1. Ian M in France

    Freelander 1 Grey Smoke

    Changed all 4 of our injectors for recon units last year , got them from a place in Germany, sure they where under 300€ in all, I think 2 had a problem and as it has done 270 000 KM and was 18 years old, but as in good order (and is main car) it would be good to not have any other problems with...
  2. Ian M in France

    Freelander 1 Grey Smoke

    Think I would change the all the boost hoses before changing the injectors I had one that looked okay but was old and I think it was allowing air to pass through it at higher pressures, look for oil under the hoses, smoke at higher revs is normally lack of air? will a leak off test show you...
  3. Ian M in France

    Freelander TD4

    This is a common problem with the Td4 many people buy a used fridge lorry and take the back off and uses this to keep the car in in hot weather, others use a car scanner and look for fault codes, or for things that are not correct like fuel low or high pressure problems?
  4. Ian M in France

    Changing rear axle bushes

    Hi thanks I was thinking of just replacing the front one as other back 2 look okay and thought that may allow a bit of movement, I have already got the 2 prop shaft bearings as they looked a little worn when I fitted the last lot of axle bushes but never got around to fitting them, so that...
  5. Ian M in France

    Changing rear axle bushes

    Thanks found these https://www.duraflexpubushes.com/land-rover-freelander-rear-diff-mount-bush-set-346-p.asp but have to press them in, is this the kind of thing you used? can not find already made up but would think a lot better, only slight worry is they are designed to move and would these...
  6. Ian M in France

    Changing rear axle bushes

    Hi all td4 freelander 1 2006 changed rear axle mountings about a year ago and one on front of axle already gone , should I change them all or just front one as a lot quicker to change, what is best brand to get ? thanks Ian
  7. Ian M in France

    What do you think of this Defender

    It must have been if you click to show it relisted it is now 47 800 , think for anyone buying it there are a lot of questions, was it ever registered in France,? where there French CT's on it? and if used in a cold climate and the roads where salted it maybe good to check chassis very well for...
  8. Ian M in France

    Coffre freelander

    I have had the problem for some time that I need to push the boot shut for the window to go up the last little bit I did adjust everything and it did work okay for a bit but now is playing up and the car thinks the boot is open when driving and when I lock the doors it hoots at me to say boot...
  9. Ian M in France

    Coffre freelander

    My spoken French is not too bad, but written French is just too hard, my written English is not that good, but I can read French okay so use google translate, then just correct the bits google gets wrong, if I am doing a quote for a French customer or more often for a insurance company or...
  10. Ian M in France

    Coffre freelander

    Bonjour Si la batterie est déchargée ou déconnectée, la fenêtre doit se reprogrammer. Je ne me souviens plus comment vous procédez, mais je pense qu'il vous suffit de rebrancher la batterie et d'appuyer sur le bouton de fermeture de la fenêtre jusqu'à ce qu'elle se ferme au bon endroit. Si le...
  11. Ian M in France

    Freelander 2 wobble/judder

    I had had a flat tyre, put the spare on, same make of tyre and about same leave of tread but do not know how long it had not been used, did not see the problem straight away as I do not drive it that often, did not relate the problem to the tyre straight away but put repaired tyre back on and...
  12. Ian M in France

    Freelander 2 wobble/judder

    Hi have you got a good spare tire that matches? might be good to change one wheel at a time and see if wheel /tire problem cheap to rule out if you have another tire that matches, my freelander 1 used to do the same and was a bad tire
  13. Ian M in France

    Freelander 1 WHITE smoke cutting out after few seconds starting

    Hi had the same problem with ours and turned out to be 2 of the injectors, not saying yours is the same but ours started getting harder and harder to start, (same white smoke) bought a set of 4 recon for about 250€ from Germany and sorted it, had tried many other things first but got nowhere...
  14. Ian M in France

    Electric cars

    or too tight to pay for the scooters ;)
  15. Ian M in France

    Electric cars

    Had my first drive of a electric car the other week, my girlfriends mum is in her 80's and has a Zoe she does not drive at night as eyes not what they where, we all went out and I got the job of driving, First thing range of around 200 km, my Mondeo say's at 180 km time to fill up, but only...
  16. Ian M in France

    Disco 5 td6 2020 paranoid

    I would agree with that but the TD6 engine does seem to have more than its fair share of big problems with lower end of engine
  17. Ian M in France

    Disco 5 td6 2020 paranoid

    You will not be paranoid just pre-warned, if you have or can get a warranty that you can extend I would think it would be a good idea. IF you really want to scare your self watch this Hope all goes well with it, they are great cars wish tax man here would let me have one instead of taking the...
  18. Ian M in France

    LANDROVER SCAM .. 5 sunbeam street wolverhampton..ebay ..smart reconditioning

    You would think with 450 people on a face book group they would have crossed one or two that will not let it drop, if they had done the same thing 20 years ago chances are they would be holding up a motorway bridge some where
  19. Ian M in France

    First freelander issues

    All land rover owners are poor men, or a lot poorer than they would be if they did not have the land rover, for best results when asking a question if you put year and engine type then you will get more help quicker :)
  20. Ian M in France

    D4 - Are they worth the risk?

    A lot depends on you, if you have the money and if it all goes bang losing it is not going to f##k up you life too much then enjoy, if you have to borrow the money to buy it and all goes wrong then you have to borrow more to fix it or replace it then this will make it harder to drive around in...