Recent content by sharmanator43

I’ve finally taken the plunge and let my old 57 plate FL2 XS go and the new 14 plate FL2 is on its way, we were finding the 57 plate a bit expensive to run and it’s started to look a little long in the tooth but it has been a superb car, it probably won’t make a massive difference but changing...

I have for sale a front sump guard or sometimes referred to as a bash plate for the Freelander 2 model years 06-10, it’s exactly the same as the old Mantec guard which is no longer available, its manufactured by Flatdog UK and is made from 8mm Aluminium and finished in metallic silver, the...

To be honest at that point I just didn’t care, it was over a year ago and the boot is bone dry, my heart used to sink every time it rained heavy because I knew I’d have to go and bail the boot out, I’ve got no cloudiness or rust yet and although I sealed the whole top it was just a tiny seam...

I meant Bellows pipe lol

I think now looking in to it a bit more I’m edging more in the side of nodge and Stv123, I was lead to believe the oil separator does that job so minimum or no oil gets slung up the air intake, In his previous video he shows us the below pipes section of air intake and it is indeed covered in a...

Just wondering what the very skilled mechanics amongst us think about this, I’ve watched this oil catch can video a few times now but no one who seems to know FL2s inside out is commenting n his video, it’s seems miraculous from the video he’s done 3000 miles and the catch can is full of dirty...

It might be unrelated but I had this last winter and it took me months to solve, I had a double issue, the neoprene seal around the rear high level brake light had gone, I had fitted the clear lens version from a later model and for some reason it never really sealed properly so I went back to...

Thanks for confirming that I really appreciate it, since I started this thread with the advice from everyone who responded and other research done on the interweb I have decided to change the Auxiliary drive belt myself, I’ve seen a few videos now on how to do it and before I was worried about...

The more research I’m doing the more one particular answer keeps coming up and that’s the alternator pulley, I’ll do what’s suggested and get someone else to start it while you be got my head under the bonnet and pay special attention to the alternator, so if that pulley fails altogether my...

Am I mistaken because I thought the FL2 had one belt and as well as doing water pump, aircon, alternator it also does the cam shaft

So I know for certain the belt was done in January 2018, they simply printed on the invoice cam belt kit, I personally think they probably didn’t do the water pump, at that time the vehicle was 10 years old n 67k, it’s now on 80k, if it is the alternator bearings is it ok to drive for the time...

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic25472.html this is it and the noise/rattle he mentions is exactly the same as mine

Just found a fairly old thread with someone with exactly the same noise and someone said it sounded like the alternator clutch pulley, does this sound right to you, what would be the implications of fixing that

Thanks for the reply Nodge, I mentioned it to my neighbour who’s a diesel mechanic albeit mostly on HGVs and he sucked air through his teeth and said yeah rattles are almost impossible to source, just wait until something breaks, which although said a bit tongue in cheek was a bit un-nerving, I...

Hi All and a happy new year to you all, just wondered if anyone had experienced this, I have a late 2007 FL2 and it’s developed a rattle from the engine bay on start up, the rattle stays for a bit whilst idling but after about 2 mins just disappears, I popped the bonnet and it seems to be coming...