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  1. Turbo Girl

    Hello Mantamad, I have a 52 plate disco XS which I'm thinking of facelifting (just the front...

    Hello Mantamad, I have a 52 plate disco XS which I'm thinking of facelifting (just the front lights) and saw the thread where you offered to send another member the guide you produced- I'd really love it too please if you still have it! Can you mail to [email protected] plz? Thanks everso :)...
  2. Turbo Girl

    V6 Cam Belts Change

    You're bloomin' STARS, sharing your info and the tool making pics, thx sooo much guyz!! We're having to delve into the depths of our V6 51 reg thx to a broken tappet (cunningly masked behind the noise of the rattling inlet manifold) and the fact we're selling it at just under 65,000m, it kinda...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Well, I'm £300 lighter (+ £100 for the turbo) but she appears to be good again. They reckoned they couldn't get in to do the compression test so I might as well have saved the money and had the fun of fitting it ourselves... no lasting harm, although she smoked like a beeatch for the first few...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    We managed to get a 2nd hand turbo for £100 (ebay) and it's being fitted at the moment-comp test results expected shortly too... I'm lookin' forward to the happy ending of this one, hope theres not another chapter to add!
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Well, it does have a turbo but the shaft now has a good 25-30mm play in it which I guessing is not healthy at turbo rpms! It ingested most of its' oil so not surprisingly, the dipstick shows only a drop at the bottom- no way to prove fault there then. To be honest, they're not usually the...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    I'll let the garage know about the turbo on ebay- or perhaps they'll fit a new LR supplied one....in my dreams! There was no real misfiring like I'd lost cylinders- just lack of compression across the board for perhaps 5 seconds before the overrev. I kinda wish we had it here to strip it down &...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Ched, I'm wondering if an incorrect ring/s could create the oil mist which would then be a self fueling 'trigger' for the turbo- I certainly lost a great deal of power up an incline to the point where I commented to the passengers we weren't gonna make it to the top. I'd thought the act of...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Cheers for the supportive msg, cashy!
  9. Turbo Girl

    Im looking for a freelander and would like advice!

    I reckon it's a good choice. Best advice is take someone who knows vehicles, pref freelander diesels- I think you might be pushing it to find a TD4 in your budget tho'. There is an older diesel model which is much more affordable and I think the interiors stand up better than the modern ones-...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Nah, they're good folk, they've got it now & we're working on the problem- but I am checking the parts they've fitted- if its standard rings in a 100k engine I reckon there'll be no question that's it. Luckily they know I'm not your average girly motorist- despite the fact I can't say if it's...
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    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    The old theory of overrevving was based around oil being pulled past the rings so I s'pose this might have been the case if we're turboless (vehicle is in disgrace at garage some miles away) but V5 says Xedi. I've heard it could be overfilling of the oil system or incorrect rings (possible due...
  12. Turbo Girl

    1998 XeDi Freelander overrun

    Hi folks, had an alarming incident today where the diesel freelander I was driving lost power dramatically up a hill- 10 seconds later, I pulled over looking like a member of the Red Arrows display team with clouds of brown smoke outta the exhaust. The engine started overrevving dramatically...
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