What do you want the code reader to do? just engine codes if so one of the elm327 interfaces on ebay for a fiver will work, if you want it to read srs, abs, transmission codes people on here seem to go for the Hawkeye but it's over £200, the icarsoft i930 as had some good reviews on here, the...

I get a puff of blue smoke when i first start up then it runs clear on tickover when it's warmed up, then starts to smoke again when i rev it at around 3000rpm, but the smoke isn't massively excessive.

The valves were cleaned and lapped 7 months ago when i had the head skimmed and replaced the head gasket, i also replaced the stem valve oil seals but the ones in the kit didn't look to be as good quality as the ones i removed, i'm getting good psi readings of 180 when doing the compresion tests...

I've ordered the valve spring compressor above along with a set of stem valve oil seal pliers. It's got some good reviews on amazon.com so fingers crossed it will work on the freelander. I plan on feeding a length of rope into the top of piston winding the piston to the top to stop the valves...

The burst of smoke isn't that great so thought it was normal as it then starts running clear, the stem valve seals are about 7 months old thats why i thought it was unlikely to be them, they could have been poor quality as they didn't look as good as the ones i took off when i did hg. I've been...

I start to see some smoke at around 3000rpm also on start up i get a burst of smoke when it's first started up then on tick over it looks clear.

Will this overhead valve spring compressor work with the k series engine, if i have to change the stem valve oil seals i want to do the job with the head on.

The compression tester came, i've redone the tests with the engine cold cylinder 1, 2 & 3 = 180psi, cylinder 4= 190psi. I then retested with a squirt of oil in the cylinders, cylinder 1,2 &3 remained virtually the same 180psi, cylinder 4 185psi. With these readings does this mean the pistons...

I checked the air filter and it looks ok. I think you are spot on with the oil consumption been the real problem, i removed the spark plugs to see if they were been steam cleaned as mentioned in above post, 1, 2 & 3 look ok, on cylinder 4 the spark plug thread and tip was oily, does this...

Clean but don't looked steam cleaned. I've found a small hole the size of a 5p in the top of the exhaust back box, would this be enough to give high emissions readings.

When i removed the spark plugs to do the compression test, the plugs looked nice and clean not fouled up with oil or carbon that you might expect if i was burning oil. I'm using 10w/40 semi synthetic, it says use 10w/40 in the manual. I will do another compression test cold and warm when my...

I need an original freelander underfloor catalytic converter for a 2002 1.8 petrol engine, if some one has a freelander there breaking or from a mot or head gasket failure, i'd be interested in purchasing. Thanks for looking.

I started the compression tests after testing the 3rd cylinder my hose to the pressure gauge popped. These are the readings cylinder 1 & 2 =150psi, cylinder 3=155psi, while i was looking at the 3rd reading i heard a pop and the pressure was released and a tear in the hose so could not do...

I checked under the car and around the cambelt area and cannot see any oil leaks, so likely to have an internal fault then, i rebuilt the head last year so can't see it been the head. I priced a new genuine cat up from the local LR dealership £847, that prices me out of getting one from...

I think it failed on both hc and co, i didn't get a print out of the exact levels, i only got one sheet with the reason it failed, i had the exact same problem last year just failed on the emissions, this is the second after market type cat that it's had. The original cat was a round tube about...

I got a replacement sensor today and fitted it, cleared the fault code, i'll have to see if the error code returns, i can't tell just by looking if it's effected my emissions, i'll drive it to work and back then do a scan, if all ok i'll take it for a re test. The cam sensor i removed had bmw...

The camshaft sensor i've removed as bmw 1732566 and germany on it. Will a bmw camshaft sensor work on the freelander 1, 1.8 engine.

I've just re scanned for fault codes and the P0340 fault code is back, i disconnected the camshaft sensor plug, it's a three pin plug, with the ignition on i get 12.5v on the outside pin, 11.69v on the middle pin and nothing on the other outside pin, this is with me holding the negative lead of...

I replaced the air filter about 6 months ago when i did an oil and filter change.

I deleted the P0340 error code this morning then went to town and back, i've just retested and the code as not returned so far. Is there a way to test the cam position sensor to see if it is faulty. If it's not the cam sensor causing the high emissions reading i don't know what else it could...