What have you done to your Freelander today

[andyfreelandy]

Not very often, fortunately, I get "one of those jobs" !
Offered to replace a strut top mount for a mate. Both strut to hub bolts and nuts seized solid, like they had become one piece of metal. My 350 + ft lb impact driver wouldn't touch it. Nut ended up smoking!! Eventually got one to move with the longest breaker bar I had. The other, no way, had to cut through the nut. Then, because it was effectively welded to the bolt, it still wouldn't smack off...cut several lines carefully and got nut off bit at a time. Then bolt was seized in strut and wouldn't budge. Much penetrating oil and a few cups of tea and it moved a few mm. Then backwards and forwards with impact driver and it gave way.

Meanwhile, track rod end would not shift out of taper with my trusty ball joint splitter or any other force.

So took the track rod adjuster off and when strut was off put the thing on my 3 tonne press. It started to feel quite a dangerous pressure and then it went off like a shotgun !!

So took 3.5 hours to get one strut off. One bolt was over 2 hours of that.

Lovely job ! All this after the workshop flooded and spent most of the early hours pumping out.

Time for more tea !!

 

[andyfreelandy]

Two very different emotions guys !!

 

[Nodge68]

The incorrect (red) fluid can damage the PS system. The pump is particularly fussy I believe.
@Nodge68 will know more about the workings…

Yes, the pump and the rest of the system is designed for CHF, not ATF. ATF could do permanent damage to the pump, and damage seals and hoses.
Mannol 8990 is a good price, and is to the correct specification for the Freelander 2.

 

[Freddie17]

Two very different emotions guys !!

Thought I’d add to the ‘range’…

 

[Alibro]

Not sure whether we should laugh or cry.

 

[landowner]

Managed to undo the oil filter (F2 TD4) and wiggle it down
Then it tipped and the oil went down my arm and into my armpit, prob get into my brain from there ffs
Left it to drip into the tray while I have a brew and scrub up, gloves were worn so no dirty finger nails

 

[Freddie17]

Managed to undo the oil filter (F2 TD4) and wiggle it down
Then it tipped and the oil went down my arm and into my armpit, prob get into my brain from there ffs
Left it to drip into the tray while I have a brew and scrub up, gloves were worn so no dirty finger nails

I take it out from above… loosen, let it drip, then lift out.

 

[landowner]

I take it out from above… loosen, let it drip, then lift out.

Now he tells me
Ended up pulling it up from above after a brew.
Put seven litres of oil in as per handbook and its showing about an inch and a half overfull on the stick
Ran it for a minute or two and still the same ???

 

[Rank Amatuer]

Yesterday morning, on accelerating (gently) up a pretty steep incline, the oil warning light came on briefly and the car went into limp home mode, something it has never done before. Stopped when I got to level ground and checked the oil level which was just above the minimum mark.
No sign of a leak and there's no blue smoke when I accelerate after lifting off and coasting. Perhaps old age is catching up on the old bus and she's beginning to burn a bit of oil.
Last oil change, if memory serves, was last September or October when it scraped through its MOT (with a bit of work).
What the hell, rather than simply top things up I did another oil and filter change as I have a long trip planned later this month. Sweet Mother of God, what a fiddly bit of work it is to get that damned filter housing off! Probably a cunning design by Baldrick to boost the income of garages that charge by the hour. I managed it eventually, 1/3 of a turn at a time using an angled tommy bar. Loosened from above, removed from below. No doubt my knuckles will heal in time.

 

[Freddie17]

Yesterday morning, on accelerating (gently) up a pretty steep incline, the oil warning light came on briefly and the car went into limp home mode, something it has never done before. Stopped when I got to level ground and checked the oil level which was just above the minimum mark.
No sign of a leak and there's no blue smoke when I accelerate after lifting off and coasting. Perhaps old age is catching up on the old bus and she's beginning to burn a bit of oil.
Last oil change, if memory serves, was last September or October when it scraped through its MOT (with a bit of work).
What the hell, rather than simply top things up I did another oil and filter change as I have a long trip planned later this month. Sweet Mother of God, what a fiddly bit of work it is to get that damned filter housing off! Probably a cunning design by Baldrick to boost the income of garages that charge by the hour. I managed it eventually, 1/3 of a turn at a time using an angled tommy bar. Loosened from above, removed from below. No doubt my knuckles will heal in time.

I loosen from below with a flex spanner, then working from above - unscrew by hand and remove upwards. You can just get it through.

 

[Freddie17]

Now he tells me
Ended up pulling it up from above after a brew.
Put seven litres of oil in as per handbook and its showing about an inch and a half overfull on the stick

7 litres is too much.
They take just under 6 when drained, IIRC.
I think 6.8 for a dry fill.

You’ll need to remove some.
It’s about 1 litre between min and max on the dipstick.

 

[Nodge68]

I loosen from below with a flex spanner, then working from above - unscrew by hand and remove upwards. You can just get it through.

I just used 2 long socket extensions and a wobble drive at the filter to unscrew it, then lift it out from above. It's a daft place for the filter, but the engine wasn't designed for the Freelander. The filter is much more accessible in a Ford Mondeo, or any of the various Citroën and Peugeot vehicles is was fitted too.