Thread: Top radiator hose sliced by top engine cover

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I couldn't see how to easily get the old hose out without removing things so I just undid the clips at the end of the hose and didn't bother about the fancy plastic bit that probably was most of the cost. Can't see why I couldn't find a similar shaped hose in an auto shop. Why does it need LandRover on it?

So after checking my top radiator hose in my D4 3.0L and seeing what would be best described as the smallest of marks I decided to get my LR service agent to change it out.

It is noteworthy that my LR service agent had previously noticed the hose rubbing on the engine cover some time back and put their version of a protection strip on. This was without any prompting from me and was, from memory, only briefly discussed at the time. Anyhow I picked up the D4 from them yesterday with the new top radiator hose fitted. They handed me the old hose and said they thought it would be a really good spare for my travels.

On inspecting the old hose that had been on the vehicle since new in 2011 I was amazed at how good a condition it was in. Apart from the very slight rub mark that the unprotected engine cover had made it was in really good nick. Remember this is on a vehicle and has seen 254,000km of travel of all sorts. That augers well for the rest of the hoses fitted to the D4. I had really thought that after all this time and the work the vehicle had done that the hose/s would show signs of perishing? If this hose is anything to go by not so!

Offering the old parts back???


Makes a refreshing, pleasant change, usually I've had "Sorry mate they're in the skip &/or the Skip had just gone"

Always puzzled by that attitude as though they have something to hide. As if?

I would just like to see them in a plastic bag & in the vehicle. They could be some other person's old tat especially if the parts are a concealed part ie. not a Rad hose or like.


Do I do them an injustice? Probably, in some cases maybe.

4Bee Such is the joy of having a small but dedicated and trustworthy authorized LR service agent!

I wish.

Originally Posted by LGM

4Bee Such is the joy of having a small but dedicated and trustworthy authorized LR service agent!

So there is one in the country....

Yes, AND here on the West Coast too!

In the past whenever I have had the D4 looked at by LR and they replaced any parts, I always ask to have them or at least see them, did this when SLR did the timing belts and fuel pump idler.

Sacrry,

Geraldton WA, Whyatt's Land Rover....they are what I said!