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I dont know much about cars so i may be a million miles off, but i was having those symptoms on a previous car and it was my CV joint, the gator had torn and the grease had come away, was a ticking time-bomb

it's got a picture of a car on an incline (car is facing downhill), and next to that is an upward facing arrow with an 'R' above it and it's not like a switch as such, rocker switch, it's a sort of trigger which you pull in and the gator pulls down into position, then a green light comes on...

yeah, I was joking there the cruising comment was because alloys are something a boy racer would flap about and the gaylander was to try and look cool amongst the FL haterz <- more gansta slang there :D

is it worth playing with the egr on a 1.8 k series engine

cost me about 300 in all, we did it ourselves get a haynes manual, and start ordering off ebay :D also took the opportunity to do the water pump and timing belt while we were there, but these jobs were far from easy in comparison to the head gasket, that was more time consuming than difficult

we used to get a horrible smell of something rotten, noticed it more when reversing. ever since i changed the clutch cylinder it seems to have gone, also we have a thing on the gearstick which i think is used for reversing uphill

hey guys, could anyone bestow some wisdom on me regarding issues I might have when putting non-OEM alloys on my freelander i'm sure i'd read somewhere (cant find it now though) that landrover dropped a bit of a bollock as some models weren't comatible with other alloys, something to do with...

I bought a freelander on the cheap, Y reg (2001) since having it, have had go wrong the following Head Gasket Failure - £600ish window regulator busted - £75 battery change - £60 leaky boot - not found the root of this problem... YET clutch cylinders (master and slave) - £70 that...

I've heard that fitting the grey thermostat (engages at 82 degrees) is the better one to use. is that as a direct replacement? would installing the PRRT with the grey thermostat keep the engine too cold? ie. stop it from reaching operating temp?

ok, so i've stripped it out now, coolant everywhere. replacing the blown head gasket with the 'supposedly' upgraded head gasket had the head pressure tested and found a crack there, so getting that repaired, having it skimmed too ordered a timing belt kit, may aswell change it while i'm doing...

oh well, stripped it out now. replacing the blown head gasket with the 'supposedly' upgraded head gasket had the head pressure tested and found a crack there, so getting that repaired, having it skimmed too ordered a timing belt kit, may aswell change it while i'm doing the work...

what a feckin surprise - Head gasket is gone in on my ****ass 1.8 freelander 1, was just curious is upgrading to a v6 engine as easy as lifting the old one out and putting the new one in?? or am i stuck with the same lame ass 1.8 until I scrap the beast :p

I do like the defenders, and they would be perfect for my work but I dont think it would suit the wife and kids as much as me.

also out of curiosity (please forgive me if it is a daft question) but is my model a 4x4?? I cant find an obvious switch like on our other 4x4, there is like a pull down latch thing on the gearstick but this shows sort of a picture of a car on a hill with an R and a downward arrow :s

well funny you should mention this, I think the reason it was in auction was a head gasket problem. when i got it home i lifted the bonnet and the engine looked unusually clean, like brand new clean, which i thought was a bit suspect, a short look over to the left and a look at the water tank...

christ, you miss a lot when you blink here don't ya! I went for a bit of a browse around the forum and next thing you know this thread is 5 pages long :lol:

I popped my cherry and bought my first landy about a fortnight ago. Scraping the bottom of the barrel i must admit, but there is a credit crunch on so a range rover was certainly out of the question :D bought a landrover freelander s, 5dr 1800cc petrol, it's on a Y plate and registered 2001...

sorry mrs bucket, buckshot got the reference right :p

Hello guys (and girls), i'm completely new to all the world of landrover, and i'm a bit of a novice when it comes to cars in general. All the same I thought i would sign up here, try and get involved, maybe get some advice on a few issues i'm having and perhaps in the future (once i've lost my...