Recent content by Nyal

New to DIY and loving it so far. Managed to sort my faulty turbo actuator the other day (write up at the bottom of this thread) so full of confidence I attempted the annual service. Thought it’d be smooth sailing. Sorted everything else fine, but for the life of me I cannot get the oil filter...

Cheers for the write up, was having the same symptoms and followed the same steps to fix. Was the first time I’ve done any work on a car myself, really enjoyed it all. I’ll leave some more info for others in the same boat in future, feel free to add / correct. Took to a garage initially, they...

Back down to earth after all the excitement of the test drive. Yous are right it’s too expensive for what it is. Also found out it’s missing service history from 2017. Not ideal. Good idea on getting the AA to have a look, I think I’ll send them down south to check the further away ones.

Been to see another Scottish one there, managed to get a test drive in. 2.2 TD4 XS manual, it was a whole lot of fun, definitely set on buying an FL2. Would appreciate your opinions on the rust, I’ve attached photos. 2014, 59k miles, £12.8k. It had failed it’s recent MOT, I’ve attached a...

Cheers all for the advice, much appreciated. I think I will have a look south of the border, looks like there’s no shortage of good options there. Glad to have found such an active and helpful community, I’m sure I’ll be in touch with more questions soon.

Thanks for the prompt and detailed response. I’ll continue my search! Just so I know for future, at one dealership the salesman said rusty brake discs, like the one in the photo i attached, is normal. Is he correct? The one in the photo looks a bit knackered to me.

Also, probably a daft question, but when I read about folks galvanising bits of their cars, I assume they’re doing so before rust sets in as a preventative measure? Is there some sensible way of treating rusty components without replacing?

Hi all, new to the forum. Looking to buy my first land rover. It’s also my first car so I could do with some advice. Here’s a Freelander I went to see today in Glasgow - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310303465769 I’m quite keen on it, looks tidy to me other than a fair amount of...