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Ellisboy Member Since: 13 Oct 2013 Location: Deep South Posts: 539 |
Good luck mate! Hope it’s not too expensive
Stephen. |
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26th Jun 2018 9:00pm |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
Too late Stephen! 💸💸 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
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26th Jun 2018 9:08pm |
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zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 |
It's just as bad in the Transit, and there's actually more access on a Defender. I think the Puma was actually designed for the Mk3 Mondeo for transverse mounting. Mounted longitudinally in a Transit all the coolant hoses chaff and eventually they spit their coolant out. |
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26th Jun 2018 10:58pm |
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williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 |
I see you got one snapped stud on the exhaust pipe
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27th Jun 2018 4:51am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
More access in a Defender, You having a laugh? You must be working on a different Defender to mine? I look after a small fleet of Transits for a company next door, ranging from 2008-2017 they are simple to work on, From cam chains, to egr valves, replacing them is simple, they are all on big mileage and don’t give much trouble, Certainly never had hose issues? The Engine in Defender form is a very different beast, take the aircon/alternator mount on the right hand side, What a !! The daft alloy plate across the cam chain cover, which you have to strip 90% of the engine just to remove that! Not to mention the snake pit of ill routed hoses and fuel pipes.. I could go on. Give me the engine in Transit form, in a Transit any day.... 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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27th Jun 2018 5:21am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
You will always get one! I will get that with the drill. 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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27th Jun 2018 5:31am |
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Natlas Member Since: 20 Mar 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 460 |
Good to see that you continue to boldly go where no man has gone before. (Hope you get back OK!)
Sorry to have missed you at Anglesey. Cheers, John. 2.2 90 XS 88" Series One Old Norton Minerva |
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27th Jun 2018 7:02am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
Sounds like you had a good trip John,
We were planning on driving up, but time was not on our side Hope you got yours sorted Cheers Ian 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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27th Jun 2018 7:28am |
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Fernando Member Since: 25 Oct 2017 Location: CABA Posts: 92 |
Hola Ian, antes de ir a lo mas dificil, mira el enfriador de gases de escape que esta enkla parte posteriior del motor !!!!
Suerte con el destripe. |
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27th Jun 2018 9:14am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
Hola
sí, voy a mirar el mío, gracias por su mensaje 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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27th Jun 2018 9:23am |
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hornet Member Since: 04 Jan 2010 Location: Western Europe Posts: 361 |
I had to take the same decision a few weeks ago. I went for a new head. If you do not see visable defects, there might be a chance of not detecting a crack when pressure-testing, even in hot water. My symptoms were the same, but did not loose these amounts of water! |
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27th Jun 2018 10:26am |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17450 |
I once had a SAAB 99 with very similar symptoms which turned out to be due to a crack in the exhaust manifold, which was water-jacketed. The crack, which was entirely internal to the manifold and visible only by looking into one of the exhaust passages, allowed coolant to leak directly into the outgoing hot exhaust gasses and out of the tailpipe. It lost water at a starling rate but with absolutely no visible sign of a leak anywhere.
Whilst this clearly cannot happen on the Puma engine, it did make me wonder if it would be possible for an internal leak in the EGR cooler to cause a generally similar effect. i.e., coolant being lost directly into either the inlet or exhaust system and then being expelled through the engine and exhaust. |
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27th Jun 2018 11:54am |
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ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 |
I’m removing it tonight to pressurise it, so we will see?
Just been chatting to my mate in the parts dept at Ford, the cooler is a cool £400 and that’s with 25% discount! In some ways I’m hoping it’s that, but on the other hand I could without it... They did say they sell more coolers than head gaskets, but we are talking only 1 or 2 every 6 months or so. Big thanks to Fernando who has sent some very useful pm’s on the subject 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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27th Jun 2018 12:07pm |
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o4dn Member Since: 08 Jan 2010 Location: South West Posts: 545 |
Just a thought, dunno if that's actually doable, maybe you could have blocked the EGR pipe at the exhaust manifold (i.e. before the cooler) and change the hoses to bypass the EGR cooler entirely? That would have lit up the MIL (but I guess it's the least of your concerns at this point) and could confirm if the cooler is faulty/leaking coolant.
But it's probably too late for that now. “A Land Rover immobilized is a moral defeat for the driver and bad publicity for the vehicle, […] it's up to you to do justice to your Land Rover!” - Land Rover Driving Technique. -- 2009 2.4 Puma Defender 90 SW 1979 Land Rover Series 3 88" |
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27th Jun 2018 1:18pm |
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