mark666freelander
New Member
i know what you mean mate my fl needs about £700 worth of parts to get her sweet again
I've just spent that and stuffs still going wrong! I just haven't got the time to do anything myself so I've got to take it to a garage! Luckily I can leave it on the drive and use my car. Don't like using my car every day tho like to keep that clean and keep the mileage down lol
Well..... I've changed the front calipers disks and pads and the brake servo because for sum reason the brakes were sticking and my garage advised me to do the lot, then the timing belt needed changing. Then I had to do the head gasket, water pump and thermostat. The whole exhaust needs replacing as there's holes everywhere! There's a few bits of rust coming through on the body which I've just noticed. And the brakes are still sticking and the engines still over heating! Apart from that its brilliant!!! LOL
mark666freelander
New Member
hang on in there mate. the misses keeps telling me it was a bad idea with the fl but for what i payed for it (£500) with 9 month mot and what i need to spend on it i think i will have a good fl once done. its all ware and tear stuff that needs doing
disks+pads
vcu+bearings
diff seals
full exhaust
4 tyres
possible maf sensor
am sure there will be more
disks+pads
vcu+bearings
diff seals
full exhaust
4 tyres
possible maf sensor
am sure there will be more
Freelaner
Landy Driver
mls gasket wiv metal dowels?
new headbolts?
new timing belt tensioner?
did you flush the coolant and oil?
have you bled the cooling system properly?
the brakes do stick occasionally, this is normal
Mls gasket, yes
Metal dowels, I'll check,
New head bolts, yes
New tensioner, I'll check
Coolant and oil, yes
Bled the system, when I start it I can here water slushing about so I'm gonna ask them about that.
Brakes yea every now and again when I use them a lot and then I have to stop and wait for them to cool down for 10 mins then I'm good again
mark666freelander
New Member
am the same mate i cant put my finger on it what i like about the fl but i love driving it
am the same mate i cant put my finger on it what i like about the fl but i love driving it
Yea and me the best bit is embarrassing other 4x4s off road lol
Freelaner
Landy Driver
I'd put money on the cooling system bleed being the cause of your overheating issue, there are two bled screws in the system.
one on the heater hose, easy to spot and one under the dizzy cap in the metal conduit, not so easy to spot.
Another good tip is to knock out the ball bearing in the jiggle valve on the inlet manifold, but this can only be done with the manifold off.
WLJayne
Well-Known Member
Who is "them?" A garage? Is there anything you could learn to do yourself to save some dosh
?Don't leave us matey!
mark666freelander
New Member
yet to take mines off road yet mate propshaft came off the day i got it because the vcu had had it but looking forward to taking it off road
The garage told me its a self bleeding system? Is this true at all? Thanks for the advise by the way
Who is "them?" A garage? Is there anything you could learn to do yourself to save some dosh
Don't leave us matey!
Yea the garage. Well I'm confident with a spanner but as far as the head gasket goes I wasn't confident to tackle that lol like the exhaust and brakes and suspention and stuff I'll do myself and have done myself before its all about confidence lol
Lol I'm trying my best not to I need some positive comments to stop me burning it lol
Freelaner
Landy Driver
The garage told me its a self bleeding system? Is this true at all? Thanks for the advise by the way
No mate that is very far from the truth as you can get
they are not hard to bleed but it has to be done thoroughly.
Oh and no worries
we've all been there
yes do my kids have no xmas this year lolLol I've got to get me 1 of these money trees that all parents have got lol
