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

I'd just get the car to a garage and have the system pressure checked to be sure. You dont want to loose coolant and let these V8's overheat. Rover put tin head gaskets on them and they are not forgiving.

Strange you have Green as most coolants on the market for Alloy V8's are red.

Don't leave it to chance, else you could end up with bigger bills. The Disco handbook recommends checking coolant weekly on these engines.

I had the issues from the throttle body and they also found one more minor leak on the pressure test, a hose that i would have missed! Only cost $150 at a specialist.

rob

Originally Posted by rockstar

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...

Douglas Adams once said "the sense of satisfaction you get from getting it to do anything at all blind you to its essential uselessness, or to put it another way, the superficial design flaws hide the fundamental design flaws." He was not talking about Landrovers and I am in no way knocking them. Just laughing at all the QA issues over the years. I'm on my 4th LR & I've loved them all.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Known issue.

Put it back with some thread seal on it.


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I think I have the same problem when I noticed coolant drop in expansion tank.

Is thread seal the same as thread locker? Do i need to put a lot of it on the screw?

Whats causing this leak? Old radiator?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Robgw

I'd just get the car to a garage and have the system pressure checked to be sure. You dont want to loose coolant and let these V8's overheat. Rover put tin head gaskets on them and they are not forgiving.

Strange you have Green as most coolants on the market for Alloy V8's are red.

I thought factory use of the "tin" gaskets ended years ago and Rover used the composite gaskets from the early 90s onward. Mine does.

Re coolant, many people dump the red OAT coolant and change to green ethyl glycol coolant.

The question I have is, " Does any one know of a manufacturer that makes an ALL ALLOY performance radiator that just bolts into the Disco TD5 with little or no mods?" Seems the best option even though it would be more expensive.
Regards
Robbo

I was thinking the same. Allisports have one for 300tdi. I just sent them a message whether they have one for d2 td5. I will let you know when the reply to me.

Yes they do have one for D2 Td5 for 495 pound plus delivery.

I am thinking to get it and the intercooler as well depending how much it will cost me in total.

Did you ever get this one sorted Firthy? Don't know if you managed to get the link up from Dave, it didn't work for me...

Cheers,
Lp

Originally Posted by firthy

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