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Car drives fine with air con on and all electrics. Problem is more noticable at night when parking etc as that is when engine cuts out. When sitting with enginge ticking over and moving steering from right to left, rev counter surges from about 500 to 1000 revs. With car stopped and A/C on...

Just had head gasket replaced and a new fault has developed. When using power steering at tickover speed the revs drop and engine dies. Car drives fine with a/c, lights etc on but even when parked if pulling wheel from side to side the revs surge between 500 and 1000 if I keep wheel on full lock...

Had it back at the mechanic today to chech free play in throttle. He says there is free play there but does not know how much there should be. I am based in spain now and this garage is not the one (obviously) I have been using over the 5 years I have had the freelander. He asked me to try to...

Hi, got the car sorted. New HG and got it skimmed at same time. This cured problem but gave me a new one. The HDC warning light has now come on. Was working ok up till garage did head. Been back on the Diagnostics at the garage but not showing up any faults. The mechanic says he does not know...

Thanks for advice folks, got the lump of potential scrap metal booked into an English garage for a look see. At least this guys going to run diagnostics etc. but I must admit I am not too hopeful after reading through the links from MHM. What you running now Daft are you still with the Japs...

cheers MHM dont know what type was put on last year but was told it was New Improved Type that would not fail during life of car. (ha-bloody-ha)

Picked up on that from Ambriels thread.. Not sure how to go about getting it checked out here. Garage have one thing in mind and thats rip out engine and send away. Dont think they want to go down road of looking for a simpler more economical fix. What is an MLS please????????????

Hello Folks, its been a long time since I have been on here so that meant the Freelander was doing ok. Different story now. Have just driven it from Scotland to Plymouth and Santander to the South of Spain with no problems at all. Second day in Spain it started playing up. The car is a 51...

Just to prove I'm npt going nuts its the same on my home computer as in work. So barring travelling across time zones when I go 2.2 miles from work to the hoose I'm fecked if I know why there is an hour difference. As I said it don't matter unless your clock watching at work and think its an...

Its not usually the words I struggle with its, the abbreviations mainly. IRD's VCU's are not normal speak for most folks not clued up on F****d up Land Rovers if you get my drift

How about a thread that explains all the different abbreviations and technical terms used on the forum. If there is one already on the go, I couldn't find it using a search, and would appreciate a link to the thread. I just think that many people (me included) could use a bit of help...

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Dunno. Just know that if I'm on as a guest the time is GMT+1 Hour. When I'm logged in its GMT. Just a bit annoying when looking at times of posts and its not even that time yet.. Clock watching at work gets so bloody confusing.. This only happened after clocks changed end of October:confused:

Can someone tell me why there is a one hour time difference on the forums when I am not logged in? As a guest the times are one hour ahead of gmt and true gmt when logged in as a member. Just curious!!!

The point I was TRYING to make is... Since there are far more 1.8s on the road (europes best selling 4x4 etc) the proportion of problems posted on here would suggest the TD4 has more problems than the 1.8. I didn't even get into what it would cost to have the biggest willy.. If Disco Paul is...