Took the car for a 50 mile round trip to Weston Super Mare today, and then checked the rear diff/Haldex. Looks like its weeping/leaking from a hole on the rear diff, but I have no idea what the hole is for? Help please. What is the hole for, and what do I do about it? Edit: I found this...

So I have now degreased and jet washed/cleaned the haldex and DIff. Anywhere in particular I should be looking for leaks from? Have attached some pictures. Also rear diff housing (or whatever it might be called) appears to have a chip out of it (circled in red on the picture). God knows how...

Just want to say thanks for the help and assistance I was given. Problem now solved by replacing the intercooler that had split. Seems I must have been unlucky as this doesn't appear to be very common when searching for people who have had the same issue. For info total cost of repair was £250...

Car went to local garage today. I got a call back within about 30 minutes. They have diagnosed it as a split in the intercooler itself. It was near closing time so he could only check 2 supplier, but they think the intercooler is approx £150, then whatever labor will be to remove front bumper...

OK thx Nodge. It was terrible to drive to work this morning and seems to be getting worse. Now very juddery when accelerating and quite a lot of black smoke coming from the exhaust. Very loud whooshing sound now. Booked in to a local garage tomorrow. Fingers crossed it's just a hose and...

So through the miracle of Amazon Prime the OBD arrived this evening. I have read and cleared the fault code, which was P0299. From a quick Google it looks like this is more to do with the Turbo than the throttle body I replaced on Monday. I mentioned the whooshing sound and presume its...

Thanks. I have ordered a Torque Pro ELM 327 Android OBD Bluetooth Fault Scanner / Diagnostic Code Reader Will see what it comes up with.

Reading some reviews of Torque, apparently it doesnt play well with the latest version of Android. Are you guys having any trouble currently, or is it working fine? Any particular Bluetooth OBD2, or are they all the same? Thanks

Paul99 - thx for the suggestion on dog ramps, I will check them out. Snaggapuss - If I am blasting it with a jet washer, is there anywhere I should be careful of not blasting with water, or is it OK to absolutely soak it all? Thx

Thx Paul, I will check those hoses and see what I can find. I guess I will need to take it to a garage to get the CEL cleared.

I'm not at all mechanically minded. I had a look under the car tonight and saw something I am fairly sure it shouldn't appear the way it does. I believe this area relates to the Haldex and rear Diff??? From the attached pictures just how bad does it look (if you can tell from a picture?) and...

Nodge - sorry, dont know what MIL is? Paul99- thanks for the thought. Always wanting to save a £ but my other car is off to the paint shop on Wednesday so I want to get this done today. Despite having hands that are more like feet and not being overly mechanically minded, I have now fitted the...

Thanks Nodge. I have just reserved a Pierburg Throttle Body from Euro Car Parts. I'm not overly mechanically minded but have watched a few videos on youtube and will give fitting it a go tonight. I'm guessing there is no coding or anything to do after? And will the EML go out on its own, or...

I know I need to take it to a garage to get the code(s) read, but as this has just happened today (Sunday) I thought I would ask for any experience here. I have known for the past week that the electronic throttle body is probably faulty on my FL2. It makes the mechanical sound when the...

Nodge68 Thanks as always for your advice. I will look at replacing it ASAP.

Apart from the whirring noise and slight judder when stopping the car, everything seems normal other than that. Is it OK to carry on using it as it is? Will it damage anything? Will it get slowly worse over time to the point it's un-driveable until replaced? Thanks

Coincidentally the same thing just started happening on my car the other day. It is a loud electronic type of noise. Ford your car also now judder a little when turning it off? From the research I've done, and listened to the same noise on an YouTube video, it's the electronic throttle body...

Thanks Nodge68. When the garage deleted the swirl flaps from my 530D BMW, they had to fit metal blanking plates. You think with this engine it's just a case of snapping off the plastic flaps and then replacing the cover? Any pictures you can take, and an idiots guide or whatever on how to do it...

Nodge68 Good luck with repairing the car. I hope it's a quick and cheap fix. With regards to swirl flaps (and you have kindly contributed to my thread) how/which method are you going to use to get rid of them? Thanks

I contacted them as you suggested. Below is the reply, but to cut to the chase YES the earlier FL2s had swirl flaps. " Thank you for your enquiry. Yes, the 2009 Freelander will have swirl flaps, and yes, they can be problematic. We would generally advise changing the inlet manifold about every...