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    Symptom: Leak in foot well. Garage diagnosis: cracked radiator = help

    Hi - I have now carried out the tests suggested by Slob; 1) The liquid drips in the footwell are green, a viscous and not oily liquid, sorry about inprecise word, and it is the same type of liquid as in the coolant liquid reservoir. The stains on the central coolant fan are white calcium like...
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    Symptom: Leak in foot well. Garage diagnosis: cracked radiator = help

    By inez_beaum, shot with E5400 at 2007-11-24 By inez_beaum, shot with E5400 at 2007-11-24 Hi again, Slob, I will try the tests you suggest in the morining, when I can see properly, but for now I hope the pictures of the footwell will be loaded Ok, not just mechanically challenged, I am...
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    Symptom: Leak in foot well. Garage diagnosis: cracked radiator = help

    Hi to everybody who have so kindly tried to help - particualry to slob who seem to have gotten my number, eg 'woman', not mechanical but game within reason - I will be loading pictures later when I have found an URL to host them, but in short they show smallish droplets of green 'shiny'...
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    Symptom: Leak in foot well. Garage diagnosis: cracked radiator = help

    Hi and thank you both for explaining the lost in translation, eg dashboard, not front, and heater matrix rather than rear radiator, as well as calming my upset nerves - I will post pictures at the weekend and look forward to hearing your comments if and when you hopefully have a chance to look...
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    Symptom: Leak in foot well. Garage diagnosis: cracked radiator = help

    After a long period with a small leak in the drivers foot well and a shortened ventilation fan also presumably due to the leak I have been told that the ‘rear radiator’ is cracked on our LH drive diesel Freelander (99). I have had no noticeable loss of cooling liquid but the liquid patch in the...