What have you done to your Freelander today

Identified an issue with the heating systems in the cabin...got back in after walking the dog and started the engine which kicked in the aircon heating. Turned on the seat heaters and the steering wheel heater and gave everything a few minutes to warm up and went to pull away when I found the issue....the indicator stalk was freeezing, now need to find a way to warm that up.

Leomas said:

Identified an issue with the heating systems in the cabin...got back in after walking the dog and started the engine which kicked in the aircon heating. Turned on the seat heaters and the steering wheel heater and gave everything a few minutes to warm up and went to pull away when I found the issue....the indicator stalk was freeezing, now need to find a way to warm that up.

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First world problems!!!

Leomas said:

when I found the issue....the indicator stalk was freeezing, now need to find a way to warm that up.

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Directing the air from the face vents will warm the stalks up works ok. I do this to warm my hands as mine doesn't have a heated steering wheel.

Our Mazda CX5 had a heated wheel, but the problem with that was that it was so hot you couldn't actually touch the wheel after a few minutes.

Nodge68 said:

Our Mazda CX5 had a heated wheel, but the problem with that was that it was so hot you couldn't actually touch the wheel after a few minutes.

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Our Disco Sport has a heated steering wheel - it's just lovely! I miss it on any other car I drive - including the old Freelander!

Three things I would add to the FL1 if I could: heated seats, heated windscreen and a heated steering wheel.

At least the first two items are achievable. Shame my FL1 doesn't have the heated seat loom, but I do now have the switches. One thing at a time eh?

Anyone breaking an FL1 and can part out the heated seat (and may be the heated windscreen loom?? (Worth an ask!)

Read a feature on my very G4 Freelander in 'Land Rover - The Great British Classic' when with a previous owner.

Apparently, and I quote "The rare G4 Challenge Edition Freelander is the one to go for".

Today I took delivery of a special loom which is used to power a dash cam under CJB control.
Unfortunately I still can't post pictures on the forum.

Nor can I Nodge - I was thinking it was just me!

rob_bell said:

Nor can I Nodge - I was thinking it was just me!

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There was a forum outage a couple of weeks ago, and many members haven't been able to post pictures ever since.

Oh that's why, I thought I was banned

Stance said:

Oh that's why, I thought I was banned

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It's bloody annoying.

Can't post photo of the Landys in the snow this morning. Still snowing in North Devon.

andyfreelandy said:

Can't post photo of the Landys in the snow this morning. Still snowing in North Devon.

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We we're going to Exeter today for Christmas shopping but decided in Plymouth instead. It's not showing here in Plymouth.

We got 10 cm of snow last night and 10 cm during the day more and it will snow until next morning. Wish I could upload some snowy pics now!

After some hesitant starting these past few mornings I put the battery on charge for a few hours yesterday (20A Ctek smart charger). Charged initially at 14.8 (temperature compensated so okay), dropped down to 13.8 float and left it for 4 hours. Took it off charge and after 2 hours and checked the voltage again: 12.7. Looked promising.
Checked it this morning 12.2V, or ~ 60% charge. Car double locked so minimal parasitic drain. Conclusion? Battery on the way out.
Tayna here I come.

Rank Amatuer said:

After some hesitant starting these past few mornings I put the battery on charge for a few hours yesterday (20A Ctek smart charger). Charged initially at 14.8 (temperature compensated so okay), dropped down to 13.8 float and left it for 4 hours. Took it off charge and after 2 hours and checked the voltage again: 12.7. Looked promising.
Checked it this morning 12.2V, or ~ 60% charge. Car double locked so minimal parasitic drain. Conclusion? Battery on the way out.
Tayna here I come.

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When temp is very cold switch on the electrics. Watch the pre heat then switch oft. Do that twice, then start as normal. It will start quicker.

Ta da !

There was a photo when I pressed post !!!

Foiled again.

Topped up the coolant twice on the round trip to Plymouth today.

Hippo said:

When temp is very cold switch on the electrics. Watch the pre heat then switch oft. Do that twice, then start as normal. It will start quicker.

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Thanks, but it’s an FL2. To start you just stick the fob in its slot and press the start button.
With a failing battery like mine it just won’t crank. If it does turn over it will start but you end up with HDC or terrain response errors as the voltage is dragged way down.
In over 12 years of ownership the glowplugs have always flagged up faulty on my OBD reader (In my heretical opinion they are not really necessary for this engine in the UK)
I don’t know what temp the car switches the glowplugs on before cranking the engine over. I would expect a delay between pressing start and the engine turning over, but I’ve never noticed any delay.

Rank Amatuer said:

Thanks, but it’s an FL2. To start you just stick the fob in its slot and press the start button.
With a failing battery like mine it just won’t crank. If it does turn over it will start but you end up with HDC or terrain response errors as the voltage is dragged way down.
In over 12 years of ownership the glowplugs have always flagged up faulty on my OBD reader (In my heretical opinion they are not really necessary for this engine in the UK)
I don’t know what temp the car switches the glowplugs on before cranking the engine over. I would expect a delay between pressing start and the engine turning over, but I’ve never noticed any delay.

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I have the later FL2 with no option to put a fob in the dash. You should be able to do the same trick with yours somehow. Yer coil lamp on the dash will illuminate if they're faulty. Permanently i fink. The duration the plugs heat up for is us dependent on coolant temp. The trick does make mine start much quicker without a cough, when the engine has been left for few days and there's frost on the ground.

If yer get warning lamps after starting with a low battery, then leave it runningvfir 1 minute. Then restart it. Second time the batterybshould be ok after a little charge.

Dug it out the snow twice. Over 30 cm of snow in one day is a bit too much!