When the seals start to go on the TD4 turbo, does it start leaking oil down the back of the engine ?? Mines been smoking on start up quite a bit for a while now (clears after about 30 seconds or so and then runs fine), and I've noticed its been "marking its territory" for a while but had not...

:(:(:( Thanks for the info, even if it wasn't what I was hoping for :)

Whilst looking for a replacement door for my FL1 (some maggot has key'd it in the past), I picked up a Land Rover head unit from an 03 plate FL1. Its the single CD XQE000160PMA unit and is in good working order. My 52 plate TD4 SE has the original Land Rover single cassette head unit (and...

Thanks Nodge, that was concise and understandable ! A couple of my injectors are showing over 23, the other two are showing around 8 - 10. So they are all getting a bit passed it by the sounds of things.

Can anyone explain, or point me to a link where I can find a good explanation, of what these are, what they mean and what I should expect to see on my TD4 ? I can read these live values on my diag reader (Foxwell) and even though I have no fault codes coming up, I suspect a problem as the values...

Have sent funds for one of the CD cassettes Bob, as per pm's :)

Thanks, I've got a press so thats handy. I'm going to do the work myself and ordered a bearing kit and the long link bolt this morning. I've ordered an FAG bearing, and got the one that applies to my chassis number. Fingers crossed........

I've tracked down the rumble from the rear of my 2003 TD4 and its the drivers side rear wheel bearing. Has anyone replaced a rear bearing themselves and could pass on any tips/things to avoid or watch out for ? It doesn't sound too difficult from the Haynes manual, but it looks like the long...

That seems to have done the trick ! I put a couple of bottles of injector cleaner in the remaining 1/2 tank of diesel and drove it around as much as I could on the farm. I didn't thrash it, just took it up to the red line a few times once it was warmed up and accelerated hard through the gears...

An Italian tune up ! Ordinarily thats what I'd try, but its SORN and the MOT ran out last week so its going to be tricky getting many miles on it. I put a stiff dose of Millers diesel injector cleaner in the tank when I bought it, so maybe a few runs up and down the farm track will sort it, at...

The next stage in my TD4 saga (manual, 118k, 2003 52 plate) ! After eventually getting it started after a clutch change, I've been keeping myself amused fixing the window regulators. Now they are all sorted, I started it up again and noticed it smokes. There's a bit of bluey/grey smoke on...

I should add - I had the fans kick in full whack with everything turned off, but I was pulling ECU connectors to see if I'd bent a pin or something. Worth going over every connector to make sure.

I had "1620 security" come up on mine when it wouldn't start (after I'd changed the clutch funnily enough). I changed the remote fob battery, locked and unlocked it then cleared the codes and re-scanned and it hasn't come back since, so I assume that was the problem. My non start turned out to...

Good luck with the cleaning, its a naaasty job :) I've just done mine (52 plate TD4 manual), started off with oven cleaner (6 cans), also tried brake cleaner - both worked to a degree but I got the best results by soaking it for a week in Gunk degreaser, then pressure washed it internally :eek...

After reading up on it first and seeing what a pain it looked to do it in situ, I did the same thing :)

Thanks for the link, I will have a look :) I bought a new, genuine LR cam sensor which arrived this morning. I went straight out and fitted it, held my breath and turned the key. It spun up and tried to fire - didn't catch :eek: Silently cursing I tried again, mentally running through how much...

Another evening spent in the garage :) First thing I did was change the battery in the alarm remote. I locked and armed it, then unlocked it. I plugged in the code reader, cleared the codes and then attempted to start the car. Still no joy, but after a few minutes of cranking I then read the...

Thanks for all that guineafowl12 ! Sadly I had a serious sense of humour failure with the Freelander yesterday so took a night off and only ventured back into the garage this evening. I took the crank sensor out and put a meter over it and measured the voltage when I waved a large spanner...

Ah, OK - thanks :) Is there any way to test the sensor now its off the car ? It only has two pins, should there be continuity between them ? I'm getting a resistance of 0.56 using a multimeter. How would I go about scoping the crank signal at the ECU ? This sounds like the best idea but I'm...

The rev counter does not move at all whilst cranking. I will investigate further, fingers crossed this is it :)