MAINTENANCE THE RADIATOR

At the end of the day, if you want to give your cooling system a fighting chance out in the bush it needs to be well maintained. After all your engine depends on the cooling system to keep running Like always, a bit of preventative maintenance on your Land Rover will go a long way towards making every trip off road one to remember for the right reasons. When it comes to the cooling system, it pays to catch problem early, so if your Land Rover is using a bit of coolant or temperature gauge is hovering around the hot mark, spare some time to check it out before its too late. If you’re in doubt about condition, have the entire system inspected by a radiator specialist. The more time you can spend out driving and less time working on track side repairs the better we recon

The thermostat on some late model 4WDs can prove to be a mission to get to generally older engine are fairly accessible, in this case the build up around the water pump inlet was able to be cleaned up easily and the housing checked out OKAY.mud blocking the radiator’s airflow is major cause of overheating in Defenders the worst build up can be hidden behind the fan shroud often out of sight. It’s common for corrosion to from around the thermostat and water pump housing. These areas can often be hidden under the radiator hoses. If the corrosion has eaten too much of the housing away it will need to be replaced, there could be over 15l of coolant that comes out of your defender cooling system. It can’t be allowed to enter into the storm water drains and needs to be collected in a drain tray of some sort. You’ll need to take it down to your local waste collection station to dispose of it correctly.