its amazing how good some folk are at restoring eh

could been ...teamsheepriders...:):)...only..kidding...

goes to show how much you can save when ya handy eh...given me the push to do mine cheers

fuel tank looks nice piece oh handy work...

are you sure 150 hr...wow...ide ring around...any views on these charges

quite simple...if its being left standing...damp is a worse enemy...i can remember many times a blast of wd40 as worked wonders...poss a bit of damp may be shorting power to a cylinder ..then when its hots up...damp goes..its sitting all week

is it kept in a garage ..if outside may be damp..wd 40 it ...it need a motorway blast for def..blow crap out,,have you cleaned egr...pcv ..crank case filter

has he done a photo collection of work done ...and all bills...can you get it on ramps and see quality of work and any welding

dosent look that orange...just dont get tangoed with it

orange...lemon....you be..bananas

the chap behind it really id down to earth and committed...gives an excellent account of his work..and its with passion...long time since ive come across some one like this..and the post has a good mix about it, few years ago i almost took on a vauxhall senator 3.0l...ive had 3 and loved...

The scary thing about this thread is that....its been to 3 diff garages ..now either there non Land Rover ..or land rover are crap at sorting there own brand ..hence them being in bott ten of worse 200 cars on the planet earth....but if 3 garages cant sort it..what chance has a forum...theyve...

cheers hes going on a 100mile round trip boxing daty ..see what happens..good advice that cheers

if there wasnt enough results that indicates that the companies they get the figures from ..and warranty direct is one..wouldnt have had that many break downs..another source is public...so again not enough complaints

i did say in one post ..freelander is limited compared to other 4x4s...and i fully understand that...and will out perform freelander no prob..for that you pay

Well for all the stick we freelander owners take ..guess what theyve released the 2015 power survey of the worst 200 cars on the road....quess whats in bott ten and more..whose got 199/200....yep with 3 cars in the worst 200 bott ten..range rover...range rover sport...discovery......so...

sure i just said that..lol

and that could be a lamba sensor ...

so when cold lamba sensor detects gases temp passing over it sees its to cold and enriches the idle and acceleration mix...so its poss its faulty and not feeding ecu with correct mixture when cold..hence rough idle.. the garages should have checked this out

you can rule out head gasket as if it was it would run fine..warming up..crap when hot...if its fine when warmed up whats the prob..just leave it idle for few mins..could be a lamba sensor that was feeds ecu with engine temp and tells it it needs more fuel/air..and ecu adjusts setting in...