Thread: Td5 water leak

Brian - if you need any bits brought up and aren't in too much of a rush for them, I'm down in Perth at the moment and driving back up there on Friday.

Cheers ............. BM

Just so happens I have just repaired my oil cooler on td5 (1999 defender). The neck where hose joins to had corroded. Mechanic wanted $1700 ($1200 for new cooler), told him to **** off. I rang local spare parts and could get reconditioned cooler and gaskets for $600. Anyhow didnt need to. I pulled out existing oil cooler (takes about two hours-but pretty basic work), cut away the corroded neck and lathed up a new neck from alloy and welded it onto the housing. It welded well to the housing. Instead of $1700 it has cost me $30 for new gasket and four hours of my time.