outofstepper
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Greets all.
Great place you have here! I've searched high and low for info before
stumbling across this site. Kudos & am hoping to learn a lot about my Freelander.
Picked up a pre-loved 1999 Freelander 2000 Di. Thats what the guy
told me it was, all the paper work says 99 Freelander Diesel engine.
Even the handbook is quite generic.
Two questions and I'll try to keep this short-winded:
1. Previous owner bought this thing new, had it for 10 years, put 121,000km
on the clock (about 76k miles). He tells me its been well maintained, oil and
check every 10k km. Little to no off-road but "its been good in the snow".
He says all he's changed in 10 years time is two head lamps (bulbs).
He says it has a Landrover engine in it, not the BMW engine -- which means its not as prone to the head gasket problem. Don't know if this is true.
So my first question: should I be worried about something? Or should I just live in ignorant bliss assuming "it won't happen to me"? What should I look
out for?
2. decided to try the AWD to see if the tranny still worked. slope of about 20 degrees or so.. damp grass.. i expected something to slip. Esp since the tires have seen better days.
nothing slipped, but the engine died. 4 times. I had it in 1st from a dead stop (on the slope).. even with high revs seems like it had no power and just stalled. is this normal? never had an AWD vehicle. Maybe they don't act the same as 4WD.. thoughts?
the HDC seems to work though its a bit noisy. Again I have no reference, its my first time.. but it did take the grades nice and slow.
with some momentum, on not-so-bad slopes, the freelander did great. great handling, etc. For reference, its not somewhere I could've gone with my front wheel drive car. But no problem for the Freelander.
Any insight greatly appreciated!
-Tony
Great place you have here! I've searched high and low for info before
stumbling across this site. Kudos & am hoping to learn a lot about my Freelander.
Picked up a pre-loved 1999 Freelander 2000 Di. Thats what the guy
told me it was, all the paper work says 99 Freelander Diesel engine.
Even the handbook is quite generic.
Two questions and I'll try to keep this short-winded:
1. Previous owner bought this thing new, had it for 10 years, put 121,000km
on the clock (about 76k miles). He tells me its been well maintained, oil and
check every 10k km. Little to no off-road but "its been good in the snow".
He says all he's changed in 10 years time is two head lamps (bulbs).
He says it has a Landrover engine in it, not the BMW engine -- which means its not as prone to the head gasket problem. Don't know if this is true.
So my first question: should I be worried about something? Or should I just live in ignorant bliss assuming "it won't happen to me"? What should I look
out for?
2. decided to try the AWD to see if the tranny still worked. slope of about 20 degrees or so.. damp grass.. i expected something to slip. Esp since the tires have seen better days.
nothing slipped, but the engine died. 4 times. I had it in 1st from a dead stop (on the slope).. even with high revs seems like it had no power and just stalled. is this normal? never had an AWD vehicle. Maybe they don't act the same as 4WD.. thoughts?
the HDC seems to work though its a bit noisy. Again I have no reference, its my first time.. but it did take the grades nice and slow.
with some momentum, on not-so-bad slopes, the freelander did great. great handling, etc. For reference, its not somewhere I could've gone with my front wheel drive car. But no problem for the Freelander.
Any insight greatly appreciated!
-Tony
