Thread: Recommended Indy - TDV6 oil leaks

Nissens brand cooler assembly ordered. They’re an OEM manufacturer of cooling system components and presumably are the OEM for Land Rover as they are for PSA and Ford. I expect it will be a fun swap.

Be very careful not to contaminate the oil passages in the block because the passages after the filter are direct to bearings etc and you don't want rubbish in any bearings!

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Nissens brand cooler assembly ordered. They’re an OEM manufacturer of cooling system components and presumably are the OEM for Land Rover as they are for PSA and Ford. I expect it will be a fun swap.

Same size or larger/more efficient?

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Same size or larger/more efficient?

Same size. It’s an identical replacement.

Graeme, yep, that will be fun. The balance between wanting to clean it all down while it’s out versus the risk of it out. I’ll block the ports with clean rag immediately or something more appropriate when I see what I’m in for.

With the 3.0 it is seemingly impossible to remove /refit the cooler without removing the LH intake manifold.. a small trimming of the intake pipe to aid removal and refitting is necessary. Don't be worried as you will see the y piece ends up further in that side, it is possible to remove plenty of the manifold intake before impacting sealing. Also, the tradition of removing way more parts than the 2.7 engine to do the same task will become painfully obvious...🤬🤬🤬.

Originally Posted by justinc

With the 3.0 it is seemingly impossible to remove /refit the cooler without removing the LH intake manifold.. a small trimming of the intake pipe to aid removal and refitting is necessary. Don't be worried as you will see the y piece ends up further in that side, it is possible to remove plenty of the manifold intake before impacting sealing. Also, the tradition of removing way more parts than the 2.7 engine to do the same task will become painfully obvious...🤬🤬🤬.

Far out. The engineers really need a talking to.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Ive not experienced much spillage at all from oil changes when doing the suctioning method, so i think youre right that its the oil cooler leaking

3 parts away from being hand built...

I once had a problem of oil leaking into the V and then running down on to top of bell housing on a 2.7 from the element type filter.
On undoing the filter casing I found that the O ring seal that seals the filter casing had a hole through it and that allowed oil under pressure to leak into the V.
So now I closely check every new O ring when I fit new filter element. (And I then insisted on Mahle or genuine grade filters.)

Disco,

I had the same issue on mine, as i cleaned out the throttle housing and noticed a month or so after, there was a spray of oil over the fan and the cowling. I have since re-seated the housing and O Ring and hopefully this has rectified the issue. Ill be checking this weekend and report back.

cheers
Geoff

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Leak 1 found. Oil being squirted out of the intake under boost pressure because the clip wasn’t seated home. The joint was opening up under boost. I’d previously replaced the o-ring and it was still leaking. By chance only spotted that the clip wasn’t seating hard behind the tab. Grrrr.

I have cleaned out in the V as much as possible with degreaser and water. We’ll see what it’s like in a week. If it’s back and leaking there then I’d agree, oil cooler.


Intake clip