OMG i keep breaking down

RAC called out and diagnosed clutch were slipping, Off to garage and had Fly wheel, clutch, and he said he had to fit bearing. Drove home struggled to get gear which were fine before but presumed it was me getting used to bite on clutch, but temp gauge was up at half and that never happened before. Full lock on turning in street making noise which was not there before. Took back and he took the wheel off and said some metal had corroded and pulled a chunk off. Driving not far for couple days but just not right, felt slightly vibrational on accelerator. Then another RAC visit because it lost all its coolant and almost overheated. He diagnosed a smallish pipe and said when they fitted clutch they bent the bracket which caused a hole in pipe, so he fitted what he had and followed me to garage. Just picked it up as it was left on car park to collect, drove home as if it had brake stuck on is the only way i can explain it, loss of power at points and smelling burnish with temp going up to half. Just got home with it and checked coolant non in, so filled it to level. Got in now brake pedal hard and solid and back right wheel making whining noise also very vibrational driving home. Passed MOT last couple months and everything good. Drove ok until clutch fitted which was expensive. 2006 TD4 Freelander.

Hope someone can give me any advice as it has to go back to garage now it feels undrivable
Thanks a mere woman keeping the mechanic industry in a job, constantly, because they keep breaking it even more. Not all mechanics by the way.

The only useful advice i can give is to take it to a mechanic that knows Landrovers. If the garage that did the clutch will do the extra work for free then no loss i guess, but if you are going to be spending more money find a landcover mechanic. Not a main dealer, because the car isn't worth what it would cost, but there are decent independents all round the country.
Others may be able to offer advice based on what you've posted but it's usually suggestions as to what to look for for people who are going to do the work themselves.

These are great cars. I've had several, but if I wasn't doing the work myself I wouldn't go near one.

Who recommended the garage that undertook the original clutch job, was it the RAC if so complain to them that the garage as made your car worse, will they help and intervene? where about are you based so we can give you some idea whom maybe best to help going forward.

MGT said:

The only useful advice i can give is to take it to a mechanic that knows Landrovers. If the garage that did the clutch will do the extra work for free then no loss i guess, but if you are going to be spending more money find a landcover mechanic. Not a main dealer, because the car isn't worth what it would cost, but there are decent independents all round the country.
Others may be able to offer advice based on what you've posted but it's usually suggestions as to what to look for for people who are going to do the work themselves.

These are great cars. I've had several, but if I wasn't doing the work myself I wouldn't go near one.

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Thank you to be fair it has been great and i love it, just seems to go for one repair and come back totally different vehicle in a way.

Arctic2 said:

Who recommended the garage that undertook the original clutch job, was it the RAC if so complain to them that the garage as made your car worse, will they help and intervene? where about are you based so we can give you some idea whom maybe best to help going forward.

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Thank you.. near Burnley. No RAC just took me back to where it was repaired and told him the fault was the bent bracket and hose due to clutch fitting. Only reason i had it all done because it was such a good vehicle, proper reliable. now it feels like oh its not that must be this syndrome, that never ends.

It doesn't sound like the garage that did the work are particularly good. These vehicles aren't complicated by modern standards, but a mechanic does need to know what they are doing to do any work correctly. To me it sounds like the garage has been lazy, and not removed the gearbox, just swung it out the way to do the job quicker.
You would probably be better taking it to a more reputable repair place, and claim your money back from the garage that made it worse. If you paid by credit card, it's easy. If not, then it's more complicated to get your money back.

Nodge68 said:

It doesn't sound like the garage that did the work are particularly good. These vehicles aren't complicated by modern standards, but a mechanic does need to know what they are doing to do any work correctly. To me it sounds like the garage has been lazy, and not removed the gearbox, just swung it out the way to do the job quicker.
You would probably be better taking it to a more reputable repair place, and claim your money back from the garage that made it worse. If you paid by credit card, it's easy. If not, then it's more complicated to get your money back.

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Thank you that does make sense.

lr indi. garage near burnley :
Barley Garage, Pendle Row,
Burnley BB12 9YJ
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