The wife said when she drove it this morning it juddered for 5 seconds or so which she says felt like she was applying the hand brake.

I removed prop 3 weeks or so ago to change prop bearings and not had time to refit .

Only had td4 for 3 months Tyres all same make and size and done around 4k. Propshaft off at the moment but when on no usal signs of trouble.

Only had td4 for 3 month . Tyres all same only done about 4k. When prop was on everything was ok. No noises or tightness when reversing.

Disaster today. Driving along at about 50mph in TD4 and hit deep pothole and BANG from the back. Stopped and looked underneath and diff had split in half and large piece missing . Propshaft is off at the moment and diff was not making any noises previous. Any one heard of this be before. What...

Wishbone are ok , recently replaced lower ball joints as rubbers were split and hoping the noise was from there. Drove tonight with head out the window and it sounds like it's high up around the top to the back of engine. Top mount looks newish.

Thanks for all the advice. Will check later if the heavy rain goes of.

Down by the pedals It's not a heavy knock.dosent feel like anything jotting the floor. Someone said it may be the transfer box on its way out

Will the lower engine mount produce a metal sounding knock

Hi i have a knock coming from the front around the drivers footwell when pulling away or accerarating sharply on and of throttle. New drop links and rear centre diff bush and no change. Lower engine mount looks like it has been changed recently. Removed the propshaft to rule that out and seems...

Had a good look at the smoke when the wife started up this morning and it is more whiteish with light tint of blue. It's got erg bypass and bmw filter. If I let it site 5 hours starts a bit lumpy and a little smoke. Overnight lumpy and a big cloud.

Well cleaned manafold out but wasn't to bad . Ran a tank of fue lwith diesel magic but still the same if not worse but may just be the colder weather. Starts straight up lumpy and smokey up to 10 seconds. Once warm no smoke, ticks over smooth and runs with no vibration.

Thanks. I will give it a good clean at the weekend and see if makes any difference.

Thanks for that. All new hoses, manifold a bit stickey inside and I haven't cleaned out intercooler cause I thought they would more likely cause smoke under load. Glow plugs must be ok as it still did it in summer.

Yes that does seem the likely culprits but theres guys on the forum who have gone to the expence of changing injectors and no difference. Some posts go back to 2012 and cover everything with still no results. It's been like this for a year.

It's not pure white it's more light blue. All previous posts kinda say same. Whitie blue and engine stumbles.

No smoke when hot. Bit more than a puff more like a cloud. My previous one bid the same. Guy at work has bmw with same engine and nearly 200000 miles and no smoke. Very embarrassing. The wife won't drive it.

Done it all. All previous posts go over the usual suspects with some just throwing money at it on glow plugs, injectors , maf, erg and pcv and still the same issues. There must be someone cured this.

Hi Freelander td4 seem to have a common problem with smokeing when starting from cold and running lumpy for 5 seconds or so. My father's and mine do exactly the same and I have searched all form and plenty have the issues but the answers all just go over the same things with no one getting to...