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Just finished doing a revision of my back brakes... Now I see oil drips under mu sumpguard... It drips right in de middle, It is normal oil ( so not from gear box) It drips right on my exhaust ( smellly when at stoplight) Does a 1.8 have Sump ( carter) ventilation or so. any ideas...

Does anybody know where this sound could come from? When I push in de clutch when shifting gears I get a squeak also when I accelorate and loose the gas. thanks

does someone have a rear brake diagram. The springs blew around my ears and now I dont know which one goes where many thanks it is a 1999 1.8 petrol chris

Did any one ever chance his brake lights to the position of the fog lights? I had seen a post on a belgium forum where they did it. I some times get sick of all the people whom think on the road that they point out that my brake lights are not working. As they dont know they are in the bumper...

Quick question I am about to refit a vcu which should work. I have my old propshaft still with the VCU which was removed by the former owners. But I think the marking on the car will not be there anymore... after one year. the VCU I bought still has the back propshaft on but not the front...

Quick question I can get a secondhand VCU of a totalloss freelander 2.0 diesel. 2002 with 140.000KM the serial are different... Would this one fit my 1.8 from 1999? thanks chris

just see that also my rear dif is leaking does anyone know the part number for the seal? It is leaking at the front where you connect it to the propshaft thanks\ chris

Quick question I have some oils sweat on my Pinion / IRD where the axes goes to the rear drive axe. So I think that my oils seal is gone. I do not see any oil under the car and no drips. Only when I stand still after a long drive I have some oil ( strange oil smell by the way) coming in...

Hello Could someone whom has a 1.8 measure the max filling height on his dipstick? At my dipstick the plastic tip at the end was breaking apart.... ( most probably due to a former hadgasket failure with the former owner as I know they had to replace it last year before I bought it) So I...

I read a lot of stories about changing the inlet manifold gasket? Is this easy to do yourself? I have checked nad it looks that there is a white one in mine??? So I need to change it by the green one? But is there coolant going thru the manifold? As I read that you could loose...

I read somewhere that only a special kind of cooling fluid can only be used? Is this true. So what kind fluid should I use? I now have the blue one in it. thanks Chris

Hello All I can get a secondhand working VCU from some crashed cars. However I have the 1.8 Petrol version. The VCU I can get is from a 2002 or from a 2004 Diesel Engine. Would this fit my 1999 1.8 Petrol / Benzine car? thanks Chris

I just finished putting foil on my rear window. I took the whole window out. But now I have a piece of rubber left( looks like it needs to sit on a profile or so) it is about 1 feet long??? And I have no idea wher it belongs? Any body an idea? thanks chris

Does anyone know a good adres in the Uk where I can oder some leatherlook seat covers? and ships international. I just bought a leather backseat for 50Euro, but now I need to chance the front seats. Thanks chris

Can you reset the ECU yourself or does the dealer need to do this. ( yes I know I can also burn it...)

I have a problem that my RPSm do not go down that fast as they used to do when shifting gears? Seems that they stay stuck for a bid and then go down. to 1500rpms and on full brake it slowly than goes to the 900RPMS My gas cable is free... Any ideas? it is a 1.8I many thanks chris

My lower cable of my steeringside ( passengerside for the UK...) just snapped. I was looking on e-bay and I see that their are two kinds you can repair. one is with the cables and the housing of the cables ( covers) and no glue needed, nu instruction manual and the one just the cables ( no...

Question as I only had one remote fob with my car ( but 2 keys) I wanted to buy a new fob. The Fob would cost me at the stealer about 125 Euro... and an extra 50 Euro for programming... Anyway, bought a same lucas type fob at Ebay, and I was wondering if it is possible to sygronise this...

hello all first of all best wishes and a lot of miles for all of you and your freelander. I was just wondering. When I start my FL1, I hear a sound comming from the brake pedals... Like the ABS or TC kicking in... Does anybody know what this is and if this is normal? all the rest works...

How can you see if you have a modifed thermostat? I know that on my freelander the headgasket has been repleced about 3000KM ago inlcluding waterpump. Everything is still fine with my oil and coolant (knock on wood..) But as the car is new to me I just wanted to check if they alos may have...