Thread: Coolant has destroyed pipes

Did i hear right you used a non dealer non LR specialist for a pre sevice 1 year old car for a trip of a life time to the middle of oz
Sorry but all that aside the Mechanic should have done his home work for the right coolant oh i wonder if he used the correct engine oil Running for cover
These Deefers even tho plain jane are still a very complex car that still require attention to Spec,s
All that aside i hope it has not caused any big ticket issues in the future for you
Sometimes the stealers are the right choice
Good luck mate

I had the same thing happen in a transit last week. Just got a call from the mechanics around $2000 to replace all the hoses. Not sure how much crosses over to the defenders. good luck with it tho hopefully it's not to bad

different coolants were used. The OAT coolant LR uses wont mix with normal off the self coolant. It needs to be a OAT coolant if not this is the outcome.

You can change coolants out of warranty if needed but a good flush to remove all of the OAT is needed.

Not since the tdi have landrovers been able to run on kero or poor fuel, those days have well sailed by.

ok so its a fairly new 110 Defender. Would the coolant even have been touched by the Non LR mechanic during its service? Can you ask him what was done and what brand coolant he used if any?

Seems very strange, 12 months old and drain the coolant? Despite big 'Do not drain. Genuine only" stickers( or words to that effect) on the Rad? I think I would be having a quiet word with that so called muckanic! And some not so quiet ones to maybe
Actuallly for radiator hoses to perish and fail so fast it is almost as if there was oil in the system, Radiator hgses loath oil contact!.
It really needs more clarification re the circumstances. As I said seems strange.
Cheers Scott

Originally Posted by uninformed

ok so its a fairly new 110 Defender. Would the coolant even have been touched by the Non LR mechanic during its service? Can you ask him what was done and what brand coolant he used if any?

Originally Posted by schuy1

Seems very strange, 12 months old and drain the coolant? Despite big 'Do not drain. Genuine only" stickers( or words to that effect) on the Rad? I think I would be having a quiet word with that so called muckanic! And some not so quiet ones to maybe
Actuallly for radiator hoses to perish and fail so fast it is almost as if there was oil in the system, Radiator hgses loath oil contact!.
It really needs more clarification re the circumstances. As I said seems strange.
Cheers Scott

Ditto, and watching with interest.

There is no way in hell the hoses perished with a different type coolant added.
The only thing is maybe a chemical reaction took place and it gassed up in the cooling system blowing the hose.
I still doubt this scenario also and call it garbage, being that there was a faulty manufactured hose.