Defender 90 Cooling System Overhaul Package

Cooling System Overhaul Package for the Defender 90: radiator, water pump, thermostat, hoses, expansion tank and coolant replaced together.

The 2.7 and 3.0 V6 diesels in the Discovery 3 and 4, the Sport and the later L322 can spin a bearing and break the crankshaft, which is an engine out job and the single largest bill these vehicles produce. The early signs are low oil pressure warnings, a knock at idle and metal in the oil. These packages rebuild the engine properly with the revised parts, rather than dropping in a used engine with the same history. The 90 is the short wheelbase and the one that gets used hardest off road, so the parts on it are the ones we see worn out fastest.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Defender 90, chassis code LD 90
• Engine: 200Tdi, 300Tdi, Td5, 2.4 and 2.2 Puma diesel
• Production dates: 1983 to 2016
• Quality: Parts Only or Parts and Fitting
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions on these vehicles are frequent and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: overheating and coolant loss from an ageing cooling system
• Labour time: about 6 hours
• Coding: none required. Fit it and drive
• Also needed: nothing
• Torque: hose clips to spec
• Weight: about 22 kg
• Warranty: two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first

What arrives

• Radiator
• Water pump
• Thermostat
• Hoses
• Expansion tank
• Coolant

Fitting

Labour guide: about 6 hours. Land Rover changes specification mid production, often by VIN rather than by model year, so send the VIN or the registration with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything leaves. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a part that fits and a return. We are an independent Land Rover specialist and parts supplier. We are not Land Rover or Jaguar Land Rover and are not appointed by them; the model names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. Everything we sell is chosen for vehicles that actually get used: towed with, loaded, driven through water and parked in fields, rather than for the brochure. We do not sell particulate filter deletes, EGR blanking plates, AdBlue emulators or emissions defeat software. They are illegal on a road vehicle in the UK, an MOT failure and they void insurance.

Which version to buy

Parts Only is the parts delivered to you or your garage, with our fitting notes. Parts and Fitting is the parts fitted at our workshop, road tested and with the warranty covering labour as well as parts.