Water leak

Hey everyone,

Bit of a prob I am hoping someone can throw some light on.
Just left for work and I noticed a rather large puddle of red fluid on the floor under the engine.
Matter a little bit of swearing I stuck my head under and can see it dripping off the gearbox.

Does anyone know what it could be?

I'm no techie but red fluid is normally ATF. Have you checked your levels?

Is the fluid thick and oily or watery?

If you are not running on red diesel, it's either ATF or coolant. what colour is your anti freeze?

If it is a Petrol model...the ATF should be a straw colour (fresh) or a browny/Tan colour if old...

Red is more than likely Power Steering Fluid....

Sorry guys should have said its a 4.4 petrol. And I am pretty sure it's the coolant but confused as to where it would be coming from

Ppsvogue said:

Sorry guys should have said its a 4.4 petrol. And I am pretty sure it's the coolant but confused as to where it would be coming from

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Taste it...
bitter sweet is coolant....
Soapy is washer fluid....
Oily is, well...oil..!!!

The underside of the expansion tanks have been known to develope hair line fractures...

Have a look at the water pump, see if you can see any water staining on it or/and drips of water, also check to see if you are losing water in the system i.e. look in expansion chamber see if its below max mark. If the answer is 'yes' the you will need a new water pump. Hope thsis might shed some light on the matter.

If you need a replacement pump, there is a guy in Lancashire called Totalparts (find him in google) he is very reasonable on his prices

v8p38 said:

Have a look at the water pump, see if you can see any water staining on it or/and drips of water, also check to see if you are losing water in the system i.e. look in expansion chamber see if its below max mark. If the answer is 'yes' the you will need a new water pump. Hope thsis might shed some light on the matter.

If you need a replacement pump, there is a guy in Lancashire called Totalparts (find him in google) he is very reasonable on his prices

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Shameless plug - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f71/2002-2005-4-4-v8-m62-water-pump-replacement-213995.html

Saint.V8 said:

Shameless plug - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f71/2002-2005-4-4-v8-m62-water-pump-replacement-213995.html

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Its not meant to be a plug, I found them not long ago and bought some stuff of them..................sowwrrryyy

v8p38 said:

Its not meant to be a plug, I found them not long ago and bought some stuff of them..................sowwrrryyy

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No, not your post...but my shameless plug to my Water Pump Replacement Post

It's late, I'm tired.feel stupid going to bed now

Lol thanks guys. Pretty sure it's coolant. Not sure about the water pump though coz it seems to be dripping at quite some rate from the back of the engine

This seems to be the culprit

Ppsvogue said:

This seems to be the culprit

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If you are losing water from the back of the engine it could be the valley gasket leaking, my mates 4.0 hse was the same last year, he was quoted 6/8 hrs labour @£40p/h or given the option of Holts Radiator and block sealer in Gold Bottle @ £8 per bottle.

1 bottle and a couple of days later the leak has finally stopped he hasnt put anymore water in and all is running good, no over heating and using it in all the bad weather we had.

you never know it might help you