack in the D2...

And it has 99 improvements over the previous one...

But of course all the major flaws that cause complete and utter catastrophe are still there...

Originally Posted by Tombie

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

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

My rad is original 2003 and now leaking in the lower LH corner - will replace it in a few days when we get to Perth.

Question: RAVE says you need to remove the Intercooler to replace the radiator - is this true or can it be done without removing the Intercooler??

Cheers

Simon

Simon, I just picked up new rad yesterday for $360 from Rovacraft, the cheapest I found over here. From all my reading it does look as though the intercooler and oil cooler have to come out. I'll be tackling the swap over the weekend, so I'll leg you know if there's a short cut.
Richard

Intercooler does need to come out, pretty easy but it enables the oil cooler to stay connected to its lines doing it that way - took about 2.5 hours including changing fuel cooler o rings, which was the most awkward part.

make sure if you pull out the auto oil cooler that the hose fittings are re fitted correctly or your shed floor will suffer,ask me how i know

Hi All, I have a Disco 2 V8 and it's leaking green blood. The top 2 screws on the radiator which hold the fan cover in place, the screw on the right, just above the pipe to the expansion tank was leaking fluid. I removed the screw and could see fluid coming out. Don't have a picture, but will post one tomorrow. I put the screw back in, but under the plastic cover so the screw head was directly onto the radiator so the hole was sealed, but this doesn't sound right to me. Its a hole for a screw and I don't think it should be possible for fluid to escape this way. the left side screw hole is fine. No fluid when i remove the screw.

Anyone else seen this?

if you look at the radiator you have the black ends of the radiator which run vertically from bottom to top. Can these ends be replaced if needed or maybe a whole new radiator is in order?

Thanks