Freelander TD4 Juddering at 60mph and 2500rpm?

Hi All,

Got another issue with the Freelander, it starts to judder when I’m doing 60mph about 2500 revs and then accelerate. It’s intermittent maybe more when the engine is warm because other times it’s running sweet….

It feels like a wheel is unbalanced but reading other threads it sounds more like engine or sensor issues…. the only thing i can rule out is the high pressure fuel rail loom as that’s been changed had issues and it sorted that…. This is so weird it’s intermittent and seems around 2500 revs and 60 mph when under load mainly some slight hill or incline…. It’s definitely more of an issue when warmed up as I only have this issue 2/3s of the commute home so about 20 miles…. If I was just doing local blasts I’d never know….

I’ve read a couple of things it could be the injector wiring loom or maybe a dirty or faulty MAF sensor…. I can feel the judder in the gear stick and like I said almost feels like an unbalanced wheel….

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Paul

Hi

If you suspect an unbalanced wheel, just put it to the rear to see if it change something. If wheel is here for long, it can’t go suddenly unbalanced. You should check front wishbones, the inner bushes are know to fail. Can cause a lot of vibrations when driving.

For the rest, do the basic, boost pipes checking, engine inspection, obd reading.

If it start on the button when cold, the engine should be fine, if not check the injectors.

Hi,

Thanks for that, I was saying it feels like an unbalanced wheel but the fact it is an intermittent issue I can’t see how it could be…. From cold the car runs perfect, all speeds and all rev ranges. It only seems an issue after around 20 miles journey and then the issue.

I will go around the tyres making sure they are at the correct pressures just in case though.

Cheers

Paul

Hi Paul.
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