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    km or miles

    Mines in miles, suppose it would depend which country its originated from?
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    Bought first freelander..

    Agree on the PRT, as for the electric pump.. just let it idle for a few minutes when you get parked. Save yourselves some money, fit the water pump with the metal props (some have plastic) and get an apexi turbo timer. Same effect, less hassle, less money.
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    Bought first freelander..

    Haha, yeah fair one. Im not as naive in thinking that i wont have any problems, but id like to think i might have less problems than some bird who never checks the coolant level. First thing to do is fit a low coolant warning lamp from a ZR :)
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    Bought first freelander..

    double post
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    Bought first freelander..

    The cooling system is identical to a lot of Rovers/MGs ive been under. I agree - its poorly designed on all, which is the usualy problem leading to HGF, but i certainly dont agree that the FL has anything remarkably different. I agree on the fact that its got a lot more to pull and the...
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    Bought first freelander..

    I havent seen how yet.. how so? Aside from maybe the sump the 1.8 in this thing looks about identical to the one in the TF.
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    Bought first freelander..

    Wow, friendly welcome eh? Its my commuter car, and its got room in it. Aside from that i wont be getting it mucky.
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    Bought first freelander..

    Why oh deary you?
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    Thumping - need a 2nd opinion

    Maybe swap the wheels around to the back and see if theres any change? Are all your tyres the same make?
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    Bought first freelander..

    Just got my first land rover yesterday, Freelander XEi 1.8k. Pretty impressed to be honest. Its not as slow as i thought it would be and the build quality isnt that bad either. Its in black, alloys etc and has a three receipts totalling a grand from the last four months, a lot of which was...
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    Water Disapearing

    Do your fans kick in? Replace the pressure cap out of routine as they have a small relief valve in, which has been the woe of many a kseries owner. Make sure you get the absolute correct cap, not some £3 one from a motor factors.