Thread: Coolant outlet housing failure

Yep , been a few posts about this problem, someone was actually looking at getting 1 made from steel/alloy or similar. I carry 1 with me when I travel anywhere out of suburbia.

Haven't replaced mine yet at 110,000 but as soon as I need to top up coolant it will be done. Good time to clean out intake pipe work and MAF whilst it's off.

Cheers Ean

Forgot to add that at no time did any of the land rover gauges or warning lights say anything about no coolant or overheating of the motor only a transmission fault. I have a scan gauge and also a separate temp gauge for motor and transmission (Engine Watchdog TM4).

Ryall

Did mine at around the 160k mark but I had a low coolant warning so topped up the water several times whilst looking. Ended up finding it with a LED torch at night , it seemed to make the coolant glow. I obviously found mine earlier than you, it was only a weep and in my driveway, some times you can be lucky.


connock

Hi TDV6,
As Ean mentioned I was looking at getting an aluminium one cast up, I know a small manufacturing company local to where I work. They have one of those 3D scanners that create wax models for the lost wax process of casting. The shape and internal porting was to complex, it just became to hard so I left it. The cost would also have been prohibitive.
When mine started to leak my first indication that something was wrong was the smell of hot coolant. The coolant was running into the V and slowly evaporating, my second indicator was a leak from the front of the gearbox of coolant. The V was full and the coolant had started to trickle down the back of the engine. I had slight coolant usage but couldn't find the leak. The V can hold about 2 litres of coolant before it starts to drip out by the way.
The way I checked was to get about 2 m of 8mm clear plastic tubing and feed one end past the oil filter into the bottom of the V and suck, after a short period of time the red fluid came into view, by the way it tastes horrible...........
I modified a pair of wire cutters shaping the ends like hooks to get the EGR pipe clips on and off.

Originally Posted by connock

it was only a weep and in my driveway, some times you can be lucky.

I agree, a little weep at home in your own driveway sure beats crying and wailing somewhere out in the bush.

It looks to me that there is enough meat on the flange to bolt em together. Bit of araldite between , 4 or 5 bolts and bobs your uncle.
Or do it before fitting a new one to support the adhesive against the pressure.
Regards Philip A

Just returned from holidays with the family. noticed the low coolant warning on a few days before. topped it up and finally found the same problem. lucky found it before it became more costly.

Bit of a thread mine, but a little while back I seen that triumph rover spares have an alloy water outlet on their website:
WATER OUTLET - Part Specials - Triumph Rover Spares South Australia
Anyone tried one of these? At nearly $600 its a little pricey compared to the original plastic one, but you'd never have to replace it again