L320 3.6 TDV8 coolant leak

Hi all, after a bit of advise if possible, had an issue on my RRS 3.6TDV8 about a year ago where the top hose popped off, Land Rover specialist replaced top hose set as it had swallowed due to oil leak? Turns changed a few months before I got so made sense,

Anyway driving a bit earlier parked up and noted steam coming from under the bonnet, checked and found the hose had popped off again

AA attended and refitted (didn’t have any tools on me!) he ‘pressure tested’ the system ok, however i now have a bad leak coming from underneath toward the back of the car…I know the 3.0 TDV6 as the coolant line between the ‘V’ that leaks, does anyone know if the V8’s do?

It’s going into a specialist if I can’t find the leak anyway just trying to decide whether it’s worth looking at myself, looked online for a coolant diagram as I know the gearbox cooler is towards the rear,

cheers

keiran

What you didnt have any tools, you should know better have a look in microcat link below shows you all the pipe work its in Russian but will translate, i tried to post the diag but cant work it out, the normal answer would be burn it
http://lrcat.com/

brianp38dse said:

What you didnt have any tools, you should know better have a look in microcat link below shows you all the pipe work its in Russian but will translate, i tried to post the diag but cant work it out, the normal answer would be burn it
http://lrcat.com/

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Got to have a boot full of tools if you own a Land Rover

Rubberknees said:

Got to have a boot full of tools if you own a Land Rover

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No, the boot is for the spares you need to carry around ..... the tools go in the glove box, underneath the front seats and in the door pockets.

ifloochies said:

No, the boot is for the spares you need to carry around ..... the tools go in the glove box, underneath the front seats and in the door pockets.

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And don't forget back seats

brianp38dse said:

What you didnt have any tools, you should know better have a look in microcat link below shows you all the pipe work its in Russian but will translate, i tried to post the diag but cant work it out, the normal answer would be burn it
http://lrcat.com/

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Should have taken the work van

Sorry for the late update, took me a few weeks to strip down, diagnose and then order the parts before finally getting it back together last weekend,

so having removed the intake plenum, both EGR’s and countless coolant lines I found the base of the thermostat housing leaking, I suspect it was cracked however it snapped off in the block when removing it, took a bit of wiggling to get it out, replaced that and the water pump and she seems to be fine now… we’ll until one of the airlines blew but that’s a different story!….