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    Heater blower gone bang

    Not really what I wanted to hear but hey ho! The engineer who designed it obviously wasn't going to do his own repairs was he.
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    Heater blower gone bang

    Got a 2008 Freelander 2. Driving along today and the heater blower started humming. Very quickly it got deafeningly loud and then the whole car started vibrating. Switched the blower off and back to smooth silence. When I took a look under the bonnet, I can see that part of the fan has...
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    Won't start - timing, fuel, sensors?

    Well, I thought I would take it all apart again and start from scratch - and guess what? It was one notch out. I guess that I didn't have the tension right on the right hand side of the belt before I tensioned it up and that turned the pulleys slightly. I'm just amazed that it turned over...
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    Won't start - timing, fuel, sensors?

    Just changed the timing belt on my 2008 TD4. 180,000miles so it was probably living on borrowed time. Used all the correct procedures – locking pins, flywheel lock etc. Belt change went smoothly. Did all the ‘turn the engine over ten times to set the tensioner’ etc. No problems. Now that I...
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    DAB radio

    I have a 2008 Freelander 2 with high line stereo. It has the capability for DAB but of course my car isn't fitted with it. I have noticed that there have been a few DAB modules on Fleabay recently and wondered if it is just a case of bolting this in and connecting to the existing radio, or do...