Thanks for the comment - yes this morning my "black box" device gave a low coolant error within one block from the house. Stopped to check for leaks and did not see any. Added 1 litre of anti-freeze mix. Remainder of today did my chores and testing and coolant remained under 90 degrees the...

Good advice, thanks.

OK - did not know that - so keep it at or under 50%? Also want to avoid rust buildup in the block and possible corrosion of the oil cooler and water pump.

Yup - I am the proud owner of 5 litres of anti-freeze mix :)

Did a reply to all - thank you for your comment and I think this was exactly the issue. Block and heater obviously had coolant which I neglected to consider.

Hi all - thank you for the replies - you are 100% right - before I dd my test drive today I called one of my Pretoria-based TD5 gurus. He also reminded me that the block and heater store coolant. I actually took out 500ml because it was still too full after bleeding the pipes. In answer to...

Hello all. I have just finished replacing the head on my 2004 130 TD5 Defender. She started nicely and running at about 85 to 88 degrees water temp. (Short test run). However the forums/specs show 12 litres of coolant and I have only added 7 litres. So I am a bit puzzled - am I in for a...

Hello all, I have been following the Landyzone forums for a while now, but never quite got around to registering! I currently own a Defender TD5 130 which I have owned for about 20 years. Been mostly reliable, that is for the technical discussions. Previous Defenders were Tdi 110 and TD5 110.