GWOA
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Hi all!
Well, I recently bought a 2000 Freelander 1 with the L-Series diesel. It had hardly any power from the beginning and after I did some research, I went on a search today with my modest skills (I'm not a mechanic!). I had found some ideas that I wanted to pursue. Then I discovered that one of the thin hoses at the bottom of the turbo was not connected. After I had fixed that, I went straight to the test drive. And you won't belive the problem was solved!
I had power again. I was so proud of myself, I can't tell you. Then I "cleaned" some other things in the engine compartment and it happened: A wrench slipped down on the alternator. Exactly on the connection of the Plus cable. Now I also know what the rubber cover is for, which I found on the sumpguard when changing the oil.... So of course it sparked briefly, because the wrench was on the connection of the alternator and a line (from the air conditioning?). After a second I took it away again, but something must have broken in the process. So what's the situation: I can open and lock with the remote control. When locking, the red light on the dashboard flashes first quickly and then slowly after some time. When I unlock the door, the little red light goes out and the doors open normally. So everything is quite normal, except for one thing: The turn signals do not light up when locking and also not when unlocking. That was always the case before. When I want to start, not all the lights in the dashboard light up. For example, the symbol for the pre-glow does not turn on. And when I turn the key as if to start, it sounds like I'm unlocking all the doors. In the meantime, I have measured all the fuses I found in the engine compartment and the ones under the steering wheel with the multimeter. The are all ok. Also the large fuses in the engine compartment in the fuse box that you can't change yourself. Of course, I'm not sure if there are other fuses anywhere. So the wrench fell on the alternator, it didn't smoke anywhere or anything. Only of course short sparks at the positive pole of the alternator. So, that's the situation at the moment. I was so incredibly happy that I found the fault because of the poor performance, and now of course I'm devastated. I need the Freelander urgently, my Defender is in winter storage in a rented warm garage. I'm sitting here at 64° North in Swedish Lapland with a population density of 0.2 people per square kilometre. And as written, I'm not a mechanic. What I can't do myself ends up in the fact that I have to have the car delivered to a workshop somehow. A probably good workshop is on the coast, which means about 160 km from here. Just a car transporter for me Rent that goes so far probably costs the equivalent of between 800 and 1000 euros here, said a friend of mine here. What I would like to know now: Is there hope or can I forget about it? What do you think could have been broken? Would a repair probably exceed the value of the Freelander? Thank you in advance for your ideas. So thanks again and kind regards from Lapland, Christian
Well, I recently bought a 2000 Freelander 1 with the L-Series diesel. It had hardly any power from the beginning and after I did some research, I went on a search today with my modest skills (I'm not a mechanic!). I had found some ideas that I wanted to pursue. Then I discovered that one of the thin hoses at the bottom of the turbo was not connected. After I had fixed that, I went straight to the test drive. And you won't belive the problem was solved!
I had power again. I was so proud of myself, I can't tell you. Then I "cleaned" some other things in the engine compartment and it happened: A wrench slipped down on the alternator. Exactly on the connection of the Plus cable. Now I also know what the rubber cover is for, which I found on the sumpguard when changing the oil.... So of course it sparked briefly, because the wrench was on the connection of the alternator and a line (from the air conditioning?). After a second I took it away again, but something must have broken in the process. So what's the situation: I can open and lock with the remote control. When locking, the red light on the dashboard flashes first quickly and then slowly after some time. When I unlock the door, the little red light goes out and the doors open normally. So everything is quite normal, except for one thing: The turn signals do not light up when locking and also not when unlocking. That was always the case before. When I want to start, not all the lights in the dashboard light up. For example, the symbol for the pre-glow does not turn on. And when I turn the key as if to start, it sounds like I'm unlocking all the doors. In the meantime, I have measured all the fuses I found in the engine compartment and the ones under the steering wheel with the multimeter. The are all ok. Also the large fuses in the engine compartment in the fuse box that you can't change yourself. Of course, I'm not sure if there are other fuses anywhere. So the wrench fell on the alternator, it didn't smoke anywhere or anything. Only of course short sparks at the positive pole of the alternator. So, that's the situation at the moment. I was so incredibly happy that I found the fault because of the poor performance, and now of course I'm devastated. I need the Freelander urgently, my Defender is in winter storage in a rented warm garage. I'm sitting here at 64° North in Swedish Lapland with a population density of 0.2 people per square kilometre. And as written, I'm not a mechanic. What I can't do myself ends up in the fact that I have to have the car delivered to a workshop somehow. A probably good workshop is on the coast, which means about 160 km from here. Just a car transporter for me Rent that goes so far probably costs the equivalent of between 800 and 1000 euros here, said a friend of mine here. What I would like to know now: Is there hope or can I forget about it? What do you think could have been broken? Would a repair probably exceed the value of the Freelander? Thank you in advance for your ideas. So thanks again and kind regards from Lapland, Christian
