Another mystery coolant leak

[Serafim]

Hi,

I'm new here and I'm new with Land Rover too.

I bought here in Brazil a 2005 V6 HSE Freelander with only 30.000 Km.
Since first week I detected a coolant leak. I have to put about 1 liter of coolant every week.

There is no signal of coolant in the oil, in my garage's floor, in the heater core or in any part of the motor.

I left the car for two times in a Land Rover dealer and they made a pressure test. They told me that everything is ok and there isn't any lost of pressure during the two tests. I changed by myself the expansion bottle and the cap and the freelander still loosing coolant.

I searched on this site and I found a lot of information about coolant leaks, but none of them resolve my problem.

Any other suggestion?

Sorry about my bad english.

Thanks

Mauricio

[carcar]

My friend Mauricio,
If no one suggest anything on this forum, go to Land Rover UK Forums there are many guys that can help you in this matter.Sorry I can,t help you myself.
carmelo from Malta.

[Serafim]

Thanks Carmelo. I will try the other forum too.

[bluefreelander]

check under the coolant reservoir cap and look for small cracks, these cracks allow some coolant to leak but they are hard to detect, if your freelander is ot running a cooling kit yet, get one before your engine overheats one day out of the blue

here is some info from landroverforums.com:
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Hey I get a bunch of e-mails about the kit, you can get it doing a search on e-bay

"Freelander Cooling Kit" or "Land Rover Freelander Cooling Kit "
the freelander with the first prototype is running awesome and just passed 140k miles!
also other benefits is the oil stays crystal clear between oil changes and it does not lose it's viscosity due to the high running temps.

here is the info from ebay

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If you have a Land Rover Freelander you know about the common engine failure, usually between 50k - 90k miles, these vehicles are nice but will not forgive you when the engine overheats, it will self destroy. the engine is was designed with different metal/steel alloys that when they overheat the expand at a very different rate and engine fails.

The entire system works great but borderline hot, so any small problems with the cooling system will be lethal, the common reason is a cracked coolant reservoir, or hose rupture, again the reservoir will crack or the hoses will fail because the engine just runs a little hotter that it should, the coolant components will crack or blow due to the excessive pressure and sustained high temperature, if you look at the temp needle, it likes to be close to the middle.

So if you have a Freelander or will buy one, do yourself a favor and buy a "Freelander Engine Cooling Kit" which is a set of relays, wires and connectors that installs in minutes and reduces the operating temperature by turning the fan (s) at a different temperatures than the programmed by factory without interfering with the a/c and other components.

This is the cheapest insurance, it will help you avoid a 5,000.00 bill replacing a freelander engine.

This is a device that prevents damage, it will not fix the damage if it already ocurred, (however it will help in cases where the damage is mild)

As all electrical components, there are no refunds, only replacement if defective. all kits are tested before shipping to insure reliability

Important: even if device fails, the factory system still works as originally described



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