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Looks very nice, Enjoy!

Thanks Mark, you're an absolute Godsend mate, she was going to have me chopping it in for a Seat Altea...lol I'll add you to the xmas list...lol

My wife has been complaining of a vacuum cleaner type noise coming from the car when driving and that it stays on for sometimes as much as a few minutes after switching off. I checked it today and her description is perfect, sounds like an upright vacuum cleaner even with the engine off, I checked under the front of the car and found what seems to be the source. There is a small exhaust type pipe under the bumper at the passenger side of the car, when the engine is running this blows hot air/fumes, when the engine is switched off it continues to do so for a few minutes and the vacuum type noise continues. When I started the car from cold this morning I ran the engine for a few minutes on idle, then switched the engine off, I checked the pipe again and it was blowing out what appeared to be exhaust gases. Quite worried about this as it too close to xmas for an expensive repair. Anyone able to offer any help on what it might be and what I might be able to do myself to rectify it. Thanks in advance.

Without starting a full on debate as whether you found my query suitable, or on the other hand you found it to be too vague for your monstrously huge appetite for information. I would like to say......get a life! Some folk may have tried these fittings before from Jsg and if not may at some time in the future consider them so a post like mine isn't a waste of anyones time other than mine, as I put it on the wrong forum. Should've put it on http://www.freelanderclub.org/.

exactly thats my point thats called being helpfull frigefreezer take note....

They sent the wrong brackets initially. I measured them up took the digital photos and sent them to JSG, they offered to mod them for me, ended up doing it myself......less hassle but not ideal. I was really just looking for someone to say.....I got steps from the same supplier and had a similar problem or I had steps from the same supplier and they were fine. Rob at JSG turned out to be a great help and it was just a new supplier they used for the brackets that had cut holes in the wrong position.

Let's face it the freelander itself is a bit of a mummsy cosmetic accessory (ask any proper landrover owner) , hence it's my wifes car, If I wanted a 4x4 I'd have bought a proper one. I wanted a shopping cart with a bit of road presence which was feminine enough for a young woman to drive, the side steps were for the kids to get in and out so not really all that cosmetic IMO No wonder there aren't many Freelander folk visiting the Freelander Forum regularly. As for a half baked query....Lets face it a monkey with half a brain could've got the idea. Are you a monkey? do you possess half a brain...............I'll reserve my judgement

Thanks again for the advice....Not! 100 odd folk read this and not even a "good luck" Been on a few forums in the past, this is the most unhelpfull I have ever come across....Bye!

Thanks Rustymark. It's the correct one your speaking about. I checked it against another freelander which the owner was kind enough to show me. The small filter is a breather which should be open to the atmosphere at one end, I had attached it to another breather which should have been the same which is a small black metal gooseneck pipe just above where the filter should be fixed. I noticed a bit of grey smoke after a couple of days with these two bits joined together. oops! When I seen the error I had made I changed it back and all was well again.

well 36 views so far and no replies, your all obviously as thick as me....lol. If this was a defender it would be answered in no time as those guys tend to know their stuff.

My wife noticed a small clear plastic thing in the engine bay that was connected to a hose at the lower end but nothing at the other. I've looked through a few images and found out it's and Egr vacuum air filter thingie? It's obviuosly there for a good reason, will it cause any problems being removed or do I need to get it sorted Asap, I can see where it attaches to, but can't attach it as the end doesn't appear. fit properly.

Just interested if anyone else has bought sidesteps from JSG Direct on ebay, if so what did you think of them, did the steps fit okay? Mine are an absolute nightmare to fit on my freelander.

I bought a set of sidesteps for my Freebie, looked straight forward enough to fit, even with the terrible instructions...lol Anyway four hours into the job I had only managed to fit the front passenger side bracket as per the instructions, then moved onto the middle one which I could only get one bolt through and then the rear which again I only got one bolt through. It looks like these brackets just don't fit, the company who sells them on ebay JSG Direct have thousands of positive feedback and seem to have a good rep, I've emailed them tonight to see if it's maybe just been a bad batch or if it's me that's being cackhanded. Hopefully they'll get back to me with an easy fix. BTW, have any of you used steps from JSG Diretc in the past?

