It was two hand pumped bellows that he put at either end of the bonnet and when pumped up the bonnet lifted sufficiently enough for him to pull out (so to speak) a ruddy long 10mm spanner !! Hey presto off like a shot

Well I relented RAC came out. Amazing when you have the spot on right tools !! Threw the pain in bum plastic cover away. RAC bloke stayed and helped new cable checked all good. Repositioned everything check... Shut bonnet check. Pulled lever ...... Nowt !! Bonnet opened in minutes with the spot...

Yeah I've done that with the cable with no joy :-( it that rounded off bolt that's causing the grief. The other ones off no problems it's the offside latch bolt!! Anyone else ?? Would cutting the first grill bar off to give better access work ????

Well, since I last posted the rough idle cleared after two goes of Lucas oil injector cleaner:) saving hours and £'s. Probably helped by job relocation change and going up the motorway. Anyways, the old girl uses a bit of water( leaky matrix) needing the water to be topped up weekly. So the...

No one ??? Double sniff

Anyone ? Sniff :-(

Right, I've replaced the breather filter ( it looks like it was never replaced) manifold off decoked etc. Still lumpy ..... MAF sensor ??? Any other ideas ! Cheers

Weather permitting ill be removing the EGR valve and the inlet manifold for a further De-coke. Is there and specific method for putting the manifold on? I.E torque settings or which bolts to tighten first?

I've already used injector cleaner ( Lucas oil brand ) to no avail... Anyone else got any simple ideas????:eek:

Hi folks, Happy New Year ! Sorry to be a pain ........BUT :D my 130k FreeLander has hit a recent annoying snag. It has started to idle erratically it bobs between 900-850rpm. Now I removed the EGR unit and cleaned it ( it was chock full of crap ) and cleaned the injector rail connector...

Cheers for the update and advice I'll give the removal and lubricating ago :D

My Freelander has extemely stiff opening rear doors. It's obviously the check straps. I've greased the daylights out of them to no avail. I've perused Ebay and no one sells them. Is it dealer (gulp) only or is there a mod or something??? I can actually see the "B" pillars flexing :eek: Oh while...

Lmao!!!!

Hi all, Just got a 52 plate Freelander Premium Td4. Just working my way through some electrical oddities but, having fun sofar as it seems easy to work on. Anyway, owned loads of motors in my time love my yanks and have previously owned a Ford Explorer not bad but loads of...