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    turning over but wont start

    parislan, theres a couple of screws in the bottom of the lower cowl and the top clips to it, the rear of the ignition switch has a couple or three screws in it, take this part to bits and clean the contacts in it. this cured mine.
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    Temp Gauge - heater issues??

    Hi there take it for a run and when you get home leave it running and see if the gauge rises then, a previous owner may well have took the center out of the thermostat. I have seen this before as a safegaurd after hgf repairto keep the engine cooler but all it does is keep the engine on choke...
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    turning over but wont start

    Hi Had the same fault on my last freelander, cleaned contacts in ignition switch job done never happened again. easy to do remove plastic cover from around steering remove back of ignition switch and clean the copper contacts inside easy job to do hope this helps...
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    Water Temp Gauge inoperable

    Hi there take it for a run and when you get home leave it running and see if the gauge rises then, also you may notice hardly any hot air coming from heater if this is the case a previous owner may well have took the center out of the thermostat. I have seen this before as a safegaurd after hgf...
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    water leek

    Hi below the inlet manifold you have a coolent rail which connects to the plastic thermostat housing at either end of this there is a rubber o ring get a mirror and have a look down there one of those may be weeping, it may not leak when your engine is cold, but when its up to normal operating...
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    clunking

    Hi worn bush/mount on rear diff, about £20 and half hour diy. usually the one at the front, get under it and push the prop shaft up and down you will see the play in the worn bush. hope this helps..
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    Unknown electrical problem?

    hi fashion. Dont drill out the bolts just remove the switch with the ignition wire terminals on it at the back of the bolted on part which your key go's into two or three screws if i remember correctly its an easy job. AAA
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    Unknown electrical problem?

    Hi Had the same fault on my last freelander, cleaned contacts in ignition switch job done never happened again. easy to do remove plastic cover from around steering remove back of ignition switch and clean the copper contacts inside,just remember which terminals your ignition wires go on when...
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    Freelander won't start

    Hi I had the same sort of problem on a 1999, the cure on mine was a poor connection on the coil,low tension side (thats the two wires on one plug, not the one which go's to the distributor cap) I removed the coil cleaned up the connections on it and the plug refitted it and the fault never...
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    freelander will only start with a tow

    Hi had the same problem with mine fuel at plugs and spark but would not start, check the connections on the coil the small two wired connector and ht lead. i removed and cleaned coil checked it had resistance across its terminals put it back on started first time failing this it may be the crank...