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Hi, when I first got my Freelander the engine acoustic cover was missing and a loose bolt was in this hole, so I put a nut on the bolt to restrict the thread length to 10-13mm, put some sealer on the thread and screwed it back in then nipped the nut to lock the bolt in position. Months later and...

Nearly missed this - yes the open slot is ok, from memory the seal is on the outside of the slot so just fit it and you're away.

Hi, some breathers just drop in apparently but mine needed the slot cutting. Drop the breather in place, mark with a pencil where the slot needs cutting, cut it with a junior hacksaw and file with a mini flat file and drop the breather in, job done. This might help – a 3/16th AF six point...

Hi adamskim, take a look at Major clutch problems from duncanpage4 this has been covered there. The one conclusion I have draw from the hydraulics on these clutch systems is that there is a design fault where air gets trapped and is very reluctant to clear hence the very low pedal that so many...

Ok that sounds like you've cornered it. The contamination I spoke of actually comes from water.

Hi duncanpage4, I think everyone that's put a clutch in a Freelander will have had some 'bleeding' trouble at some point. When you put a new clutch and slave cylinder in a Freelander you are supposed to fit a new master cylinder at the same time, stupid idea but true. As you can see from the...

Update: First of all thanks for all the replies. The news is – it's done! Recap: The HP pump was dripping wet then bone dry for 4 days then dripping wet randomly. So that's it, I thought, it's off the road. The first thing to do with a job like this is to have a holiday, so I did that...

Hi Tannaton, 'the fuel pressure regulator is like a 3-port valve' fair enough that makes sense but what I was thinking is this – on the end of the common rail is the fuel pressure switch, does this tell the HP pump when to 'blow off' excess fuel to the return line if not what does or does the...

Hi Andy, your website - just what the doctor ordered, spot on.

Thanks for the info. I'll probably start this job next week. The intermittent bit makes me think that it might be an electrical fault sort of pressure regulator not regulating down enough then blowing fuel out of ? one of the pump cylinder heads (or all 3). It's gone out on a 4 mile test, dry...

From what you have said I would say - rear differential pinion bearings which is a full diff rebuild or an exchange diff unit. As a test, taking the propshaft off should make the noise go away as it unloads the pinion bearings (the flanged differential drive shaft is the pinion shaft, the one...

TD4 2006 70k miles Hi, it's time for the Freelander to go wrong again! Anyone got ideas about this one - The High Pressure fuel pump has started to leak at a rate of 1 or 2 drips per second. It leaks generally from the pump body which leads me to suspect a seal has let go, so a new seal kit...

Hi, this looks a bit like the ABS block maybe sticking valve or trapped air. If it was on a Ford I think they have a special tool to bleed the ABS. When you pushed the caliper pistons back you are reverse bleeding the system back to the master cylinder via the ABS block - this is not allowed so...

Hi, the second pic is the IRD breather pipe and is right as it is.

Just to let you all know it's done and dusted and been running fine for weeks now. It's also the driest engine and gearbox unit ever (possibly). So what was it then? Well the drip from the IRD and running down to the gearbox low point was in fact - the common rail switch. With the acoustic cover...