Hello Guys -

The flood gate of problems is not stopping on my D2, while working on the brakes I noticed coolant leak on the top right of the rad.

A little history, about 4 months ago I repaired the throttle body heater plate, then coolant started to leak from the water pump seals, we got that corrected, then coolant begun leaking from the back of the engine possibly from the valley pan gasket The truck never overheats and I believe it had the head gasket replaced by looking at the bolts. Disco Mike actually offered to help me isolate the leak on the VPG but never connected back with him due to scheduling (Thanks Mike)

So now the leak is springing from the top right of the rad, from what I read it might be a screw and certainly requires a new Rad. I couldn't tell, I walked away pissed but I guess I need to double check.

What do you guys think, definitely a Rad change right? and in that case, what brand/source do you recommend? I don't want to spend a lot of money, this baby milked me in the past few months.

Thank you,

Gibran

 

$150 - $300 ish. Anything is better than a leaker, but you have to wonder how long the bargain basments will last. The screw on top goes into a plastic tank, there is not much plastic and it cracks. Repair of plastic is a problem because of heat cycles.

See https://landroverforums.com/forum/ge...ter-8-a-58003/ for pix of what you are dealing with.

 

Replace the radiator along with a new 180 degree soft spring t/stat.

 

For now, get some permatex, put it on the screw and screw it back into the hole on the rad.
And then get a new one.
Savannah told me to get a Nissens and he was spot on.

 

Here's the inside of the radiator plastic with a little crack a member glued. It will last a while, but not forever. Radiator plastic is brittle, plus has a lot of heat cycle changes.

 

I will patch it for couple of weeks until I get time to replace the radiator and thermostat, couple of questions before I go spend the money.

1) Which radiator Silla or Nissen? I noticed Nissen got bad ratings, but I see Buzz likes it!

2) I have been using PEAK 50/50, is this stuff good?

Thank you guys,

Gibran

 

Peak is good. Nissens is good, but I bought one for my other mid life crisis, a 93 Mercedes convertible. Came in a Nissens box, at a fair price from Autohausaz.com, but had a small red label inside for International Radiator. Several emails later and Nissens confirmed they outsourced certain models where there was low demand or to get around their production schedule. And they stand behind the warranty.

Kind of like incontinence in a navy blue suit at church, it gives you a warm feeling but nobody notices....

We have had members post about the Silla, and you may want to use the search feature to hunt for it. Can't say that anyone wails about them. Of course, any new radiator is better than a clogged leaky one. And the failure of a radiator, with severe repair issues in the balance, on a vehicle driven by SWMBO with offspring aboard, while road warrior husband/Mr Fixit is safe on the 15th floor of the Hilton 3 time zones away, with a posh rental car in the basement parking garage; these are also factors.

The wrong way is a pull out from the boneyard, unless it is new, becuase it will have all the sludge in it, and when they sliced the hose to drain it the liquid sludge inside is now exposed to air and doing a great job of brewing synthetic concrete.

 

Nissen it is, I will be searching the web for some good pricing

Stupid question, which permatex should I be using in the meanwhile? I checked their website, the options are overwhelming.

Thanks.

 

You might want to contact Justin at Lucky8. He has the Hella/Behr radiators for around $180 shipped. I have read that they as well as Nissen are superior to Silla.

 

are these plastic alum as well or all Alum?