Found the fault. It was a split vacuum pipe blow the inlet manifold, the one that goes through a solenoid before continuing on to the egr. Cut off the split and reconnected and brakes now fine again. For once a Freelander fixed at no cost :D:D:D Cheers

booboodag: Thanks very much. I think I will have a look this afternoon as its not too cold. Fingers crossed its just the filter or a pipe leaking as I dont really want another big bill. I have only just had the slave cylinder and clutch done a month ago at £400 (great price, good local garage).

booboodag: cheers, is the EGR filter the same as the oil seperaor in the Oil Depression Limiter on the top of the head under the cover? I have had a look on here Duckworth Land Rover Freelander 1 - TD4 and the EGR filter looks like a petrol filter or could it be the the Engine Crank case...

booboodag: Not really. The first press all is fine, then the second there is less servo assist then if you release the brake then reapply straight away you have no servo assistance. You drive off and its fine again for first press, then servo assistance dies. So as long as you only press brake...

Just had to nip out in my td4 and my brakes are fine on first press of the pedal then subsequent presses I seem to loose servo assistance. Are the vacuum pumps prone to going or is is probably some silly pipe that has chaffed and th vacuum is leaking? Any ideas which pipe it could be? Cheers

Cheers ratty and larakitten that makes me feel better. Happy Christmas.

I had a problem with the clutch back in May and after reading lots on here I took a chance and replaced the Master Cylinder. This worked fine till the day before we went on holiday last week. Then 1 mile from home the pedal hit the floor and wouldn't come back up!!! Left car on drive and then...

Very good point, I had forgotten that. It is a head under the dash job but as Sheddist said try just putting the circlip back from under the dash first.

Sounds a bit of a strange problem but this page gives details of improving the remote range that may help. increase Freelander Remote range

Sheddist might well be right. A few things first, I believe all Freelanders are hydraulic clutches, none have a ratchet adjuster. A few things check. The 1.8 has an external slave cylinder on the gearbox bell housing, these are prone to breaking the supporting bracket, then the clutch pedal...

Mark, sorry I haven't replied before, you may well have fixed it now, but I will try and explain what I did. It was the passenger side front door on my 3 door 2001 hard top that wouldn't unlock. I took out the central locking motor from inside the door, I guess you can find instructions on here...

Just to let you know, myfreelander.com domain expired and a spammy advert site bought the domain name. I am pleased to report that Jon Mapp who originally compiled all the freelander info did still have a large part of the site. He was very kind and gave me the files. I managed to get...

Glad to hear its all up and running again. Sounds like you have a very good engine now, with all the head work and a newer turbo. As for not doing a compression test.... it wasnt like it should be difficult to get the new injectors out. But £400 isnt too bad, hope it all goes well from here on...

Dont know about year for ird but I think a 2000 model wont have to pay the higher road tax that a 2001 model will!!

Any news? Is it all sorted?

Chris, you can get a central locking servo from Maplins (UK) for about £9 and can then adapt the latch mechanism to accept this. Its a bit fiddly bit not too bad and works a treat.

Cheers, I have followed the link and even that does tell me the info for a post March 2001 registered td4! Road tax - Parker's But bottom line is its 205g/km so thats expensive. Its annoying really as we dont do many miles and could almost do without a car. Well we could if it wasnt for diy...

Just worked out my error. Registration document states CO not CO2!!!!

shootingmike: Thanks for your reply. But thats what I cant under stand, according to the bbc site and others a diesel car registered after march 2001: Year 2007-2008 Band E (166-185g/km CO2) £165 Band F (over 185g/km CO2)£205 2008-2009 166-185 £170 E Over 185 £210 F Over 226 £400 G 2009-2010...

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