Hello LandyZone!
Firstly, I'd like to extend thanks to all members and site admin. These pages have been a most valuable resource for me over the last 8 months. Particular thanks to all those sharing their Freelander woes and remedies.
Secondly, the introduction. I'm weemac, the proud keeper of a 2002 Freelander S. Bought for £500 in running and MOT'd condition with no mods. Sunroof with no water ingress, central locking working all round, electric windows all functioning, starts on the button.
Inevitably, it wasn't all rosy. A pathetically small battery which, when taken to where we live in the Welsh valleys, didn't last long. 1,200 ft above sea level and sub-zero mornings gave it a beasting on cold starts and cell failure eventually took the alternator out. I mean, set it on fire. Seriously. It doesn't help that one of the glow plugs has snapped off (thanks PO).
Since then; gert new battery, Valeo alternator, repair/rust prevention to rear door handle mounting, complete rear brake replacement (drums, shoes, springs, cylinders, hoses, pipes, unions and fluid bleed), stealth EGR blank, air manifold cleanse and gerenal de-caking of everything I can unbolt and reach, repair to fuel rail pressure sensor wiring loom that had been pinched between the air manifold and head (thanks again PO), PCV cyclone mod, full OEM service kit, injectors out and nozzles cleaned, Italian tune up, vacuumed out the dog hair and animal bedding (!).
You lot gave the confidence to endure that baptism of fire. Many, many thanks.
Firstly, I'd like to extend thanks to all members and site admin. These pages have been a most valuable resource for me over the last 8 months. Particular thanks to all those sharing their Freelander woes and remedies.
Secondly, the introduction. I'm weemac, the proud keeper of a 2002 Freelander S. Bought for £500 in running and MOT'd condition with no mods. Sunroof with no water ingress, central locking working all round, electric windows all functioning, starts on the button.
Inevitably, it wasn't all rosy. A pathetically small battery which, when taken to where we live in the Welsh valleys, didn't last long. 1,200 ft above sea level and sub-zero mornings gave it a beasting on cold starts and cell failure eventually took the alternator out. I mean, set it on fire. Seriously. It doesn't help that one of the glow plugs has snapped off (thanks PO).
Since then; gert new battery, Valeo alternator, repair/rust prevention to rear door handle mounting, complete rear brake replacement (drums, shoes, springs, cylinders, hoses, pipes, unions and fluid bleed), stealth EGR blank, air manifold cleanse and gerenal de-caking of everything I can unbolt and reach, repair to fuel rail pressure sensor wiring loom that had been pinched between the air manifold and head (thanks again PO), PCV cyclone mod, full OEM service kit, injectors out and nozzles cleaned, Italian tune up, vacuumed out the dog hair and animal bedding (!).
You lot gave the confidence to endure that baptism of fire. Many, many thanks.
