What have you done to your Freelander today

sijwhite · Mar 24, 2014

Epicuser said:
Had a brief play in the snow at 2053feet at the top of the pass between Tornapress and Applecross. Amazing views. Been through hot sunshine, rain, sleet & snow to get here.

Great road that.

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Freelaner · Mar 24, 2014

bushwwacker said:
Just had a new set of 205/70 15 Insa Rangers from Hillam Tyres at Denby Dale, to replace the old set that had done 40,000 miles.

Going out next to change the vcu bearings, attempt the eggsauce and work on freeing the tre bolts up for when they arrive from Foundry 4x4.

yer could've at least wire brush and painted yer rims

thems look a fergin dissgrace

help available for tinkering btw

Epicuser · Mar 25, 2014

sijwhite said:
Great road that.

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Certainly is

some photos posted on my thread, but the videos up, will have to wait until I'm home and have decent broadband to upload them. 3G out on Skye seems to be faster than the local wifi anywhere!

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/my-2006-td4-auto-hse-238696-17.html

sijwhite · Mar 25, 2014

Epicuser said:
Certainly is

some photos posted on my thread, but the videos up, will have to wait until I'm home and have decent broadband to upload them. 3G out on Skye seems to be faster than the local wifi anywhere!

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/my-2006-td4-auto-hse-238696-17.html

I have photos from the exact same place you stopped. Can't see much though as it was blowing a hooley at the time.

Ian jones · Mar 25, 2014

andyjd said:
Thanks, so I need both parts?

No , the oil separator on its own Is half the price ! You can clean the pcv housing with white spirit , my local bmw dealer at the time had no listing for the single item

rossymtb · Mar 26, 2014

Today I mashed the sump guard up by hitting a rock off road. Not properly checked the damage out yet

JC600 · Mar 26, 2014

bushwwacker said:
Just had a new set of 205/70 15 Insa Rangers from Hillam Tyres at Denby Dale, to replace the old set that had done 40,000 miles.

Going out next to change the vcu bearings, attempt the eggsauce and work on freeing the tre bolts up for when they arrive from Foundry 4x4.

Nice tyres

, but you do know that 205/70/15 tyres are 1" smaller in diameter than a 195/80/15 tyres.

DaddyCoolJordan · Mar 26, 2014

But surely for sake of 1/2inch extra ground clearance the wider tyre will give abit better traction

Nodge68 · Mar 26, 2014

Jump started the wife's MGF with the Freelander

matacaibo · Mar 26, 2014

Ian jones said:
No , the oil separator on its own Is half the price ! You can clean the pcv housing with white spirit , my local bmw dealer at the time had no listing for the single item

Don't you have to cut away a small part of the Land Rover housing to get the BMW part to fit ?

duncanpage4 · Mar 26, 2014

matacaibo said:
Don't you have to cut away a small part of the Land Rover housing to get the BMW part to fit ?

I had heard the same thing but I didn't have to. Perhaps there are two different designs?

SES88 · Mar 26, 2014

duncanpage4 said:
I had heard the same thing but I didn't have to. Perhaps there are two different designs?

Its a direct fit, one bit out, one bit in, new seals, job done

SES88 · Mar 26, 2014

Loaded a pallet in the back of it with a forklift

duncanpage4 · Mar 26, 2014

SES88 said:
Its a direct fit, one bit out, one bit in, new seals, job done

New seals confused me (by that's not hard!)
One didn't look like it fitted so I assumed it have a choice of two, then I realised it had just been squashed in the box!
Popped it in warm water & it returned to shape.

matacaibo · Mar 26, 2014

duncanpage4 said:
I had heard the same thing but I didn't have to. Perhaps there are two different designs?

Yes maybe, can't remember if it was the housing or the filter that needed surgery !!

SES88 · Mar 26, 2014

There's no filter on the BMW part

There's 2 new seals that come with the kit as well as a little rubber ring too. The seals are shaped to fit in the groove on the housing.

matacaibo · Mar 26, 2014

SES88 said:
Its a direct fit, one bit out, one bit in, new seals, job done

Is that the BMW element in a Land Rover housing Simon ?

Epicuser · Mar 26, 2014

matacaibo said:
Is that the BMW element in a Land Rover housing Simon ?

No. It's a complete new assy.

It's a bit of a pig to fit I found, I guess you could take part of the injector stuff off, but I used ignorance and brute force and it won the day.

The first one BMW supplied me was the original LR part, so they exchanged it for the one I wanted -the cyclone one.

matacaibo · Mar 26, 2014

Epicuser said:
No. It's a complete new assy.

It's a bit of a pig to fit I found, I guess you could take part of the injector stuff off, but I used ignorance and brute force and it won the day.

The first one BMW supplied me was the original LR part, so they exchanged it for the one I wanted -the cyclone one.

That word cyclone is the reason I have never done this mod, in my experience cyclone seperators or coallescers (as this is) require a good flow rate to work & I just can't see where that flow comes from in a healthy TD4 engine with minimum blow by of the piston rings, I know its a pain but I prefer to wash out the the foam one every now & then, it blocks up so I know its working

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duncanpage4 · Mar 26, 2014

I thought it was the process in which it separates the air & oil, returning the oil back into the engine whilst allowing the crank case to breathe?

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