I'm not very technically minded to say the very least, so don't pay too much attention as I may be talking through the wrong orrifice. I think this would end up making your front wheels travel faster than the rear due to the different overall radius, on a Front wheel drive car no real problem. I'm thinking that this may just be enough to mess with your 4x4 electronic gadgetry. Might also mess with your hill decent control. As I said I know very little about these things and the tolerances/sizes etc may be too small to make a real difference. Sorry if I've created more questions for you....lol

Added you to the list Brian. 1 - Andy D..............Inverkip, Scotland 2 - Dan W ..............Southampton, hampshire 3 - Brian W..............Newbridge, Caerphilly, South Wales

Problem Solved! Darnley Landrover called to so the Freebie is all fixed and tickety boo. Apparently it was a broken gear selector arm that was causing the noise/vibration sensation through the gearstivk. They removed the gearbox fixed the selector arm and fished out the broken bit to save any future mishaps. After a good test drive it got the thumbs up.........I'll be able to take it on my 1000 mile roadtrip to kent and back, I'll let you all know how it went and the MPG figures etc as I know there is some interest on MPG due to recent events.

Been looking around and there seems to be plenty of 2nd hand prefacelift freelander 1 nudge bars on the market, will these fit the facelifted model? I've seen the soft plastic nudge bars for the facelift version and don't really like them, they just don't look bold enough and merge so well with the lines of the car that they are hardly noticeable.

Oh yes..........they're all mangeled...lol. Sorry I don't suppose I should be laughing might happen to me tomorrow!

I've been using Millers Diesel power sport 4 for a couple of years in various diesel cars I've had including my current Audi A4 1.9Tdi and my last Vectra 1.9 Cdti, it gave me about 10% better fuel economy equating to roughly an extra 60 miles per tank which was very good value for money as a bottle only costs a tenner and last about 10 tanks Are any of you guys using this or anything similar on your TD4s if so what kind of results are you getting?

Thanks Jules. Is it just the Freelander forum that's very very quiet?

Thanks Westender. I found a couple of good sites which have Freelander accessories, all quite pricey. Looks like 200 is about the norm for sidesteps and 300 for an A bar, 100 quid should cover the front and rear lamp guards.....it really does all add up. then there ar spotlights and a new wheel cover, when does it ever end.....lol

I'm sure I see a set for sale from an ebay shop a couple of days ago, can't remember which one as I was just browsing and didn't pay too much attention, might have been powerful.uk (I think that's the name). Hope this helps

41mph obviously a 1.8 petrol then....only joking. I know what you mean about the Freelanders getting a roasting....Horses for courses, mine is a every day car , the only off road it'll see is maybe mounting the odd kerb to allow others to get by on narrow roads. As a family bus it suits me perfectly, it's sturdy, good driving position, good big walls on the tyres so her indoors doesn't scuff the alloys, 2.0td4 economy and oomph, excellent for the odd fishing and camping trip too. Only had mine a couple of weeks and really glad we bought it. Beats the astra SRi vvti we got rid of hands down.

I've been on the forum most days since signing up a less than a month ago, It looks like there are very few Freelander owners getting involved in the forum. I think it would be a good wee excercise to see how many Freelander owners we have and where they all located, might even lead to a few meets once folk get to know who's where and how many of us there are. I'll add my name below and hopefully more will follow, maybe once we get a good list we can get a outing or event arranged. Just copy and paste the list below onto the reply box and add your names 1 - Andy D..............Inverkip, Scotland

The news is good and bad. The bad news is Land Rover say the gearbox needs to come off and a new something or other rod link thingy needs replaced. The good news is I'm still within the Arnold Clark warranty so they are covering it. I called the Darnly Land Rover dealers who are doing the work and asked if they could give the car a quick look over while doing the work to the gearbox, I was quite shocked to hear they wanted to charge me for the labour to do it even though my car is in their garage for at least four days at their extortionate labour rates. Told them just to do the work the car was in for. It's a real pity as shhould they have had found a few problems with it they would have been getting paid to put them right by Arnold Clark. Seems like a false economy on their part, or at least on the snooty service womans part!