My other half recently got a 17-plate Astra, hates it and wants to get rid.
She wants a Freelander 1 instead. Isn't too fussed if it's pre- or post-facelift on looks, doesn't want petrol economy and doesn't want LPG - so looking at diesel.
Am I right in thinking the TD4 is significantly better than the earlier Rover/Honda L-Series diesel and would be the one to go for?
Besides the looks, were there any other notable changes with the facelift? The TD4 seems to be available on pre- and post-facelift cars.
Anything to look out for on Freelanders in general?
Anyone there today?
Replaced my front pads and discs today as one of the pads was down to the metal.
All went pretty smoothly. All the slider pins were seized which I figure caused the uneven wear. Freed them of and replaced them with new pins.
Went out for a test drive, did some light braking, heavier braking then tried emergency stops.
I can't get the ABS to kick in AT ALL. The pedal goes down to the floor but no ABS and no locking up. Just braking but taking longer to come to a stop than I'd like or expect.
When I got home and parked up I noticed some acrid smelling smoke from the driver's side brakes (this is the one that wore down to metal).
I've got no warning lights and I can't remember the last time I needed to stop hard enough for ABS so I don't know when the issue cropped up.
A couple of months ago I I was getting the brake warning light coming on so I replaced the accumulator. That solved the light coming on.
When I replaced it I post a small amount of fluid but the fluid was level with the top of the threads, so I assumed no air would have gotten in.
Bleed the brakes and see how it is after that?
As I was reversing and about to change back to D something happened to my gear lever.
The pull button that lets it move went slack, the lever is stuck in the R position and I can't select any gears!
Any ideas other than calling the RAC?
I've been told that my 3rd brake light doesn't light up but the dash computer isn't giving me any warnings for it.
Is the 3rd brake light not included in the warnings for blown bulbs? It told me that my left brake light was out and I've changed that.
Seems odd that none of the bulbs in the 3rd brake light are lighting up - sounds like I need to test that it's getting power!
I recently sent my V5 away for a change of address and I also filled in the "Type of fuel" box under section 7 (changes to current vehicle) to say "LPG/PETROL".
I got the V5 back today with the change of address but the type of fuel listed under section 4 still reads "PETROL".
Did I do it wrong or have they just missed the change to fuel type?
I've seen several people having trouble adding an image to forum posts from Imgur.
I've made a quick recording of me showing which Imgur link to copy and which icon to use when making posts on the forum.
I hope it helps people :)
What kind of MPG are you guys getting on LPG?
My commute is around 20 miles each way. I have an option of going cross country with lots of windy corners, stopping, crossing main roads and accelerating back up to 60mph or taking the motorway which has 2-3 miles of stop start traffic at each end.
I leave it up to the satnav to decide which route I should take on any given day as it gets traffic updates etc.
I'm averaging somewhere around 14mpg on LPG.
I have a new and interesting noise on my car.
It's developed a whistling noise that changes with RPM. It sounds like it's central, somewhere behind the dash and quite high up - perhaps near the windscreen.
It's not related to the air vents as it still happens with them set to the lowest speed/off.
If I prod the throttle and the gearbox kicks down the noise gets louder as the RPM jumps up. If I slowly increase engine speed the noise slowly increases as well.
It doesn't seem like wind noise as it's most noticeable at low speeds (before being drowned out by wind noise at higher speeds).
I can try to get a video later.
Air leak in the intake? Mines a Thor and given where I think the noise is I'm wondering if the "bunch of bananas" has cracked somehow.
Is this something that has been known to happen?
I'm getting slightly bored of playing "Chase the perennial coolant leak" - whenever one leak is plugged another one pops up.
I'm looking at just replacing all of the hoses in big go and hoping that stops it, at least temporarily!
Looking online, almost all of the hoses seem to be Britpart and a few have Genuine Land Rover options available (at a not insignificant markup).
Are hoses one of the things that are generally OK to get from Britpart?
Not sure how to describe it. Actual idle is fine but if I blip the throttle the revs drop momentarily before picking back up. As this happens the engine goes completely quiet, like it shut off. Then it picks up and feels a little rough until around 2k rpm.
Doesn't happen at all on petrol and seems fine on LPG once the engine is warmed up. I'm not 100% sure but I think it only does it in neutral or park. I've not noticed any issues pulling away.
Any ideas on what it could be?
How does the MPG readout work when running on LPG?
I picked my car up from having the LPG fitted this morning and was surprised to see the MPG readout working. I expected it to not know what to display as it couldn't measure any petrol flow.
Does the LPG system feed back to the computer to allow it to work?
On the way to have the system fitted it was showing just under 21 mpg, on LPG on the way home it was averaging around 19 mpg. Given that the MPG was lower than it was on petrol I assumed this meant it was reading accurately for LPG.
I recently replaced the little bits in the front door handles that wear out and cause them to stick/become stiff bit the passenger side one is still not quite right.
My girlfriend reports that it's getting worse and nearly needs two hands.
Will the handle from the passenger side rear door fit on the front door? They don't seem to wear out like the front ones and a used one should do the trick nicely if it fits.
https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-features-sheds/shed-of-the-week-range-rover/37860
As expected, a comment thread of full people touting unavoidable doom and gloom from the second you turn the key.
Last year I had an intermittent book symbol and Gilbertd kindly read/cleared it for me and IIRC it was for a stuck blend flap.
I now have a permanent book symbol and the passenger side vents seem intent on pumping out hot air regardless of what I set it to.
I'm guessing this means the flap is now properly stuck for whatever reason.
Is this something that is only fixable with a new blend motor or is it possible that it's stuck for some other reason and needs taking apart to be freed? I'm reluctant to buy a motor and not need it but at the same time I don't want to take it all apart and find I need a motor that I don't have.
Not Range Rover related, we're looking to sell some items on eBay but they contain small gas canisters (along the lines of a Sodastream machine).
We're struggling to find a courier that doesn't exclude such things as dangerous items but it must be possible because the same items can be delivered to us from various online places.
Anyone know of a courier that will ship things like this?
Something gone wrong somewhere?
I'm going to replace the throttle body heater plate and gasket (MGM000010K) and would like to replace the two hoses that go to it. I'm not sure of the part numbers though.
I've used the LRCAT website and think one of them is PEH101540 but the image for the throttle body only shows one hose.
Anyone know the part number for the second hose?
Might be a daft question but are the two bits circled here the pin number and the wire colour? IE: Pin 3 is a black wire with a white stripe going to both the tweeter and the mid speaker?
Currently on mobile and can't find a way to browse his offerings on his website.
The homepage has a small selection of this at the bottom and the search is returning no results at all.
I've looked but I can't find any buttons to view all products or categories etc.
Am I missing something or does the mobile version of the website not work properly?