Hello, I had to have a new starter motor fitted but we called out Land Rover assistance when we could not get it started. It had been getting worse and worse. The LR man to tide us over got a metal bar, placed it on the starter motor and gave it a sharp hit with a hammer on a couple of points...

Hello, If you look at the thread "Freelander Loss of Power- New Engine!!! " you will see about the cam cover breather which might be the problem. I wonder whether you have this problem, which causes the engine to "breathe" ,increasing the pressure in the sump, forcing the oil out of somewhere...

Hello Everyone, Hope you can get this problem sorted once and for all. For your information I needed and had fitted a new turbo before this final filter problem was discovered. At the garage they showed me the old turbo and explained that the lever that adjusts the vanes would only go so far...

Hello, I had a similar problem, opened up the cubby hole, found it soaking and do not know how water got in. I have left the cubby hole open when I can to dry it out. With the exhaust silencer located under the cubby hole, it dried out quiet quickly with the cubby door open. With the cubby...

Hello Judith, Also check the turbo hoses. Before everything went with mine, the hose on the battery side with the 90 degree bend split lenghtways and would open up when a load was put on it. It was very oily inside therefore as I say to others look at the breather filter. This may be the slow...

hello I agree with BABell but if you look under "Loss of power- new engine" you will see my experience. My thought is that the oil and smoke in exhuast is caused by the engine breathing, knackering the turbo etc. I would advise anyone to get the "cam cover breather filter " done first. A new...

Hello Everyone, This is exactly what is written on my service sheet from the dealers that seems to have solved the problem. "Attend to excessive crankcase compression,check engine, remove and fit new cam cover breather . Remove and fit new injector leak off pipe, road test, all OK"...

Hello BaBell, I started this thread and started an new one see "Freelander loss of power -new engine" I think your man is right as I had a filter that is accessed via a cam shaft cover and is "inside" the engine and is not a service item. See the new thread. My engine was "breathing" and...

Hello Everyone, Went to the main dealers yesterday to look at my "duff" engine. They have investigated and did the following which seems to have done the trick. "remove and fit new cam cover breather, remove and fit new injector leak off pipe" apparently this is not a service item and...

Hello Everyone, Thanks to you all for contributing to this thread. I have started a new one but first timers can look at the "Freelander Loss of Power" thread. Garage fitted another turbo yesterday with no change. They have found that the engine is "breathing" and that when you run the...

Hello Everyone, My problem will be going on in 2007. The garage remapped the ECU doing various checks etc etc but to no avail. They reckon I have a duff turbo which was new a couple of months ago. They reckon when you run along at say 50mph everything is fine but when you speed up, things get...

Hello Everyone and BABell especially, BABell, I know exactly how you feel,I could have screamed at times dealing with our "Main Dealer" here. However we have found an independant LR specialists who whilst not solving the problem yet have been helpful, positive and want to find a solution for...

THe Saga Continues.... Apparently everything around the turbo such as actuators etc has been replaced. The garage have spoken to a help desk and they reckon it might be a 2002 engine management software issue. The car is going in next week for diagnostics/ reprogramming etc etc so we will see...

The answer is NO iI am afraid. See my power loss at 70mph thread, I am wondering if my new turbo was duff which I am told can happen. Hope I am not clogging this board up, everyone has been helpful and it is my only source of good material. Good luck if you have this problem

Hello Everyone Some very helpful person told me that he has fitted several new but it turns out faulty turbos. I have had a new turbo fitted, went fine but the fault has now retuyrned etc etc. They put a new MAF sensor in but the fault still existed. Car back in garage, very nice and friendly...

My experience was that the turbo was knackered in that the "arm" that pushed and changed the blades would not move the full distance it should do. The mechanics showed me the turbo and said it should be able to move to this point when it would only mpove half way. I asked about reconditioning...

I have been looking at an old "maintenance check sheet" which mentions " renew vent filter from turbocharger boost control solenoid valve- Td4 Diesel" . I am now starting to wonder if this was done on the last service as I went to a local garage(on recommendation) but not a LR or 4x4 garage. I...

Hello, Hope you get to 70mph plus??? Do you think this filter is the engine breather filter that I talked about in my first post on this thread or is it yet another obscure filter to go in some difficult place.????

Hello, I have had this hose split lengthways so you may find it has or is going. I was told it is a common hose to split. Regards

Hello Again, Fitting a "Valve control pump" on Friday whatever that is and where it exactly goes I am not too sure. Hope this works!!!