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I have tried to find images of the "improved " coolant pipe vs. the ones with a seam. Obviously these have a seam, but it does not seem like the seams that seem to have issues...ha ha
I have just over 23k miles on my 2017 f-type. Any word on how the newer pipes have been holding up? I would guess that going with the Aluminum pipes is still a better option. I just dread the labor costs. thanks for any insights.
Those pics are of the engine air intake pipes/tubes, not the coolant "crossover" pipe.
Unless you mean the thin black plastic tube just above and behind the air intake tubes, but even then the design and construction of that tube (expansion tank overflow tube) has not changed at all over whole run of F-Types.
The coolant crossover pipe is behind (towards the rear of the car) from the pictured tubes and is the upper of two front problematic coolant tubes. Underneath that one and joined to it but out of sight is the other main culprit, often referred to as the "coolant Y pipe".
You can't replace just one of those two pipes, it's both or nuffin.
Plenty of pics around here of the two designs of the plastic crossover pipe (but blowed if I can find them!), the older seamed type is easily distinguished from the later smooth type as it has a large and obvious horizontal seam or join while the later pipe is smooth and round with no seam.
That’s the original seamed pipe, not the revised one. The updated plastic pipe has a smoother surface with no center seam. At 23k miles, you’re probably fine for now, but plenty of revised plastic pipes still fail over time. Aluminum is definitely the real fix labor’s brutal, but you only do it once.
That’s the original seamed pipe, not the revised one. The updated plastic pipe has a smoother surface with no center seam. At 23k miles, you’re probably fine for now, but plenty of revised plastic pipes still fail over time. Aluminum is definitely the real fix labor’s brutal, but you only do it once.
Nup, wrong way 'round, that's the revised plastic pipe. Assuming it's a pic of wachuko's own car which is a '24. The earlier seamed pipe looks very different and is impossible to mistake for the later pipe, I should know as my F-Type still has the original seamed pipe.
Also that pictured pipe looks a little different to me from what I remember from earlier pics of the revised pipe, it seems a little less round with a flatter top, maybe just maybe JLR did another revision of the plastic pipe near the end of the F-Type's life? Just wish I could find a post with pics of both/all pipe types side by side, there's gotta be one around here somewhere!
Of course I could be mistaken and the picture is misleading/unclear, it could be a pic of the old seamed pipe just taken from an angle which masks the seam/join, maybe wachuko can chime in again?
OP (HCRoadie), the switchover to the smooth pipe was mostly some time in 2017/18 so your 2017 could have either type.
I am a dumb dumb. Of COURSE that is the air intake. Obviously I am not an auto mechanic, but even I should have realized what I am looking at. OZXfr, if you find those comparison pictures, that would be huge. I'll look a little deeper to see what's going on. Should I get the CORRECT pipes replaced, I will be taking it to a shop. I am very tool savy, I am comfortable around mechanical things, I weld , I do a lot of wood working and electrical work, I've done some basic to medium level wrenching on cars, and I work as an audio engineer. However, I also know my limitations. Thanks again for all the great responses.
Thanks for finding that thread, in it post number 67 shows the original seamed pipes and the revised smooth pipes for both the crossover (top) and Y (bottom) pipes.
Confirms to me that the pic posted by wachuko shows the revised/updated/smooth crossover pipe and yes the smooth pipe is not completely round it is a little flattened on top.
Those big, flat sections around whole pipe are what give it away. The newer pipe will have what look like seams on them -- they are the mold part lines. The seamed pipes have an obvious top and bottom piece that are "welded" together.
Is this coolant pipe the revised one?
