stuu
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Found a leak around the top left bolt by this. It appears the metal it fractured possibly. What is this unit circled called? Not my engine a google image for reference
Disco 2 Td5 coolant leak
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raywin
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Unit in the circle is the centrifugal filter, the top is fastened on with two bolts and it seals with an o ring under the cover. Take it off and check it. Threads on the two bolts often get stripped.
raywin
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Sorry I was thinking oil leak when you circled the filter top.
Intestinalworm
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Oil cooler visible behind the centrifugal filter - that could be the source of the coolant leak?
stuu
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Sorry folks me being a dummy. Top hose bleed screw leaking and it was all going back there.
Intestinalworm
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Yeah, the evidence is not always at the scene of the crime! I found two separate leaks under my expansion tank and one from the front of the fuel cooler - thing was , there were coolant stains all over the right side of the engine and underneath going back to the transmission housing - coolant spraying out as fine mist when pressurised and also being swept back by air movement underneath the engine. Ideally need to pressure test.
stuu
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Yeah me at late night quick look and all that. It looks like it may have sprayed the bonnet insulation and dripped down aswell as working back.
stuu
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New top hose. Still leaking looks like it's the oil to water cooler aye?
Intestinalworm
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Does too - looks like it's just oozing out near the top left hand corner bolt - gasket there may be compromised? From my understanding the coolant is on the outside (shell-side) and the oil moves through plates on the inside (tube-side), so might just be the gasket between the cooler shell-side and the engine block is weeping?
Looks easy to access/change when the engine is out and the exhaust manifold/turbo removed:
Maybe it's one of those leaks you can monitor/live with (for a while anyway)?
Looks easy to access/change when the engine is out and the exhaust manifold/turbo removed:
Maybe it's one of those leaks you can monitor/live with (for a while anyway)?
