Low coolant
My 23 P400 with 3400 miles goes in tomorrow to look at low coolant (below min mark) and what appears to be little pinkish driplets of coolant on drivers side engine hoses that probably shouldn't be there....No errors have popped up telling me "Low Coolant"
Will update with findings
Will update with findings
My 23 P400 with 3400 miles goes in tomorrow to look at low coolant (below min mark) and what appears to be little pinkish driplets of coolant on drivers side engine hoses that probably shouldn't be there....No errors have popped up telling me "Low Coolant". Will update with findings
Yep....after a closer look its definitely coming from the larger diameter hose that comes from the drivers side (US) upper part of radiator and ties into the upper drivers side of engine. There's a hose clamp there holding it on but I can't get my hand in there to see if its tight.
For perspective I live in hot *** Texas, so I question if these coolant problems occur in cooler/cold climates…
but after getting my o-ring fixed in late May which was the “reason” for my slow coolant leak, I now have a half full reservoir again.
took the vehicle back to the dealer and they pressure tested it again for the 3rd-4th time. Says everything is okay.
the service advisor told me that they’re seeing vehicles burn off coolant every 3-6 months and needing a top off…
So…if the motor is made to do this, then I wish LR would just say that…sure would make me feel more comfortable…
what to do…what to do…
but after getting my o-ring fixed in late May which was the “reason” for my slow coolant leak, I now have a half full reservoir again.
took the vehicle back to the dealer and they pressure tested it again for the 3rd-4th time. Says everything is okay.
the service advisor told me that they’re seeing vehicles burn off coolant every 3-6 months and needing a top off…
So…if the motor is made to do this, then I wish LR would just say that…sure would make me feel more comfortable…
what to do…what to do…
My D250 seemed to go from "high" to "low" on the coolant reservoir every few hundred miles.
l kept topping it up, and after a few months the coolant level seemed to stop falling.
lt's been okay for around 2,000 miles now.
I can't risk blowing up an engine, mines leaking without a doubt. Gotta get the root cause addressed. Mine is a P400
Well, I'm officially a member of the mysterious low coolant club. No issues for the first 21k miles but I could smell coolant so I checked (no warning light came on) and it was down to the min line. The stopped at the dealer to schedule a service appt and had them top it off. Two weeks later when I took it into service it had dropped back down to the min line. Got it back this morning along with the "we checked it for visual leaks and it passed the pressure test so you're good to go" response. I asked if it's no leaking then where is it going and was told that these vehicles are known for having the low coolant light come on which is when I reminded him this has nothing to do with a low coolant light because the low coolant light never came on...it's actually low on coolant and I've had to fill it up twice in 1500 miles. To be continued...
@ballandchain my 2020 110 passed 4 pressure tests. I took pictures every couple weeks over a 3-5 month period IIRC and was able to get the Service manager to agree that my car did have some kind of leak that still passed pressure testing and LRs protocols.
So we agreed to let him drive it home without all the skid plates (a 45 minute drive). Then in the morning he drove it straight into the service bay all nice and hot and straight onto a rack.
While still running on the rack, they finally found the tiny pinhole leak down by the PCM module. The leak dripped on some hot part and evaporated. This is why there was no residue on the skid plates or anywhere else from a visual inspection.
My reservoir was dropping from max to min roughly in a 2-3 week period. So over about 4-5 months I burned about 1/3 of a container of coolant. That leak was small enough to “pass pressure testing”.
So we agreed to let him drive it home without all the skid plates (a 45 minute drive). Then in the morning he drove it straight into the service bay all nice and hot and straight onto a rack.
While still running on the rack, they finally found the tiny pinhole leak down by the PCM module. The leak dripped on some hot part and evaporated. This is why there was no residue on the skid plates or anywhere else from a visual inspection.
My reservoir was dropping from max to min roughly in a 2-3 week period. So over about 4-5 months I burned about 1/3 of a container of coolant. That leak was small enough to “pass pressure testing”.


