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Not sure what these break drums or pads are ? Mine has brake drums & shoe's :bounce:

Could also be leaking from the screen water nozzle , As the L shape extender part splits with age , I just removed the L shape and fitted new pipe strait to the nozzle ? Coolant loss ? water pump leaked on mine , coolant tank as mentioned , The pipe going into bulk head past air filter...

I used genuine LR or mann or mahle oil filters , Never had one fall apart like that and last thing you want is bits of paper filter blocking engine oil ways :eek:

I have the K&N filter , No real performance gain but only need to clean & oil every 5 years :)

Would you not have noticed that when replacing the O-rings on the top part ? , Or was it in the bottom part ? I normally clean as much of the old oil out of there with an old cloth !

Yes you need to vacuum foam bits up before opening up the case ! Here is a youtube video of filter replacement . Freelander TD4 PCV valve modification to BMW part - YouTube

Your not wrong there :mad: As a motorbike/scooter owner having to pay more each year for vehicle's that do 65-120 mpg never sit in stop/start traffic jams or wears the road out :(

No mention of the mileage ?

It's the turbo vent filter and is correct as it is , Replace if it looks dirty ?

Common mistake you need to remove the larger complete under tray unit ? So 6 x 13mm bolts , 6 x screws , 2 x 10mm bolts to remove . The screws were rusty & chewed up and I had to cut slots in to remove them , Now replaced with stainless steel one's ! BTW - goggle search for "...

Some things not fitted right then or the wrong way round ? If you look at the picture of mine I posted above that washer is no where near the bearing on both the old & new VCU :confused:

Mine were also the cheaper recommended one's that bell's use from shop4autoparts . Is it the washer that fits on the prop end and go's in the cup side of bearing , Mine had pleanty of clearance in there ?

I had no problems with the bearings / washers that bell's use :confused: Which bearings did you use ? You did fit the washers the right way round ?

Service interval 12000 miles or yearly . Loads of info on here , Things to check VCU condition ( has it been changed ) ? and bearings ? BMW crankcase filter fitted ? Turbo vent filter changed ? Fuel filter changed ? Aux belts changed ? IRD & rear diff oils changed ? EGR...

A good cold chisel should not bend :eek: You need to keep the vcu/prop in line then you can place a flat metal bar ( tyre lever works well )to span the two UJ joints then good quality small cold chisel between support bar and bolt head , Using this method with 2 cold chisels from each side...

Yes the back spline was easy and the front spline was stuck on a bit more but came apart ok . All I can say is make sure it's supported on wooden blocks and wind the bolt out so a tapered cold chisel fits down but rests on BOTH PARTS of the UJ joint , Then firm blows with a heavy club hammer (...

Update :) Old VCU was collected Monday & today had a call from ken at bell's , He had received & tested my old VCU already :banana: The result was that my old VCU was ok but very slightly tight and would have been ok for maybe another 10,000 miles . I don't think the prop bearings would...

I think in 13 years of ownership that my alarm has randomly gone off 4 or 5 times for no reason at all :confused: Only thing I can think off is there a butterfly or other flying insect inside car setting of the motion sensor ? Some time's I just lock with key so this is de-activated ...

Bell,s did not have any bearings in stock so he told me were to get them from - http://www.shop4autoparts.net/Freelander/Axle/Propshafts/toq000040-centre-brg-free-visc.html