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so, been working on the car to fix a couple of faults identified during the mot. completed those yesterday and went to nip it up for the retest, driving up the hill and it starts chuicking blue smoke out the exhaust. now, i had been getting whitish smoke for a while, presumed it was down to the...

evening all, now when i say problems, i mean problems! had to replace with wishbones on my 2004 td4, had a knocking from the front passenger side and the wishbones were pretty corroded both sides. came to do the job and its been an absolute nightmare. nuts/bolts wizzed off on the near side...

evening all, had to change the master cylinder on my td4 today. change went pretty straight forward, but upon testing the clutch after fitting the new MC, there was no pressure. so, i bled up the clutch which seemed to take far too long. it got to a point where the clutch was working but the...

afternoon all, unfortunately the turbo let go on my td4 yesterday. im in the process of gaining access to be able to asses the level of damage and ive hit a stumbling block! it looks to me that i need to remove the housing for the air filter, theres 4 (10mm) bolts inside but it almost looks like...

right, what symptoms do you get when the dual mass flywheel is on the way out? on setting off im getting 3 knocks from somewhere down there. literally "knock, knock, knock" then occasionally i get the same knock over a bump or pothole (but not always) i dont get the knock when changing up or...

so, i've located the knocking noise on the freelander finally! the bearing in the gearbox, where the front left hand side (passenger) driveshaft fits. Bearing and seal both knackered unfortunately. whats the best coarse of action? is it a straight forward job the split the gearbox and replace...

right then, ive got a puzzling one for ya chaps! recently started getting a knocking noise coming from the front half of the car. i presumed it was the crown gear in the ird, so, removed the prop and vcu, noise still there! removed the crown wheel and pinion and blanked it off, noise still...

so, i've got a 2004 TD4 freelander. i had to replace a wheel bearing some time ago and in the process knackered the ABS sensor. so, replaced the bearing and left the abs sensor out till i could afford to replace it. now i've just had to replace the bearing again due to a stone knackering the...

evening folks, im just looking about on ebay at abs sensors. i need to replace a rear sensors and im wondering why the prices differ between front sensors and back ones. they look identical but the fronts are 30 quid cheaper than rears. can anyone shed any light on why they differ so much in...

afternoon fella's, a week or so ago i started noticing drops of oil on the drive way, it was obvious it was coming from the rear diff and on closer inspection both drive shaft oil seals are weeping oil, is it common for 2 seals to go at the same time? so, im about to embark on changing them, is...

there is a pipe on the near side front end, near the wheel, any idea's what it is? on cold ish mornings mine tends to smoke a little bit for a minute or so after starting it but i've no idea what it is. can anyone shed any light on what it is and where it comes from please? cheers Dell

so, i was out with the family yesterday, driving down to rutland and back, the rain was terrible, huge puddles everywhere! came down one particular road and there was a puddle covering my half of the road, car coming the other way so i couldnt avoid it. big splash!!! after hitting the puddle...

does anyone in the chesterfield/north derbyshire area have any idea where i can get a rear drum brake adjuster lever spring from BEFORE monday!? i need the car for monday morning and the adjuster spring went ping and is lost forever!!! :( im thinking breakers, dealers, motorfactors, anything...

right firstly, hello to u all, im a newbie so thought id better say hi before picking your brains :D ive had a droning noise coming from the offside rear for a couple of weeks, progresively getting worse, i've identified the problem as the wheel bearing. my question is, is there a "how to" on...