Just noticed a few beads of red fluid on the engine tray underneath my Range Rover. Anyone know what fluid is red/pink on the 4.4 v8s?

You've either got the wrong fluid in the gearbox and that's leaking or it could be from the power steering or red coolant..

Is it oil or watery looking....?? Pete

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It is watery looking. It's been looked after by an independent LR specialist. I'll take another look when it's not raining.

Probably coolant then - they run with red anti-freeze

there are a couple of pipes at the back of the heads that can fail apparently.

if it's at the front though on the undertray it's probably more likely the rad or water pump

Rads often rot out in the bottom

If it's towards the front of the engine tray, check the power steering hoses.

I had one where the rubber hose and banjo connector started to leak, dropping red fluid onto the tray.

Mike

Stick your finger in it and have a taste ....you'll soon know if it's antifreeze. ....very very sweet!  If it dont work.......burn it!

If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF.

If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser!

If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !!

OK thanks for the info. The radiator has been replaced a year or so back. I had a look under the hood this morning and nothing obvious. Again, it looks like I will be taking it in somewhere.

Where do I check the coolant levels? I had a look at the power steering reservoir and it seems fine, no wet around the container. The engine temp is smack bang in the middle as it always is.

Passenger side at the front, coolant reservoir, take the top of slowly, then a little rod should pop up and show you the level... if it was a decent leak the FF would have bonged at you anyway and displayed "low coolant" so it won't be much of a leak... Pete

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Thanks for the info. I'll have to have a look under the hood again when the rain has stopped. I can't re-call seeing anything like that. I know on the right at the front is the windscreen washer reservoir, then to the left of that, I believe the oil filter housing. Will take another look, mine has had the 2006 facelift so some things where I expect them to be around the headlight area are not.

I am hoping I will get a bong for any fluid level problem. I press that button on the dash and it says Check Control OK. I have no idea what it is actually checking, best read the manual

Just another thought ... it's not lightly to be auto transmission fluid is it? What colour is that?

As in my first post, if it's got the wrong oil it could well be red, it should be engine oil coloured....

Coolant reservoir is to the right of the oil filter, in front of the windscreen washer fill point... Pete

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Thanks guys. I think I found the source and it does indeed look like its coolant. I noticed when looking from above the engine that at the bottom of the engine tray on the right, there is a build up of the pink stuff;

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1. Yes, look at the diagram drawn on the top of your coolant tank, it shows where the round bits in the float should be with the coolant at the correct level.

2. Yes - Use pink/red coolant, which has the proper name of OAT - Organic Acid Technology. Failing that, just plain water will do, because chances are you'll need to drain the system to fix the leak anyway.

3. It depends where exactly it's leaking from. If it's the actual radiator then you'll need a new radiator, they're not expensive you can get them for less than £100 for a pattern one if you shop around. I bought a genuine Hella/Behr one for £130., it might just be one of the hoses that's split.

There are various products that will seal minor leaks in cooling systems, but they're only really a temporary fix.