Recent content by Keith Hawkins

Just to give what I hope is closure on this thread. My Landrover Independent (Paul Light, Hordle) was able to drain it quicker than expected at a reasonable price (less than my insurance excess). After flushing, it started and seems to be going fine. Fingers crossed there won't be any long term...

Thanks for your reassuring comments. The car is with my local Landrover independent and I should know next week. I know that Defenders are pretty resilient and normally recover with a draining, but have no idea whether the Freelander BMW TD4 engine is as robust.

Hi, I have owned a Freelander 1 TD4 for 14 years. In a senior moment I have filled it with petrol and ran it for about 2 miles before it stuttered. It was over a quarter full with diesel before I topped it up with petrol. My insurance company tell me that their policy will be to write-off a...