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hi all, has anyone replaced the tyres on their freelander sport, standard tyre size is 235 50 18, i was going to put pireli scorpions on, but i read a post somewhere that said they had fitted tyres with a load rating of 101 as opposed to the load rating of 97 for a pireli scorpion. anyone...

hi all, rear window on my 5 door is stuck at the top, the cables have snapped. just wondering if this has happened to yours and if so where did you get the parts from. given how akward it looks to replace i would rather fit a part thats going to last. I recently bought the car, and it has...

hi all, been looking at a couple of td5 discoveries around a 52 reg. what sort of mpg at mway do you get any buying tips re transmission problems or should we a get a kia sorento

bought a fuel filter for my td4 and thought i would fit it at the weekend. removed the plastic tray from beneath the rear wheel arch - that holds the filter and pump, but there was fuel in the tray. is it possible that the fuel pump could leak, it was bone dry? also there is what looks...

has anyone used jb weld on alloy ? what results did you get

hi all, has anyone removed the timing cover from a td4 engine, i believe this requires the removal of the cylinder head. my mate hit some debris on the mway and it has damaged the timing cover. any idea what a garage would charge to do this. cheers

hi all, has anyone had a bosch diesel pump reconditioned or repaired. can you recommend them or were you ripped off - pants down over the test bench etc. i know that businesses have to make a living but for f***s sake. i rang one guy today and he wanted 300 - to change the seals and then...

hi all, has anyone removed the high pressure pump from a td4? my fuel pump has a slight leak when cold so i need to remove it and take it to a bosch specialist. how did you support the engine when you removed the engine mount does anyone have the sealey tool use to lock the camchain - pn...

hi all, my mates 51 reg td4 has started to leak fuel from the front drivers side. we removed the sump guard and you can see the fuel dripping down the side of the sump. where would it leak from on the fuel pump. cheers

hi all, turned ignition key on td4 and nothing, the battery is fine and all the other lectrics still work. have tried the usual stuff, theres no noise from the starter. if it was some engine sensor i guess it would still turn over. would it turn over if the imobilser was on. i have noticed...

hi all. on my third td4, other 2 did about 40mpg on a run and about 30 mpg around town. when i got my latest one i swapped the maf for a roveron item and one of his boxes. now i get about 30 mpg ona run. performance is fine for a td4. so what mpg do you get from your td4. cheers

is the freelander sport model (2005 ) any different than the other models. i read it has uprated suspension. also any one looking for a sump guard for a 2003 td4. £25 i sold my other freelander and forgot to put it back on after doing an oil change, the guy bought a mechanic when he collected...

hi all when i got my td4 my mate had just bought his ford galaxy - bus. at that time our cars had a similar vale ( according to parkers) now checking on parkers i see that his car is worth more than mine. does any one who works in the trade know the answer to this?

hi all, my 2003 td4 is very pporly, when stone cold it drives ok but a little rough. once warm it wont rev past 2000 when under load, my thought was that perhaps the turbo isnt kicking in, what makes the turbo kick in. there is no smoke or other undue symptons

hi all coming home today in my 2003 td4. its done 85000 On the motorway for a split second the car started to hold back at about 70 mph. then returned to normal. this happened a couple of times. then when i came off the motorway and had to acelerate it had little power and wouldnt rev beyond...

hi all, going to sell or swap my 2003 d4 es and get a range rover, i am going for one around an x reg. what would you go for ? a diesel or a petrol with lpg. the car will be used mainly for mway driving and towing a caravan. i travel with my job and put the mileage down as expenses so...

hi all. was going to do an oil change on my 04 td4, thought it would be a straighforward job, used to do this on my older x reg freelander. any how the two bolts at the front of the sump guard, the passenger side one is solid. my socket just turns on the nut, there is no room to get mole...

Hi all what engine oil do you put in your td4? i used to put gtxd magnatec in my x reg model but cheers

hi all, when i got my freelander td4 2003 model the guy gave me a set of fog lamps - landrover part number stc 50469. these include all the wiring and instructions etc. he said he had bought these but never fitted them as they require removal of the bumper. looking around i believe these...

hi all. last year i sold my old td4 - it was a 2001 s model and bought a vectra diesel. anyway have now sold the vectra and bought another freelander. this time its a 2004 td4 es. a much nicer car, however the clutch feels very heavy, not too bad once on the move but have to push the...