Recent content by Tantalass

Will do. Hope it’s not terminal;-(

Rescue hombre, Pedro he say NO (just like Manuel) off Faulty Towers...lol. Not fuelio.....hopefully nowt worse!

Thanks for that. It’s in the lap of the gods now. I’ve been rescued off the A26 near Burgos and have managed to find a hotel for the night. The recovery guy shook his head and said NO IT’S NOT A CASE OF MISREFUELING. Swore I could smell petrol, hum all those years of 40 woodbines a day has...

I paid the attendant in cash and didn’t take a receipt....ho hum who’s an idiot!

Hopefully the knob head hasn’t ruined it!

Before filling up I had about a quarter of a tank left, the smoke/rattle didn’t start until after I was a few kms down the road from the garage.

Excuse my bad language

Oh **** it does and it is petrol. The attendant filled it not me. How bad is the damage likely to be?

Have just driven 600 miles today through France and into Spain. Just filled my 2004 Freelander td4 sport to the hilt with diesel and was about to embark on a further 100 miles before stopping for the night. Half a mile out of the Petrol station she starts to sound a bit rough (i.e) rattly in the...

Muchos gracias GrumpGel;-)

Muchos gracias;-)

Thanks for that ....food for thought. Mine’s a bog standard 5spd manual.

I’m a virgin freelander owner. Is there any mileage to be gained by fitting a remap chip to my 2004 td4 sport? Have filled the tank twice in my ownership and reckon I’m getting mid 30’s mpg. Don’t want to waste my money if there’s no improvement to performance/economy. Thanks in anticipation to...

Many thanks for that, I’ve not found the freelander section yet, but I guess I’ll manage to navigate there at some point...hopefully