I once has a rattle on mine that turned out to be something as simple as a loose nut holding on the undertray, worth a wee check.

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I've had my 1.8 for near two years now, swapped a bike for it. Didn't come with any history but, touch wood, it hasn't let me down yet. Do the usual checks and don't drive like a Richard and I reckon they're as good as most.

I don't think it's the fuel tank B34R as the popping can happen after a relatively short journey but always sounds the same, I checked anyway however! :) What you've said Grumpy has got me thinking though, it definitely sounds like something "releasing" in stages and I didn't realise the VCU...

Portavogie, where the prawns come from (apparently...)

Sorry to reply so late, house move and all that...... It's definately not the exhaust. It sounds like when you try to twist a bar inside a tight rubber bush, but twisting in pops rather than a single smooth twist. It's only when I come to rest and not necessarily caused when people exit the...

Here's one for yous all.... I have a 2001 1.8 hippo and she's driving great. Engine runs smoothly, cruises along quietly, and I reckon I'm getting decent mpg from her. However I've noticed a sort of rubber popping noise from the rear after stopping, more so when I have stuff in the boot or...

Thankyouverymuch Sir! And happy St George's day.

Thanks for the reply Baptista. To update, I had a brainwave last night and went out today armed with a reel of strimmer cable and tried to feed it through the pipes. It worked up to a point but seemed to get stuck at what I can only guess are connectors or valves. Got a good metre or so into...

OK so my rear washer wasn't working, suspected washer pump as there was no sound when the button was pressed. Bumper off, switch the two pumps around so that I know it's the pump and not the wiring. New pump needed. Found one on eb*y, arrived very quickly so fitted it this afternoon and it...

Alibro, it's a bungelow!!! :rofl: Peeing myself laughing here thinking about someone having bikes upstairs.....

Must look into that PRT, sounds quite handy the way you describe it nilchaos. thanks for the advice and the pic. Needless to say after that little episode I described at the beginning, nothing more seems to be happening and she's running very well. Fingers crossed!

Not worthless Ali bro (the bike) but it was in our bedroom for 5 years and neither me nor the wife can ride! Make what you can from that! :) That's good news about the lack of damage on your hippo, small mercies, eh? Btw we've another bike in our bedroom If you know anybody wants one......

I think it was just a bit waterlogged in the end. I was out today to check the plugs and stuff, seems I have the newer type without the distributer. Took off cover, shearing one bolt on the way, and checked each plug and coil in turn. A bit of a clean, and I reset the plugs to 1mm, squirt of...

Thanks all for taking the time to reply, much appreciated. She has driven pretty well the rest of the day so I suppose I should put my numpty hat on and confess.... Whilst washing the freelander yesterday, with the power washer (you can probably see where this is going...) I thought it would...

So after waiting 9, yes 9 weeks waiting on a replacement logbook for the bike I was swapping for the hippo, (thanks Swansea....) everything's now sorted and I'm now the proud owner of a landrover! It's a 1.8 petrol 2001 5 dr with 112000 on the clock. After doing some tinkering and stuff with...

Looks a beauty mate. Good to see another Ulsterman on here :)

Well, I wish I had a large box...... :p

Hi everybody! New to all this. Always wanted a Land Rover of some sort but as I'm not working and money is tight I thought I'd never get one. However what I did have was a couple of motorbikes belonging to my wife's late partner, but none of us can ride them. After them sitting in our...

Do you have cats? They love boxes....