bendelaurence
New Member
- Posts
- 234
Hi, i'm new to this forum, and to Freelanders. I've had defenders in the past but somehow ended up buying a Freelander 2.5 V6 (as there were no suitable V8 Defenders available at the time 
)
To be honest i really like the car, however reading this forum is starting to make me feel that i need to expect ALOT of problems with it.
Anyway, this is my first problem. (I'll post the problem, the work i do to fix it and hopefully it may help someone in the future. Viewers feel free to jump in and advise).
I drove 50 miles on the motorway yesterday, came off and enter a dual carriageway and put my foot down. It revved up to about 5500 RPM and the oil light started flickering then came on fully, followed by a screeching noise, i pulled over immediately. No visible sign of leaking oil. I let it stand for a moment and restarted it. It seemed to run ok, then 1 mile down the road the same thing occurred. I managed to get it home, but on the way, gradually a tappety noise emerged getting louder and louder.
This morning the noise is there permanently. The engine sounds like a diesel tractor with a little man under the bonnet banging it with a spanner.
There's no sign of oil in the water or visa versa.
I'm very good at carrying out work on engines, but rubbish at diagnosing faults so any input would be much appreciated.
At the moment my plan is to get it booked in at LR for a diagnostic, then hopefully buy the parts and carry out the repairs myself.
I'll keep you posted on the progress and when i work out how to do it I'll upload some video of the noise.
)To be honest i really like the car, however reading this forum is starting to make me feel that i need to expect ALOT of problems with it.
Anyway, this is my first problem. (I'll post the problem, the work i do to fix it and hopefully it may help someone in the future. Viewers feel free to jump in and advise).
I drove 50 miles on the motorway yesterday, came off and enter a dual carriageway and put my foot down. It revved up to about 5500 RPM and the oil light started flickering then came on fully, followed by a screeching noise, i pulled over immediately. No visible sign of leaking oil. I let it stand for a moment and restarted it. It seemed to run ok, then 1 mile down the road the same thing occurred. I managed to get it home, but on the way, gradually a tappety noise emerged getting louder and louder.
This morning the noise is there permanently. The engine sounds like a diesel tractor with a little man under the bonnet banging it with a spanner.
There's no sign of oil in the water or visa versa.
I'm very good at carrying out work on engines, but rubbish at diagnosing faults so any input would be much appreciated.
At the moment my plan is to get it booked in at LR for a diagnostic, then hopefully buy the parts and carry out the repairs myself.
I'll keep you posted on the progress and when i work out how to do it I'll upload some video of the noise.
