I took my car out for a short drive early this morning... It's 6 degrees here btw! Freezing! But, at about 0830 I noticed that there was a small puddle of liquids underneath my landy. It turned out to be coolant. I looked under the hood and found that the coolant was leaking from the right side of the vehicle. From what I can tell it looks like the leak is coming from just over the valve cover. I traced a tube from the coolant tank over to the valve cover area. I felt for cracks but couldnt find any. I drove the landy over to work about a hour and a half ago and checked under the car for leaks again and there wasnt any.... On the way to work I noticed that there was a high pitched whirring sound every time I accelerated. That sound is also gone.... Any ideas on what my problem might be?!?! I used 50/50 dexcool that they sold at Autozone!

Thanks in advance for the help

JC

 

Drivers side valve cover? Leaking ontop of the valve cover then running down onto the ground?
http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/ERR6623.cfm
or
http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/MGM000010KG.cfm
Go with the first one, you can buy it at your dealer for like $5.

 

Following up on Spikes, I would go with the second link, you will most likely need the full gasket set that Rover updated 4 plus years ago to stop this leak.

 

The leak appears to have been a one time deal. It hasn't leaked since. Is this normal? Still think I should do a replacement?

 

ten bucks doit.. From what Ive learned about Rovers theres no such thing as a One Time Deal unless you do it yourself..If you dont take care of it theres a big one comin round the mountain

 

Either replace the whole kit, the proper repair, or by-pass the system by joing the two hoses together, which I did 4 or 5 years ago.

 

So I can join the two hoses together and cap off the ends of the heater plate and thats it?? i live in the Caribbean so my throttle body doesn't need heating up!!

 

I live in Colorado and it doesn't seem to cause me problems on these -10 to -20 degree mornings.

 

problem solved!! I like dat! So you by passed both heaters? No issues in the winter?
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done deal... I'm in MT, plenty of 20 below mornings, but a knowledgeable wrench and stocked parts are farther afield than in CO. I'll try it though!!
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