Dezzie Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Hi everyone. I keep seeing really cheap late Freelanders in the classified adverts, then on closer inspection, find out they're the V6. What are the pitfalls? Are they best avoided? Are they stupid thirsty? Is it head gaskets again? Were they only available with the Auto box? Thanks for any replies. Cheers ................... Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 They did a manual. I drove one offroad once. Not a huge amount of low down grunt and without a low box it struggled on the steep climbs forcing you to ride the clutch. I think the reason they're cheap is people seem to he conditioned now to buy diesel without really thinking about it, just the word v6 is off putting. I'm afraid I haven't got a clue where the engine came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 friend of mine bought one two TDs ago, he loved it. Said it was the last car he bought that he just went out to drive for the sake of it.. rather than needing to go somewhere. He ran it from north of Scotland to south of England and back on a regular commute and it never let him down. Eventually it got tired so he bought a diesel .. then his current SD4 which he also likes and its a bit less costly to run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Engine is a marry up of two K-series engines with a cylinder lopped off each, and suffers the same head gasket/dowel problems. Bit thirsty, but I bet they sound nice, go well, and are nice and smooth when running right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ah is that what the KV6 designation is? learn something every day That would prob mate up to an LT77 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrycol Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Its a dog of an engine with all the issues of the 1.8. Is also fitted to the first Kia Karnival and because of the engine has sent most to the wreckers so must now be one of the rearest cars on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 From what I've heard they're potentially suffering the same issues as the K1.8 but have twice as many head gaskets, drink more fuel without being *that* much quicker than the others and quite a few special-to-the-v6 parts. That said, if kept up together the K1.8 is a great engine and the KV6 freebies are, as you've noticed, billy bargains as no-one wants them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzagsky Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Not sure about the head gasket reliability issues but I can confirm from personal experience that they are very heavy on fuel and don't offer much of a performance advantage over the 1.8 petrol or TD4 diesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally V8 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Quite right Zig, they use loads of fuel,dont go much better and go wrong in much more expensive ways... A TD4 is a much better prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-9 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 After running a BMW engined TD4 for 6 years I would never touch one again, its the only vehicle I've had which would randomly just not start. It would drive perfectly for a month, then you'd pull up in the services, stop for a coffee and it wouldn't start. Then by the time the recovery people got there, it would have fixed itself. Obviously the garage couldn't help, because the computer said it was fine and it didn't play up when they had it. After lots of faffing around, it turned out it was the injectors, randomly failing open and causing the fuel pressure to drop. £2000 for injectors and pump later and it worked again, but because it used to randomly work anyway, I never trusted it to keep working. Shame really, as it was a nice car otherwise. Surprisingly capable offroad too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 if, you want randomly ffailing to start you should try a p38 with a bcem synchronization fault. would start fine all day for m,e then id lend it to my dad... and it wouldnt start. very annoying. eventually worked out you had to leave the key in the door for 10 secs after unlocking manually or it wouldnt start.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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