Hello all,
I recently acquired a new (to me) 2013 Land Cruiser in Salsa Red with 115,536 miles on the clock. I will be using this thread to document the build, and repairs made along the way.
The first item is addressing a possible coolant leak. The first thing I noticed was a low coolant reservoir. When I picked up the truck I popped the hood open at one point, and I can recall the reservoir being filled about halfway when at operating temperature. I searched the threads and other sources, inspected the transmission bell housing, got a decent look under the air intake manifold, water pump, and radiator. No coolant dripping from the transmission bell housing (photos attached). No coolant residue/crust under the intake manifold from what I could tell (may pick a borescope to get a better look). No coolant/crust around the water pump from what I could see. Finally, the radiator, radiator cap, and reservoir cap all had coolant residue around them (photos of residue around the radiator attached; I cleaned the cap area before I took photos so it looks clean-ish). Since then I have filled the reservoir and it's pretty much at the 'F' line, and doesn't look like it has moved. Will continue to monitor that.
I plan on replacing the radiator, radiator hoses, water pump, pulleys, and pcv valve (anything else I should consider?) soon. However, I'm still wondering what could have caused some coolant to show up around the radiator, radiator cap, and reservoir cap? It looked like it came out from the top on both the reservoir, and radiator. Bad seal on the cap causing coolant to leak, and spread around? Appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
I recently acquired a new (to me) 2013 Land Cruiser in Salsa Red with 115,536 miles on the clock. I will be using this thread to document the build, and repairs made along the way.
The first item is addressing a possible coolant leak. The first thing I noticed was a low coolant reservoir. When I picked up the truck I popped the hood open at one point, and I can recall the reservoir being filled about halfway when at operating temperature. I searched the threads and other sources, inspected the transmission bell housing, got a decent look under the air intake manifold, water pump, and radiator. No coolant dripping from the transmission bell housing (photos attached). No coolant residue/crust under the intake manifold from what I could tell (may pick a borescope to get a better look). No coolant/crust around the water pump from what I could see. Finally, the radiator, radiator cap, and reservoir cap all had coolant residue around them (photos of residue around the radiator attached; I cleaned the cap area before I took photos so it looks clean-ish). Since then I have filled the reservoir and it's pretty much at the 'F' line, and doesn't look like it has moved. Will continue to monitor that.
I plan on replacing the radiator, radiator hoses, water pump, pulleys, and pcv valve (anything else I should consider?) soon. However, I'm still wondering what could have caused some coolant to show up around the radiator, radiator cap, and reservoir cap? It looked like it came out from the top on both the reservoir, and radiator. Bad seal on the cap causing coolant to leak, and spread around? Appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
