Thread: Coolant leak TD5 Anyone seen this before?

thanks......i better check mine.......im upto 113,000.........

im about to pull my leaking exhaust manifold off.......so a good time to take a good look around.......

while you have your manifold off check the small hose that goes to the oil cooler, the heat from the turbo makes it hard and brittle and alot easier to replace with manifold off

Just as a matter of interest, what should a water pump cost me and is there a AM equivalent??

Craig

Hi Craig,

Genuine ONLY is adviseable, around low $200's.

JC

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

just out of curiosity......what kms have you guys got the leaks at......?

just looking at mine on the weekend too after a damp patch on the drive. Looks like the same leak at 162,000

Defenderzook
The machanic that I take the td5 to has used green coolant in the engine and says its compattable as long as it has neulon ? in it. HELP-- ITS BEEN IN FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS.
Thanks for your time
colrospeake

Better get my water pump order in quick.............looks like I have started a run on them. For info my k's are 147,000.

Craig

Originally Posted by colrospeake

Defenderzook
The machanic that I take the td5 to has used green coolant in the engine and says its compattable as long as it has neulon ? in it. HELP-- ITS BEEN IN FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS.
Thanks for your time
colrospeake

nulon....is a brand....not an additive.......

do you have the owners manual for car......it will specify the requirements for your coolant......
and as far as i know.......the only coolant that meets those specs....is coloured red.......it needs to be the OAT type......


ive used nulon in lurch.......but the red one......nulon also make green.....
the red is almost double the price of the green.......and from memory.....to get a 50% mix you need around 6 to 6.5 litres of the stuff.....concentrated.......
not the premixed stuff......that figure is for my fender which has a cooling system capacity of around 13.5 litres.......or there abouts......

the red coolant can be used in earlier engines with the brass radiators as well.......
but the green is not compatible with some of the later engines with the different alloys used......


i guess you need to be a metalurgist to understand it all......with a degree or two in chemistry and physics......




but check the owners manual.......i can also explain why mechanics use what they do.......but will need to start another thread.......

or maybe even around a campfire.......