Thread: D2 radiator fan on - is this a symptom of doom?

:-( in an an wanted turn of events, I had to top up the coolant tonight with 3L of demineralised water. Looks like I'm losing it somewhere. My partner has been driving the car to and from work all week and watching the temp. She didn't report and fluid loss that she was aware of (under the car etc).

So my focus is now on figuring out where the loss is occurring.

Originally Posted by OffTrack

. OBDII was a requirement for petrol vehicles from 1996 onwards hence the full support on the V8.

cheers
Paul

Wrong. SWMBO 98 fairlane does not OBD II

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Wrong. SWMBO 98 fairlane does not OBD II

"From 1996 Petrol engined Vehicles sold into the US were required to have OBDII". Better?

Originally Posted by Wil2k

:-( in an an wanted turn of events, I had to top up the coolant tonight with 3L of demineralised water. Looks like I'm losing it somewhere. My partner has been driving the car to and from work all week and watching the temp. She didn't report and fluid loss that she was aware of (under the car etc).

So my focus is now on figuring out where the loss is occurring.

Wil, Sorry to hear about the problems.

Fingers crossed it's just a leak rather than anything more catastrophic. You should have a check that the hoses aren't pressurised after a drive. There are going to be a fairly obvious marks from coolant if you've had to put in 3L of water. Fingers crossed it's just a leaking hose or similar.

cheers
Paul

2002 TD5 D2a

Last week after a 140km of sustained higher speeds (and one 'blow out' speed) my fan ran after shutdown - had never experienced that before.

Some of my hoses weep at connections and once in a while I top off the coolant level in the reservoir.

As we do intend to keep ours I put him in to the local specalists to get a quote on replaceing hoses and coolant.
He found that the core plug under neath the exhaust manifold was weeping as well - its quite hard to get a look at - mirror and torch required but its worth a check. They haven't come back to me with a quite yet, its not going to be cheap but as I say, we intend to keep ours and its 11 years old and so needs some investment.

Hay Ewe

Can the core plugs be replaced without disassembling half the engine?

The core plug on the Td5 head is located between two branches of the exhaust manifold. You have to remove the manifold to access it, but you have clear access once you do that.



You can see the location between the exhaust ports in this pic. This is an AMC head and the plug looks to be different to the standard LR item. Obviously the engine is half disassembled in this photo but it definitely isn't required to fix the core plug.

cheers
Paul

Can anyone advise a moderately priced coolant system pressure test kit option available in Brisbane?