What did I do today? Broke it. 😂

The Pear shaping is entirely my fault, will take this a learning opportunity. But this is for sure a Project, we just had her name plastered on the back of the door! So even the missus still wants it!!! It will be a minute and even though the car is not financially a good Idea I would like to...

Well... I didn't think this would come so soon 😅 For those that don't care about the essay I am about to post don't click the links below as these posts show the series of events (TLDR at the bottom); https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/right.392366/#post-5696058 < Here I bought the Landy...

I have tried to turn the engine over and it turned with all cylinders having good compression. But after some time turning it over again revealed a very tight spot which I could not turn through, I won't be at the car again for a while, but when cranking it, it still sounds okay it has oil...

Had look around and for the dizzy model of 1.8 K Series I cannot find any inkling on the location of the cam sensor, should I check the crank sensor too?

So it took a while but I got the head off and the gasket changed, it all seemed okay, got everything back together, however the car now still cranks/turns-over but does not start it is just refusing to start. I think something is missing... I thought that because I had a slight misfire while...

I spoke with Dmgrs and they have helped quite a lot, explained that I should use engine oil on the threads however most now come with pre oiled and if oiling them myself then only use a small amount on the end of the threads, after after hearing the failure recommended an Elasto-polymer gasket...

Another thought, is that the engine never overheated, it seems like the gasket just failed spontaneously it was on a cold start the engine was idling okay I let it warm for about a minute then moved off and it died, I don't have a precision bar to test for warp and don't have the time to wait...

Thank you @J_D I read through their entire 1.8 K Series guide and a thing I saw was that LR recommend that the threads of the head bolts be lightly coated in oil, I assume as it is not mentioned that they mean just use 15W40 oil nothing special? If you could let me know if anyone has done this...

Took Today to get the head of the block to see what form of gasket I would need and I guess before I go buying a head gasket kit, what yall's opinions be and or thoughts? First of all, I didn't take apart the camshafts, I simply lined them up then took the head off, is it worth disassembling...

So, Today went very badly. I finally got the exhaust fixed and replacement prop however upon finally starting the car after my last encounter where it suddenly stopped then smoked from the intake, it would crank nice and easy, however it would not start up, it sounded like it was losing...

Hey! Me again, finally got my exhaust will fit that this weekend, I also found a used prop of facebook so we will see how that goes but it was nice and cheap, the plan is to fit the new prop test it, if it is good, then while running this one work on reconning my current one which has been...

If you need someone to read the codes, I am in the Southampton/Portsmouth area got a Icarsoft V3, runs the land rover OBD requirements, let me know :)

@Alibro Trying to source money for the new exhaust at the moment as my daily driver Nissan has just up and went too :mad: However, that is to be fixed soon-ish may even be a couple months before I do any work on this silly car, however the good news is that the coolant is still topped up, the...

I have been thinking for a while about this now and anytime I am under my Freelander I can see it. (This applies to the 1.8 Petrol I am not sure about the TD4 engine layout) First of all you may think track car? no chance on earth. But I think it is plausible yes with an unprecedented amount...

I couldn't recommend doing your own work where possible, garage wanted £500! to do the lower control arm ball joint. replaced all the joints with a new arm for £30. Ridiculous...

Today I got fed up of my land rover and kick the drivers door because it ****ed me off. Now the window won't go down... lesson learned next time kick it harder so the frame falls out and I can scrap it :mad: I Jest, I did blow it up though :) got quite a lot of smoke coming from the...

Just taken a look and it's £185 for a recon and 285 if I don't send mine back would that change anything you mention? I wouldn't say I want to go out of my way to do it but thinking long term it may be cheaper just want to drive the bloody thing. IRD I have one I could take from my diesel TD4...

I am looking at doing this to my VCU as currently I was unknowingly driving in RWD as my gearbox went kaput and towed another car almost 200 miles, either way VCU is cooked and I am wondering anyone that has done it. Is it worth it? I would need a vice, tapping kit and grease nipples along with...

Not sure about newer ones but the FL1 with issues is almost worthless, I have bought 3 now for 300 or less ranging from 1999 to 2004 :)