Freelander 'splutter'

can any one shed any light on this maybe youve had the same problem.

Freelander 2000 1.8 petrol.
Plutters uder exceleration.
if you back of the pedal and level out at 55/60 in fith it goes.!

my guess is maybe water in Fuel filter !! can anyone telll me where
the fuel filter is
Or have you got any other ideas to what it may me .


Many Thanks Lee

other problems i have if any one can help
Rear doors not unlocking
small little map lights not working .
Thanks

Try checking the Plugs for tracking down the outside it could be that the coils/plug caps are at fault mine has been playing up this week missing under load ,running ok on steady throttle openings but stuttering,stumbleing when you put your foot down I changed the coils and so far so good
Oh! and where abouts in Salop are you i'm only in Stretton if you need a hand

One other thing I forgot to ask dose the engine management light flikker or come on when its stuttering ?you could get sombody with a reader to check out the fault codes
it might point you in the right direction

Thanks for the reply....Im in Shrewsbury its recently had a service so i dont think the plugs it feels more like water in the fuel. possibly in the filter the tank recently got run quite low so im wondering if its churned some stuff up from the bottom of the tank. no flicker from the EML.

Cheers Lee

Hi Lee when I said plugs I should have said plug caps mine was shorting down ths side of the plug and causing a intermitant miss under load,
I got some replacements from the breakers and so far so good

out here in the sticks us ooo arrrs still call Shrewsbury "Salop" or just Town but there again I'm getting to the age where I could go on the Grumpy Old Men program