rodders

hi are you sure its the belt ? sounds like fuel pump failure (quite common)

found low compression on cylinder 2. could be (thinks) it is a burnt out exhaust valve, but could be crack in cylinder head or just head gasket. either way its pricey! hope your fault is cheaper.

found iac ok. going in tuesday to find out whats what. will tell you what they come back with.

same on mine (thread below) to see what ive changed. made no odds though. going to do idle control valve next for no other reason than a hunch and running out of ideas. let you know if it makes a difference.

could the problem be the idle air control valve seeing as it only happens on tickover ? do these fail regularly?

this might help with my problem (misfire when hot) could someone tell me where the brown one is?

now changed plugs, leads ,coils air filter and crank sensor all seem to make a difference for a while engine light now off but flashes when stuck in traffic and goes out again when you get moving.any other ideas?

its a 2002/3 1.8

hi all still having a misfire. changed plugs coils and air filter. plugged into a fault reader came up with po302 cyl 2 misfire, po313misfire empty tank think this means no fuel in cylinder. told probably the injector or crankshaft sensor. anyone know which is more likely to fail? or any other ideas appreciated.

do you really have to use platinum plugs in the 1.8 ? if not what have people used as an alternative ?

was having a play with the car and found one of the blank buttons on the side of the steering wheel (the one above fog lights) has wiring to it. anyone know where it goes?

hi all this isnt my freelander for a change its my nephews rover 400 but is the same engine. the car is jumping when cold ok when up to temp. any help appreciated

this light came on about a month or so ago but not everytime then it went away. came back on this morning. any ideas what is causing it? thanks in advance.

horn beeping usually meens the car thinks a window is open/ door not shut properly. the freelander alarm system is the same as the rover 200/400 which is rubbish and will probably sort itself out to the point where it wont go off if you pushed it off a cliff.

hi all. went to open boot today, window dropped but not enough to unlock boot. can push window down enough to open, and when you shut it window works as it should. with boot open, can push window down about an inch. any help appreciated.

this could only be done if land rover ever made a freelander with manual windows which im not sure they did. if they did, all the securing holes for the ratchet would have been pressed into the door inner panel so would be easy. if they never made a manual one you would somehow have to butcher the motor. have never looked at mine but repaired my saab electric window, and when assembled is very hard to turn.

hello all. cant get my head round this one! took kids away for the weekend to coast. car travelled there and back approx 250 miles then round town all week approx 100 miles no coolant loss. went out for the day yesterday, one journey of 90 miles coolant dropped from full to empty. cant understand erratic loss. any ideas?

hello not sure what you mean by loud but i heard a hissing noise when sitting in traffic turned out to be heater fan

new pump fitted god they are expensive! problem solved waiting for the next one. not had a car this bad since a 10 year old marina in the eighties!cheers for the replies though. sure i will be asking something else soon!

have had bit more of a look seems to be 2 lives into relay but only one to fuel pump have swapped relays round so know thats ok also with ignition switch on 2 the air idle sensor is making a high pitch whine and the map sensor is clicking you can feel something going on! these stop as you disconnect them are these normal?

driving to work the other day changed down gear at roundabout went to accelarate off and no power then stopped and wont start have read this could be fuel pump and also read very expensive! any ideas on checking to make sure pump is problem or could it be anything else (sensors etc) i did disconect the fuel pipe from fuel rail turned over and no fuel came out

hello i had similar coolant loss had inlet gasket replaced but made no odds also had cracks on expansion tank it seemed to be hissing so replaced which was about £40 from lr dealer also required new cap as tank was redesigned with a ratchet cap no water loss since so might be worth a try

hello done a search and also checked other forums and decided to remove the lot for now. this turned out to be quite easy which supprised me! what i would like to know is now off the bit thats broke is the damper which are pretty cheap to get hold of so is it worth replacing or has this broke due to vcu being broke?

just had a loud banging from under car. discovered casing has come off and spining on rear prop shaft. does that make it knackered? or can you still drive (i pushed it back on) if its gone how much are they and is it easy to replace?

seem to go for good money on ebay but i remember when all my money used to go on insurance and loud stereos car audio dealers used to make reinforced parcel shelves from mdf and cover them to match the car. may see if they still do and if they can do one for a freelander and what cost (not for big speakers just to stop some little git helping themselves to the contents of my boot which is currently a 2 litre bottle of water just in case!)