Freelander 1.8 K series hgf - more data

JonFre said:

Thank you Mad Hat & NI for providing an interesting and valuable thread, I think it will be appreciated by our K owners.

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No probs JF, if you have any links for the k-series then post them here.

The Mad Hat Man said:

fook me, lr1796 - "interesting and valuable" - must be on drugs - dont sound like a lzer.

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I know

MHM is interesting and I'm valuable, or wait a minute,,,,,,, he's valuable and I'm interesting.

Have yu considered that, as he owns a Hippoo - we are neither - and he is suffering from delusions?

Yu cant say he has good taste!

The Mad Hat Man said:

Have yu considered that, as he owns a Hippoo - we are neither - and he is suffering from delusions?

Yu cant say he has good taste!

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My Dear MHM.
It would appear that my complimentary posting has caused some embarrassment to your sensitive disposition. My intention was to encourage what I considered to be an educative thread, to cause pain to your good self was unforgiveable.
Please accept my sincere apologies. JF

oh don't worry about daft, He's used to pain. In fact he pays for it to be administered.

yu go fur it Jonfre - i can stand as much complimentary posting as you can do.

an as fur the pain - only from mrs Minge.

here is a site worth looking at - if yu gorra Hippoo.

The Mad Hat Man said:

here is a site worth looking at - if yu gorra Hippoo.

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I liked the 'off road' definition!
Incidentally few people are aware of the 'retail item, not fit for purpose, six years to claim' rules. We recently got for my son a replacement TV which failed after 5 years, however it cost £3500 new so it should have lasted longer.

The new oil rail which many treat as optional on Rover cars is much more important on the Freelander application. It is a must if you want to ward off a repeat failure.. This is because the Freelander has a bigger problem with block stiffness due to the way the 4WD transmission is mounted on it.

Just a quick update on the prices of the parts from LandRover - the price of the gasket set seems to have gone up quite a bit! The prices I got quoted from two different LR dealers yesterday were -

Oil Rail -
LCN000140L
£29.87+VAT (£35.10 inc VAT)

Gasket Kit (gasket, shim, 2 steel dowels) -
LVB500190
£46.35+VAT (£54.46 inc VAT)

There have been 3 reported failures of the new MLS gasket (BW5750), the gaskets were returned for inspection but no results of the testing were reported back.

All claims were rejected as the uprated oil rail had not been fitted in any of the cases. TAKE NOTE!!!!!

Is there any way of telling that my engine has had the factory mod. I have been told it was done...but without detailed service history that could mean anything.

yo local landy stealer should be able to tell ya.

The Mad Hat Man said:

The new oil rail which many treat as optional on Rover cars is much more important on the Freelander application. It is a must if you want to ward off a repeat failure.. This is because the Freelander has a bigger problem with block stiffness due to the way the 4WD transmission is mounted on it.

All claims were rejected as the uprated oil rail had not been fitted in any of the cases. TAKE NOTE!!!!!

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WOoooH! who brought this thread back to life


Interesting on the rejected claims issue.

My k-series has done the 20k since hgf July 2006., No oil rail change just the MLS gasket

guess woohoo?

gavmoulds said:

Is there any way of telling that my engine has had the factory mod. I have been told it was done...but without detailed service history that could mean anything.

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What mod do you mean:

Gasket

Oil Rail

Thermostat

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for the benefit of the newbies with 1.8 queries, the context of this thread is beyond the scope of the search facility

Northern Irelander said:

the context of this thread is beyond the scope of the search facility

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what the feck does that mean ?

Mods - can we have this as a sticky here and a copy in the Q's and A's bit please?

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Sean said:

what the feck does that mean ?

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There was a time when the search facility threw up ' sorry no matches'

Any of the older threads were 'lost', I see it is working again...................for now

Maybe the 'no matches' pun was to stop the tratta boys from torching the petrol FL1 with a gallon of petrol

a whole gallon !

my twopence worth, while engines continue to be manufactured from materials with different thermal qualities, ie. steel and aluminium, we the buying public will continue to have engine failures, you only have to look back at past failures, triumph stag, dolomite et all the others with steel/ ally components, and time after time manufacturers get away with it and we are left with the bill.

freelance said:

my twopence worth, while engines continue to be manufactured from materials with different thermal qualities, ie. steel and aluminium, we the buying public will continue to have engine failures, you only have to look back at past failures, triumph stag, dolomite et all the others with steel/ ally components, and time after time manufacturers get away with it and we are left with the bill.

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Fink you need to fink again,the K series is all alloy,and the others you mention are cast iron and alloy - not steel.Cant be bothered to mention any others but the TDI is a shining example of a reliable unit with both materials used.