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gruntygrant
Member Since: 28 Dec 2011
Location: Pietermaritzburg
Posts: 13
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| Oil in coolant bottle. Disco 4. |
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Scary finding oil in the radiator coolant bottle. I can't see any cause for this and the vehicle has only covered 104,000 kms. Any ideas guys?
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 2nd Apr 2014 2:50 pm |
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petersw
Member Since: 17 Nov 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1135
  
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Oil or sludge ? Peter
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| 2nd Apr 2014 3:08 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10494
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Could be cylinder head gasket, or worse a cracked head or block.
Is there an oil/water mix "mayonnaise" inside the oil filler cap?
Check the coolant for products of combustion.
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| 2nd Apr 2014 3:22 pm |
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Scarab
Member Since: 11 Jun 2011
Location: Hastings
Posts: 1283
 
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Yep check inside the oil filler cap for anything that looks like sludge or bubbly yellow frogspawn too
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| 2nd Apr 2014 3:25 pm |
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CUCO
Member Since: 27 May 2011
Location: Spain & Oleee!!!
Posts: 609
 
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Maybe only a cracked oil coolant interchanger.
Much more cheap
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| 2nd Apr 2014 10:09 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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EGR coolers leaking, ATF cooler in rad leaking, cracked head? “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 3rd Apr 2014 2:15 am |
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olympicliftingpaulf
Member Since: 22 Apr 2019
Location: Leek
Posts: 24
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| Oil in Coolant - continued |
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Hi all,
Are you all well? Hope so.
Have the same issue with my 2011 D4 SDV6. There isn't any mix in the oil filler as others may have said to check for.
Took it to a LR dealer and they were complete doom and gloom, though I always get the feeling that if it isn't a new one you bought from them you're not worthy of their time.
He did mention around the oil filter, as well as maybe the EGR but said he'd only ever seen it on a V8.
He didn't seem to think it could be anything to do with oil cooler but 2 or 3 indie LR mechs have come across that.
He did say that it could be a new engine job and a snip at £10k but also said that it is currently hard to get hold of an engine at present.
How did you get on with yours please?
Cheers, Paul
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| 20th Apr 2022 7:40 pm |
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Bubblehead
Member Since: 01 Jun 2020
Location: Horndean
Posts: 214
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I had this a while back. Was the oil cooler.
New oil cooler fitted, problem solved.
I absolutely agree with what you say about main dealer, find yourself a decent LR specialist! 2005 Disco3 HSE Auto 😁
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| 21st Apr 2022 8:20 am |
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olympicliftingpaulf
Member Since: 22 Apr 2019
Location: Leek
Posts: 24
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Hi Bubblehead,
Thanks for your reply.
It would seem like it is somewhere around there. There has been some oil pooling around the filter housing too.
There can't be a lot of it (as yet) as I rarely have to top the engine oil up too.
I got the impression from the dealer that they were trying to fob me off and you're right, need to find someone who is a specialist really.
Thanks for your help.
Paul
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| 21st Apr 2022 11:16 am |
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olympicliftingpaulf
Member Since: 22 Apr 2019
Location: Leek
Posts: 24
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Hi again,
Turns out after all their machinations that it couldn't possibly be the oil cooler on a SDV6, it's the oil cooler.
There's another couple of leaks like one on the inlet manifold and there's a turbo pipe needs some TLC, but not as fatalistic as what he initially made out.
Hopefully the LR specialist near me will enjoy taking it on.
Worth the investigation both on here and getting them to do some diagnostics rather than just pie-ing it off.
Thanks.
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| 21st Apr 2022 8:01 pm |
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