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 Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
 10th Mar 2025 11:44pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
| No, I made the mistake of thinking the bend in the oil cooler wasn't to bad and reused the original oil cooler, I should have remembered that aluminium grows/expands when hot so the bend becomes worse ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
10th Mar 2025 11:03pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
| No, the cast housing was fine, it was the actual oil cooler/heat exchanger that was bent (the rectangular part on top) it was slightly bent on the surface were the gasket seals to but it was enough to ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
10th Mar 2025 12:03pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
| The oil cooler and heat exchanger are both the same thing, I'm not sure what the correct term is for the cast housing underneath (part the oil filter screws into), I would call it a directional housin ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
10th Mar 2025 12:03pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
| The oil cooler and heat exchanger are both the same thing, I'm not sure what the correct term is for the cast housing underneath (part the oil filter screws into), I would call it a directional housin ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
10th Mar 2025 7:45am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
Hey guys,
I did eventually find and fix the oil leak, the issue was something I didn't even consider but the heat exchanger was bent. It was only slightly bent but was enough that you couldn't get ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
20th Jul 2024 1:40am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
Hi Guys,
I need some help or advise, we recently had a new oil cooler assembly and gaskets installed on our Range Rover SDV8, all genuine parts, we have only driven it 3 times over the course of 5 ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
5th Jun 2024 11:49pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
| No, the bolts holding the oil cooler to the casting, see the image below, there's 6 of them but you can only really see 3 of them and in the manual there no torque setting for them. There probably 13N ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
5th Jun 2024 8:49am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
Hey Guys,
Thank you for the advice, we decided to buy a new Genuine oil cooler assembly and I'll fit it once it arrives, ill probably replace some of the plastic coolant lines as well when I do th ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
2nd Jun 2024 10:00am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
Hi Richie,
No we didn't, is it know to cause repetitive oil leaks? because it did stop leaking for a few weeks. We did do the bolts that hold it down to the same torque as the bolts holding the ma ... |
| Constant Oil Leaks |
TheLandy3000
2nd Jun 2024 7:11am
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2454 · Subject: Constant Oil Leaks |
Hi Guys,
I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if this topic has been discussed else where. I'm having issues with a range rover L405 with the SDV8 having constant oil leaks, Last year, we not ... |
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