towing with a freelander td4

jellybelly · Aug 30, 2012

hello there,

is there anyone out there thats had the same problem towing a caravan? i got freelander td4 53reg,thinking it would be great for towing my caravan 1.4t 23ft.... how wrong was i.

gutless on hills and not that great on the flats. dont know wither to get a performance chip to boost the 112 bhp or not. any ideas folks will be great

Soloby Rob · Aug 30, 2012

jellybelly said:
hello there, is there anyone out there thats had the same problem towing a caravan? i got freelander td4 53reg,thinking it would be great for towing my caravan 1.4t 23ft.... how wrong was i. gutless on hills and not that great on the flats. dont know wither to get a performance chip to boost the 112 bhp or not. any ideas folks will be great

A 23 foot caravan behind a hippo bloody hell, next thing you'll be complaining about is the tail wagging the dog.

jellybelly · Aug 30, 2012

hahaha. was going to make the mrs and kids get out and push it up hills

RichM · Sep 1, 2012

I had to tow half a ton of soil using a 100kg unbraked trailer with my old TD4 once and I could definitely feel it on the back and it took a lot more effort to stop the thing. I was quite surprised how noticeable it was. Dread to think what it would be like with 1400kg on the back!

Richard Martin · Sep 1, 2012

You Freelander should be able to tow 1400kg with no problems without being chipped. May be you need to service it? New fuel, oil and air filters, change the engine oil, run some injector cleaner through it, change the pcv filter and then try it again.

goonarmy · Sep 1, 2012

what caravan is it?

FastDave · Sep 2, 2012

Oh dear I just brought an 03 TD4 Freelander for the same purpose tell me I haven't made a mistake though my Bailey is only 1050 kgs

Soloby Rob · Sep 2, 2012

FastDave said:
Oh dear I just brought an 03 TD4 Freelander for the same purpose tell me I haven't made a mistake though my Bailey is only 1050 kgs

It ought to tow it quite well, what length of caravan you got.

FastDave · Sep 2, 2012

It's about 5 meters long

The Mad Hat Man · Sep 2, 2012

if its an auto, get the uprated oil cooler if towing.

FastDave · Sep 2, 2012

The Mad Hat Man said:
if its an auto, get the uprated oil cooler if towing.

I got the 5 speed manual so hopefully should be better for towing

Soloby Rob · Sep 2, 2012

FastDave said:
It's about 5 meters long

Your hippo should tow that well.

jellybelly · Sep 2, 2012

had it serviced before i went on holiday with it but think il take you up and get some injector cleaner

norfie · Oct 3, 2012

I tow an Abbey GTS, 20.5 foot long and about 1100 Kg with a manual TD4 and have no problems. Keeping ahead of the trucks is effortless. I've done all the usual stuff, egr bypass, pcv upgrade, silicone hoses and a damn good service.

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