Thread: where's the coolant going??

lift the bonnet, right hand side of the block, just below the head.

have a look there, the fan usually blows it away. so stop and have a watch with the motor off.

the other thing is, possibly is it actually losing water. what do you call low?

Dassa

We too are traveling around Oz and were losing similar quantity coolant as yourself. Until today. Our leak was out of the "P" gasket. I took the time today to pull the old leaking one out and renew it and the water pump gasket at our campground overlooking the Derwent in Hobart. Better view than the inside of my garage. As mentioned earlier have a look below the manifolds on the passenger side toward the front of the motor. If there's coolant dripping down then get on it because the leak doesn't get better or stay the same. It just gets worse.

Enjoy your travels

Cheers

Goldey

If you have no leaks at the front of the motor, check the two heater hoses that come from the back of the motor to the firewall. I had a similar problem where I was losing water and could smell coolant but couldn't see where it was leaking from until I found a puddle under the car at the local shops. There was a small tear/break in the heater hose that comes out the back of the head and goes into the firewall on the drivers side. You can't see the leak that well unless you grab the hoses and pull them up and away from the motor.

Cheers Luke.

Well you can get a set of new coolant hoses and just replace the lot i would be cheap insurance if you are travelling around oz and don't forget to flush and reverse flush it both the radiator and the block.

Check the O rings on your filler cap as well.
If you can smell but not see (fluid under the Landy) anything, you are loosing steam from your filler cap.

Have a d1 I just drove from melb to cairns, lost heaps of coolant, couldn't see where, could smell it, was the coolant reservoir cap, after a long stint, 300+ ks could just hear a hiss from the cap, lost 3-4 ltrs, never had the temp gauge rise, checked coolant level each morn, was ok, or so I thought.

Sure you have'nt got a pinhole or two in a hose ? - Found one in SWMBO's Magna last week. Lost 2 litres in a week, when I last checked levels...

Have had one so fine that it was only seen by chance at night with a torch. (looking for something else) And that was in a car only months old.

Ok, so i have double checked every hose and fitting and cannot find any water or coolant anywhere. Yesterday we drove 100km and lost a litre.

But now that you guys mention it, I did hear the coolant reservoir cap slightly hissing yesterday. Could it possibly losing that much coolant through steam??

Anyway I will check the cap o-ring later and hopefully that will be the problem.

Thanks for the help guys.

Cheers