So after noticing a few spots of oil on the drive , i put the full fat into the LR specialists and they confirmed its leaking from the oil cooler.
Good news tho its covered by the RAC warranty on the car so i am gonna get a new oil cooler fitted at the same time. And while its there its having an inspection 2 service also.
Looking forward to getting her back .
Bring on the winter.

(4.4 tdv8)

My oil cooler leak turned out to be the gasket between the oil and coolant in the cooler, and cost me around £15.

If your dealer is replacing the whole unit, then the cost is likely to be the guts of a grand!

Lucky you have a warranty!

Mike

A grand?? I hope not.
Had mine replaced at my local specialist 2 months ago and total cost was £326 inc parts, labour, coolant and gearbox oil Not Galway but Balmoral green actually
148,000 miles

Gumball3000,
Please keep this post updated and I will add the details to my 4.4 tdV8 Fault Log.

Cheers G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Waynetab wrote:

A grand?? I hope not.
Had mine replaced at my local specialist 2 months ago and total cost was £326 inc parts, labour, coolant and gearbox oil

Yep, another forum member has been quoted £947 to replace the oil cooler and flush the coolant system.

I was quoted around £340 just for the replacement cooler since I was replacing it myself, so if you got yours for £326 all inclusive, then you got a bargain

However, the failed gasket was only £15.......so I didn't need to replace the whole cooler.

Mike

Wonder if yours is a different cooler on a 2011 car ? Just checked my invoice and cooler for my 2004 was £110 plus vat Not Galway but Balmoral green actually
148,000 miles

It is a completely different unit , unique to the 4.4 tdV8. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Good spot Baltic, I never thought to check we were discussing the same variant!

Mike

Got car back today all sorted new oil cooler + all seals replaced. RAC warranty is picking up the bill.

The car is a 2011 4.4 tdv8 with 82k miles on it.

Hope you get to enjoy many trouble free miles now.
Did you get a look at the invoice??

Cheers. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Lets hope so , no i didnt see the invoice . But they said they would send me a copy for my records once it all sorted.

**UPDATE**

So a couple of weeks on from a replacement oil cooler and inspection 2 done on my RR.
I notice over the weekend the car is leaving small amounts of oil on the driveway again, so back to the rr speclist today.
Undertray removed, lots of oil on it however they cannot see where it is coming from. The bell housing is dry and no signs of oil from the oil cooler, so its a bit of a mystery , they cleaned it off and took it for a test drive then back on the ramp . No sign of anything.

So the plan is to watch the driveway for signs of oil and if it starts again back in for further investigations.
Lets hope its nothing.

Gumball, had the same thing go on mine replaced under warranty, but from memory it was about £800 all in.
With regards to the continuing oil spots, I was told when mine went that a quantity of oil could go int the V before it starts to run down the back!
If your man from RAC didn't get all the spill out, it could be that??? 2006 RR sport HSE
Swapped for 2012 4.4td v8 Westminster Santori black with Ivory leather
BEEN SMILING EVER SINCE

Mines in at the moment having oil cooler replaced great local independent £350 all in getting gearbox flushed and new filter fitted at the same time so car should be good as new for our drive down to spain on sat
Well atleast thats the plan

Hi, I had mine done at the stealers £947 took it back after a week with oil still spotting the driveway, they dropped the undertray and showed me it was just residual oil still coming down from the bell housing. I took the car to an IOM soft wash after another week and had under chassis wash which has cleaned it all up now.

Have you checked the coolant tank to make sure that oil did not get into the system and that it was flush properly, the stealers took 3 days to get mine clear.