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Hello I was topping up the windscreen wash the other day and the cap of the bottle dropped deep down into the engine bay. Today I took the bottom tray off (always forget how long that takes!) thinking it would be there but no - it must have fallen out somewhere over the past couple of days of...

Hi folks I am back on the road again thanks to deangermouse with a new back light which had been knicked over Christmas. Simultaneously with the lamp disappearance I noticed the drivers door window (passenger side in UK) stopped working. I hoped the two were linked (and maybe they are) but...

Well, well ,well, full of seasonal cheer here in the south of France. Went to take the hippo for a run to my daughter's in Toulouse after New Year and noticed someone had removed the rear right hand side fog/reversing lamp cluster. Handy thief must have had a torx screwdiver with them ...

Hi Does anyone know where I can get hold of the instrument panel warning light bulbs for the 1999 2.0 diesel model - they are quarter turn twist- in types? Having had no ABS light at all since I bough the car I swapped the bulb with another one in the cluster and of course it is now on all the...

Just thought I would give some feedback ona big round trip I have just done from near Beziers in the south of France to Bergamo, northern Italy via Cannes/Nice outward and Grenoble (the Alps) on return - just over 1000 miles. This was the first long haul trip I have done in this car and was a...

Hello all I lost a door mirror cover and it looks silly without. Has anyone used this supplier ? LAND ROVER FREELANDER MIRROR COVER OFF SIDE RIGHT DRIVER DOOR WING FREE DELIVERY | eBay Bit pricey for a bit of plastic but I can't find anything else. Thanks Gareth

I have finally started to investigate my lack of amigos as the MOT is due later in the year and better to start early. On switching on the ignition, all I get (in that group of lights) is a green hill decent light whcih goes off after a moment or two. No ABS light, no traction control light...

Hello I have an old L series diesel which is going just fine at the moment. We are visiting family in Warsaw, Poland in the summer for my father-in-law's 85th birthday (from our home near Beziers, France). There will be 4 of us travelling and the flights and hire car options are...

Good evening I spent the day doing my rear UJ and now I have a Freelander with no vibrations. Yipee! Observations: 1) The UJ didn't seem that bad bolted up to the diff but there was some play. In fact over the last few months I have had vibrations on and off sometimes worse sometimes OK...

Well I had another look underneath this afternoon afer speaking to Bells (VCU and bearings came from them a year ago) and was told the cause of vibration was unlikely to be the carrier bearings as they tend to get noisy and vibrate at all speeds when worn. I get vibration 50 mph plus and then...

Hello all After half a year of trouble free motoring and thinking how reliable these hippos are after all (too complacent by far I know) I am now trying to daignose a vibration that appears after about 50mph and gets steadily worse until about 70 then gets better again after that. I replaced...

I just got home after having to have the poor hippo loaded onto a breakdown truck on a motroway and taken to a garage in Montpellier. There were some ugly clicking but not metalic noises coming from the engine bay and then the battery charging light came on - I assumed I had snapped a...

Ok I just did a service but ended up having to leave the old oil filter in place. I tried everything to get it off using a filter wrench but because of its position found it difficult to get the clamp on and twist hard enough to shift it. Should I be using a specialist tool - if so I need to...

Doing an oil change at the weekend. Haynes manual says 10-40 or 15-40. Given I have done around 120k miles am I better off going for the thicker 15-40 oil? Semi synth or mineral? Thanks Gareth

It struck me as I was digging the soil to put my potatoes in that now the ABS checks are upgraded as part of the MOT (CT here in France) that sooner or later someone will come up with an idea of setting up a chain of garages specialising in ABS diagnostics, servicing and repair across all...

What is the large diameter rubber hose coming off the centre top front of the engine (L Series) and going towards the front of the car? Is it an intercooler hose? Mine has a split near the jubliee clip holding it on the flange above the engine . Car runs fine but obvioulsy a split hose is...

Well after some self doubt I finally started on my project today. Change front diff mount and VCU. I was bit appreneive at first but once I got into it I was more confident and the studies I have done via this forum and Haynes stood me in good stead. Thanks Hippo for the diff mount pictures...

Just a quickie. I have a reasonable set of spanners/sockets etc but the Torx tools are new to me. I want to drop the prop shaft and fit a new VCU in the coming weeks and know there are some Torx bits at the front end of the prop. I think these are E12? I can get a single socket for this or...

Hello! Just playing with my 1999 Freelander Di 5 door 190,000 Km and enjoying it. Looks nice and tidy and generally sound and I am pleased with it. My first job is to get the VCU tested and I just had a look under the car this afternoon and took the photo here I am not really sure what I am...