Thread: Late D2a Coolant hose setup

Hi folks

Had the heater coolant hose rub through on the engine lifting point on my TD5 (About a week after a full flush in typical fashion)

I have managed to bodge it with a pipe from an old Falcon for the time being but for the life of me I cannot find the part number for the hose I need.

As some may be aware late TD5's got an updated Fuel cooler (not the cylinder design) and as a result have a different cooling hose setup.

The hose I need comes from the heater core and runs down below the intake to a T piece, where 1 section goes to the overflow and another towards the radiator.

I have used my fine editing skills to highlight it in Red (and part of the T piece) in the image below.

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If anyone has a part number for me I would be very appreciative.

Just a recommendation:

Get a lower temp thermostat. They originally come in (something like) 92°C versions, but you can get lower temp variants. The most common one is for a Frelander(maybe PEM500 .. some other three digit number after it) .. it opens at 82, and is more fully open earlier.
Makes a difference.

Forget the top hose. The bleeder is a stupid design, that is guaranteed to fail at some point in the near future.
There is a silicon hose kit availble somewhere, out there ... in the ether! ... where you get three separate silicon hoses to replace the 'octopus looking std type', but more importantly has a metal(maybe Aluminium-ish) T junction with a proper metal bolt, for the bleeder.
So, any time you(or mechanic) does a bleed on the coolant system, you don't have a nervous breakdown worrying that the bleeder will snap itself in half ... whilst you're having a smoko break!