Coolant leak

Kevin P · Apr 22, 2017

Well the low coolant light came on the other day, it was about a half gallon low. Discovered coolant on the front of the engine near water pump and under the throttle body.

Read a bunch of other forums and most lead to that, but I'm on a time crunch(moving) and need to ensure I get everything changed that's needed, do that want to get in there needing some other part. Any recommendations on other things to look at or change? Also where should I get a pump? Dealer wants 392 bucks.

ktm525 · Apr 22, 2017

What colour is that coolant? It looks yellowish almost oily?

Just replaced a pump. I am going to assume your plastic crossover pipe is OK. To replace the pump you will need:

water pump ($80 ish from)
Plastic inlet pipe behind pump (had to go to Land Rover for this) about $25
both belts (one serpentine and one a stretch to fit. Might as well replace if you are in there.
idler pulley (again for a few $$ might as well.

I paid about $80 IIRC from Rock Auto (Beck/ Arnley) for the pump and the belts were another $30-$40

I needed 3-4L of Coolant (Pentosin SF, again from Rock Auto and make sure you used distilled water to mix it).

Surfrider77 · Apr 23, 2017

I am guessing your truck is out of warranty? This a common issue and there is a TSB for it.

Mine just went on my 2013 and I had it fixed under warranty a couple months ago.

Kevin P · Apr 23, 2017

The coolant is pinkish, the photo doesn't look right. You ordered almost everything from Rock Auto, probably best prices? I do have a warranty but it's an aftermarket one I bought from the back when I bought the lr4. Not sure if the will cover it, I will give them a call.

ktm525 · Apr 23, 2017

Good. You should be seeing pink either fluid or dried crust around your pump. Yes I went with Rock Auto as the pump, belts,idler pulley and coolant were a good price. I would follow up with the warranty first though. Make sure they use the proper SF coolant.

stufrowin · Apr 23, 2017

Hopefully your warranty will cover it..

If it doesn't not that big of a deal to change water pump, but I wouldn't assume your crossover pipe is ok similar situation happened to me about a year ago..

http://www.landroverworld.org/threads/heavy-coolant-leak-failure.28600/

If your above 75k miles I would switch out the crossover as well.

stufrowin · Apr 23, 2017

When my pump failed there was an obvious wobble on the pulley. With engine off i would just check if the bearing has play at least you'll have an idea if that is the only problem.

Kevin P · May 3, 2017

Well pump was replaced under warranty plus a 250 deductible. But the crossover pipe was cracked and they wanted 450 to replace it. I said I would do it and so I got it out and it was cracked along the lower seem and the two parts that mouth t in the engine block were busted off. Waiting for replacement to come in. One thing I noticed was the bleeder port on the water pump would spurt fluid when I squeezed the hose. Any idea where I can get this? It's the push in Port that connects to the throttle body.

stufrowin · May 6, 2017

Idk I got mine from local dealer not sure if part number though. Call and ask, how did the intake valves look?

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