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I would have thought a hose/join would fail before a radiator
What ee sed !It's a Thor, so single sensor, with one side to ECU & the other to gauge. Readings above are ECU, which look ok to me.
If it was me, I would fix all the leaks first and then see how it goes. If the radiators keep failing, then change supplier !!
- Previous owner put a new rad in mid-2021.Based on the thread title, how many radiators have you gone through ?? What brand ??
@Datatek There's two sensors on GEMS, but one dual sensor on Thor.
- Previous owner put a new rad in mid-2021.
- Replaced the above late-2022 with https://www.allfourx4.com.au/Radiator-suitable-for-Range-Rover-P38-V8-EFI-from-1999-on-PCC106850/
- Replaced the above late 2023 with a local shop's radiator. Looks very very similar to the above.
Hesitant to buy another, unless it's a full alu, until I've gotten to the core of the issue. Especially if this loss of power/limp mode thing is back.
So I got that heater hose off and it looks like the pipes are just fine
As I was wrestling with the hose, I could see coolant seeping out of it- it was split. Looks like whoever replaced it last just use a regular hose which was too small. The correct hose should be slightly flared at the heater-matrix end.
By some miracle I was able to find the correct hose at some wholesaler that was only 15 minutes from my house, otherwise it was going to cost me over $100 Aussie dollarydoos to get it imported from the UK
This is what I got https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335376708715 (PCH118830) it says hose-heater-out, I need the heater in, but it was the same part number for both out and in so... /shrug
In other news, I got under the car at night with a UV torch to try track down the other leak, and turns out it doesn't seem to be coming from the radiator after all. But rather, something dripping onto the bottom of it somehow. I couldn't definitively tell where another leak was, but I could see a bit of dried coolant on the lower part of the hose that goes from the thermostat to the water pump. So perhaps that might need replacing as well.
- Previous owner put a new rad in mid-2021.
- Replaced the above late-2022 with https://www.allfourx4.com.au/Radiator-suitable-for-Range-Rover-P38-V8-EFI-from-1999-on-PCC106850/
- Replaced the above late 2023 with a local shop's radiator. Looks very very similar to the above.
Hesitant to buy another, unless it's a full alu, until I've gotten to the core of the issue. Especially if this loss of power/limp mode thing is back.
Got one from direnza in the UK. Great shiny box but the quality of the welding looked like it was done on a Saturday morning after a few drinks the night before!! That suggested to me that these rads are bought from the the same company that builds those sold on ebay for example and direnza pay them to add a panel with their name on into the fabrication process. It has held up tbh and does its job but if your a stickler for a decent finish you may be a tad dissatisfiedSoneone on here got an all ally one from somewhere that seemed decent. Cannot recall the name. Regazzi? @Mark Piercy might remember.
Got one from direnza in the UK. Great shiny box but the quality of the welding looked like it was done on a Saturday morning after a few drinks the night before!! That suggested to me that these rads are bought from the the same company that builds those sold on ebay for example and direnza pay them to add a panel with their name on into the fabrication process. It has held up tbh and does its job but if your a stickler for a decent finish you may be a tad dissatisfied
I don't matey, sorryCan you remember which member was doing a lot of towing and was buying a triple core one from somewhere? iirc he said yhe original LR one was double the Nissens one but he'd found something bigger than that?
Don't buy nissens - its only 3 row thin(40mm) radiator. Buy 4 row(57mm) NRF 52129. Much better cooling capacity. Genuine radiator is also 4 row thick core.
Thanks for that one i need a new rad my Nissens one has started to leak only been in about 15 yearsN2O
NRF 52129.
Thanks for that one i need a new rad my Nissens one has started to leak only been in about 15 years
not a bad price to boot then i might get it moted it ran out in march and been sat since
The Nissens RAD has been on mine for more than 10 years and with my electric cooling mod has never struggled even with another P38 on a trailer on the hook up French hills.My Nissens rad has been on there about ten years, maybe a few years longer but has been fine so far, although it did struggle up Lodge Hill when towing a 3 ton digger.
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