Hi Northern Irelander, You are say that the 2 hoses can be blanked off, this i am quite happy to do and was thinking about it myself, but the only queiry i have is that someone said if you do this the oil inside the ird will heat up and not lubricate as good etc, i myself don't see why the...

It is leaking at the metal pipe going into the cooler, not the connection between the rubber and metal pipes unfortunately.

I have a 99 1.8 petrol Freelander. Yesterday - noticed a water leak from underneath. Having got underneath, the water seems to be coming from the top coolant pipe where it joins onto the IRD cooler. It seems frustratingly an intermittent problem, sometimes the car can be sat and not a drop...