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So I was underneath the Disco today getting my used side steps on (that was a task and a half), and thought I'd poke around.
Over the last little while I noticed my coolant dropped about 1/3 inch which it hasn't done since I've owned the truck.
I topped it up and am keeping and eye on it, however, I notice, amongst the oil seeping this (picture below). Is this not coolant? And where is it coming from and going to?
That looks like the passenger side. Check the throttle body heater, just look at the passenger side valve cover underneath the intake hose. My bet is you will see coolant there, if not check all your hoses on that side of the engine in the general area that fluid appears underneath, it should be easy to spot.
i think that's the driver side, which is the same side as the tbh (underneath the truck, looking forwards towards the radiator, engine is on your right as in this photo).
if you're still running dexcool in your engine, that's really the only orange fluid that would be anywhere. unless it's just rusty water.
Yes - the dexcool is coming out once I order my new coolant pipes and thermostat. Didn't see the need to change the coolant then change the pipes - will do it all at once
I've tried the throttle body - already replaced that last year. But will re tighten the ring clamp around the nipples to be sure.
Possible culprit - bleed screw...but not sure if it's the screw or if there's a crack in the actual connector.
Out of interest, what are the two gold coloured pipes as pictured in the first pic? they run to the transmission?
The radiator on top they held a bracket with a screw that’s goes into the top of rad it’s a common place to start leaking. Take out the fan cover and see if you have coolant dripping out of that screw runing down to the bottom
had this happen this summer. When replacing rad eBay cheap one works well you have to cut the ends of those screws so they don’t ruin the new rad
What is this leaking and from where?
