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ikonos

New Member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #1

can anyone tell me if the head gasket problem has been fixed on these things; mate told me about the problems previous ones had, about 48 hours from picking mine up.

also who makes the engines for the 2004 freelander 1.8s.

thanks

ikonos

 

ming

SPACE TWOT

• Jul 27, 2006

• #2

ikonos said:

can anyone tell me if the head gasket problem has been fixed on these things;
also who makes the engines for the 2004 freelander 1.8s.

ikonos

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Ford ,but your engine still same as the problem ones,dont worry yer head on the hg problem, still older models running and never had a problem, you only hear about the sob storys , keep an eye on your water level and oil at all times , and be happy, welcome and best oh luck Eathling. . . .

 

LR GUY

New Member

• Jul 28, 2006

• #3

i thought it was rover, a company called powertrain made them i beleive,not sure what happened when rover closed though

 

tinytdi

New Member

• Jul 29, 2006

• #4

LR GUY said:

i thought it was rover, a company called powertrain made them i beleive,not sure what happened when rover closed though

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They made my L Series too...sob.... Powertrain gone bust now aint they?

 

clutchdust

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2006

• #5

its still a rover engine, they've modded the head gasket now but 2004 models will still have a problem

 

clutchdust

Well-Known Member

• Jul 29, 2006

• #6

tinytdi said:

They made my L Series too...sob.... Powertrain gone bust now aint they?

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dunno but L series was ok, never had probs with them apart from the odd injection pump packing up, only ever done one head on an L series and that was cos it was cracked near an injector and seeping coolant out

 

LR GUY

New Member

• Jul 30, 2006

• #7

clutchdust said:

only ever done one head on an L series and that was cos it was cracked near an injector and seeping coolant out

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lol i done one for that reason on injector no4