Freelander 2 (LR2) Engine oil Change MY 2007

Well yesterdays dry day was taken advantage of by doing a quick engine oil and filter change from today and over the weekend the rear diff, PTU, and the Haldex, gearbox oils will be changed.

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Exhaust will be rubbed down also, and painted up.
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Awkward oil filter so used the tool i made to do the job
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New O-ring fitted and a little new oil on the O-ring before re-fitting the oil pot and filter.

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New copper washer for the oil drain plug.
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Make sure oil filter is fitte3d correctly then add new oil.
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Move onto the oil changes above today and this weekend.

The rusty pipe is the boost pipe from the turbo to intercooler. It's much more rusty than mine is, but that could be down to mine being wet with oil before I fix the oil leaks.

Nodge68 said:

The rusty pipe is the boost pipe from the turbo to intercooler. It's much more rusty than mine is, but that could be down to mine being wet with oil before I fix the oil leaks.

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Hi John.
Yes it seems to have got worse over the last couple of years, not sure but are the boost pipe stainless. hopefully by the end of Sunday it will look totally different.

Arctic2 said:

Hi John.
Yes it seems to have got worse over the last couple of years, not sure but are the boost pipe stainless. hopefully by the end of Sunday it will look totally different.

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If they're stainless, it's really low quality stainless. At least the inside won't go rusty.

Sunday i only managed to do the rear diff oil, today has been a wash out again, hopefully tomorrow will let me do a little more.

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Last done in 2020.
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Really need to add drain hole in the MY07 diff but where? this is not ideal.
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Anyone done a drain hole on the MY07 diff.

Nodge68 said:

If they're stainless, it's really low quality stainless. At least the inside won't go rusty.

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Hi John.
Yes i doubt they are stainless but i managed to clean it up somewhat, also changed the gearbox oil yesterday while the weather was kind, plan to do the PTU drainplug the weekend fingers crossed
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Hi Guys & Gals.
I changed the gearbox oil again yesterday and new washers were used, they also were used when i did it originally just forgot to mention it so this time round i have.

As with original oil change always make sure you can undo the filler plug first before draining out the old oil, otherwise you could be in a pickle.

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Drain plug undone & removed, 24mm socket the car on the level oil still flows out so seems ok from the last fill.
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Wheel off and FL2 jacked up using the jacking point to keep it level.
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Level also put on the sill inside the door and the side step.
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My drive has an sloping therefore needs some wood under to make it level from back to front.
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With the under tray removed you can now undo the drain plug.
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24mm ring spanner will do the job nicely, so crack the drainplug ready to remove.
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Place you catch container under the drain plug and remove the drain plug with your fingers, do not drop the plug into the oil container, i used an old bowl.
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Lowered the car on the jack also, this was to help drain all the oil out, let it drain for at least 10mins or more.
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New copper washers ready and waiting once the oil as drained.
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Drain plug with new washer added, and car put back to level

Next i hooked up my pump filler.
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Pumping in the first litre of 2lts
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Let that settle a little then put in the next ltr, which started to overflow.
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Leaving 100ml from the second litre.
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Can of brake cleaner ready to clean and wash away any over flow oil from the gearbox.
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Replace the filler plug with new copper washer.
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Spray with disc brake cleaner.
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Let that wait to dry off and make sure no leaks, in the meantime i checked the old oil which was last done in 2020.
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All looked good and most likely did not need doing, but i am doing all the fluids this spring / summer on both my Fl2's

So 2lts out and new 75w/80 added.
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cleaned up the boost pipe also.
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Double checked the drain plug for leaks, cleaned and dried before putting the undertray back on.
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Hopefully this weekend i can add a PTU drain plug and change the oil easier, that will be another thread.