Member Since: 03 Mar 2019
Location: Tasmania
Posts: 184
Radiator Overflow Bottle - how does the low level sensor wor
One of our MY12 2.7 TDV6 D4's is intermittently, but regularly, displaying a Coolant Level Low warning on the dash. I had a look on the parts breakup and there is a Liquid Low Level Warning Switch on the bottom of the Radiator Overflow Bottle:
I swapped this sensor over from our other MY12 D4 TDV6 2.7 and the fault remains - making me think that it's not this sensor experiencing the issue.
Of note is that sensor seems to just clip/pop onto the bottom of the Radiator Overflow Bottle and no coolant leaked out when it was removed.
Is there therefore more to this Coolant Level Low system such as components inside the bottle?Mine - MY09 L319 D3 HSE Lion 2.7 TDV6 and modified MY03 LT L318 Discovery 2a HSE Td5 15P
Hers - MY12 L319 D4 Lion 2.7L TDV6
Dads - MY12 L319 D4 Lion 2.7L TDV6
5th Nov 2020 2:49 am
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10770
Yeap. The float is in the bottle and can’t be changed.
You can get the floats, I tried fitting a new one and it still did not work, as Pete suggest's above a new bottle is the way to go.
Flack
5th Nov 2020 8:37 am
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10770
the float has a magnet in it.
5th Nov 2020 12:12 pm
twr7cx
Member Since: 03 Mar 2019
Location: Tasmania
Posts: 184
Pete K wrote:
Replace bottle
Cheers.
With new bottles genuine only or are any of the pattern units (Britpart, Meyle-HD, AllMakes, Eurospare, EAC) ok for this part? I ask as the genuine doesn't seem to have an overly great life and is 3.5 times the price of pattern offerings.Mine - MY09 L319 D3 HSE Lion 2.7 TDV6 and modified MY03 LT L318 Discovery 2a HSE Td5 15P
Hers - MY12 L319 D4 Lion 2.7L TDV6
Dads - MY12 L319 D4 Lion 2.7L TDV6
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