what have you fixed today

I have had an annoying small coolant leak for months on my td5 defender dammed if i could find it, but today ive sussed it.
Where the top hose goes into the block there was a tell tale trail & a few drops of pink water. It was those stupid hose clips they use from new at the factory.
At the base of the hose right on the block it was leaking so i got a proper jubilee clip popped the hose off and to my suprise the outer surface of the male reciever on the engine had a really big hard build up of what must have been lime around the circumfrence wether this had built up because of the leak who knows.
so i cleaned it all off put the hose back on tightned & bled the system road test now all is good

Thats how my td5 d2 went just before the head gasket went



Lynall

Hi lynall more info would be good

Its a common problem with them crimped hose clips. My TD5 had the same problem but the hard build up had started to eat away at the hose connector stub so it would not seal. Got a used one from a scrap engine, polished it up, used a decent hose clip and never had a problem until my oil pump failed and fragged the engine. Not connected in any way to the coolant leak I should add.

Mine is going in today to replace the door hinges,replace the rear end caps, diesel leaking at the filler cap, checker plate install on the rear fenders as they are quite rotten and an electrical short.

Friday i have to change the fuel pressure regulator on my TD5 CSW and tighten again my N/S wheel bearing nut {4th time loose this year}, buying a new nut and loctite ;-) OOOOOO and a torque wrench as 150lbs sounds bloody tight