Radiator on a Defender

Hi all
Seems I have a leaking rad on my Defender 300tdi, can this be changed without removing the fan unit ?
cheers all

its better to remove fan then the cowl

jamesmartin said:

its better to remove fan then the cowl

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I understand that's its better this way James, but as I don't have tool for undoing the fan. Can it be done or is it a none starter

[email protected] said:

I understand that's its better this way James, but as I don't have tool for undoing the fan. Can it be done or is it a none starter

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if you using a long flat headed punch hit the center of each flat on the nut in turn then repeat eventually it will screw off by hand

I wouldn't advise trying to do the rad without removing the coupling. The "proper" spanner is less than a tenner on evil bay - or just make one out of some 4mm plate.

Or post your location in your profile, and a kind fellow member near you might lend you the spanner for the 3 secs it takes to undo the thing!!

Cheers James, I actually think that the leak is from the filler plug, as I have just had the clutch changed and they drained the system, I understand that these plastic plugs can be troublesome.
Is the fan left hand thread, that is undo clock wise ?

[email protected] said:

Cheers James, I actually think that the leak is from the filler plug, as I have just had the clutch changed and they drained the system, I understand that these plastic plugs can be troublesome.
Is the fan left hand thread, that is undo clock wise ?

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did they pull engine out to change the clutch, anticlockwise to unscrew

jamesmartin said:

did they pull engine out to change the clutch, anticlockwise to unscrew

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Yep engine out to do clutch