Recent content by Se7en Stars

I've not been a LZ forum user for long (lurked for about a year!) nor a frequent contributor but I have learned loads about my Freelander from here. My lovely 2005 TD4 HSE auto is going up for sale this week as I've just bought a Touareg 3.0 V6 SE. Needed a bit more power to pull a big caravan...

Currently using Millers Diesel Ecomax, 50ml per tankful on recommendation from a friend. Was very skeptical at first but after a couple of tank fulls, have been pleasantly surprised at the difference it has made to my TD4. Smoother tick-over, noticeably quieter and slightly better pull at low...

My Springer travels in the boot, I have LR dog guard and also the window guard so the window can be dropped to give him some air without him jumping out. I had one occasion where the window dropped of it's own accord whilst driving and the dog wasn't tethered... managed to pull over to...

Towed the caravan home today and the car didn't miss a beat. We drove a different way home but there were still some pretty steep hills to climb. I was watching the temp gauge a lot more than I normally would and it never moved from just below half way. At the top of one of the hills there was a...

No idea, didn't think to check. Just wanted to stop the engine asap before any damage was done.

Thanks for your quick reply The coolant was changed about 8 months ago as part of a service by an indy LR specialist. Over the last 3 or so months, i've noticed the coolant level dropping in the expansion tank just 1/2 an inch or so approx every tankful. Read on here that one cause could be a...

Towing our caravan today with my 2005 TD4 HSE Auto to the Peak District and the sat-nav took us along a B road with quite a long steep hill. I took it fairly easy to get up the hill, didn't floor the throttle, just crawled up at around 30mph. At the top of the hill, temp needle went off the...

Agreed, tried lots of different things to clean up exterior plastic trim and this stuff is by far the best.

Vauxhall Platinum is the better match. I took out the centre console from my facelift FL after an Albanian car washer managed to put a huge scratch in it with his vacuum nozzle. Initially bought the Ford Champagne Gold from Halfords but found it a little dark in colour so repainted with the...