Decided to clean the IACV and check all the connectors before changing anything. That way I could remove one thing from the equation getting the engine hot while going out to buy a temp sensor. Took her for about an hours drive including motorway, normal urban, stationary traffic and most in...

No, but she still pulls well in all gears and up hills so does not appear to have lost power. There are no visible leaks - oil or water - and no mayo. So whilst compression loss is possible, I suspect its electrical, sensors or fuel related. Thanks for the suggestion though

Had a quick look this morning just to see if there was anything obvious, but sadly no. - no arcing on HT leads when running ( granted engine was cold so need recheck when hot) - no obvious leaks showing and engine bay clean and tidy (for a car of it's age) - wiring loom from bulletin 0007...

All ideas welcome. Thanks. My gut feel is some sort of LT electronics or sensors. She runs perfectly OK when cold including slowing down and idling. But when at working temp she starts playing up. Very specific in the way it exhibits itself and pretty predictable. Car drives OK and pulls ok...

Thanks for the replies. A number of things I had not thought of. I guess I knew it would be most of the same problems on the MG :( It's old enough for a plastic SU TB. I'll check it at the weekend. I sort of hope it's as simple as the AICV being dirty, but I doubt I'll be that lucky The HT...

He did a general service including hooking up to testbook. At the time he did the check over he said pretty much what we knew. It was oldish, a little tired, but generally OK and had plenty of miles left if we wanted to run it into the ground. If your question is related to him perhaps causing...

Well thank you for your really helpful and informative posts. I'll take those on board and I'm sure they will help me fix the problem :(. I remember now why I left this forum before. Still just in case there are some helpful members, I'll expand a tad. We've had the Freebie since new and it...

We have a 2000 1.8l Freelander and it has recently started having an issue. Basic background is she is pretty old and not brilliantlyu maintained -minimal servicing etc - but passed her MOT a couple of weeks back with no advisaries, so not too bad. Last week however, she suddenly started...