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    New FL1 Owner

    Yes 1 is enough for me. I don’t want 2 head gasket time bombs
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    New FL1 Owner

    Got my new tyres on went for Toyo Open County in 225/65R17 been really impressed no additional road noise and as a bonus my speedo is accurate now. now I can tackle replacing the VCU and oil flush on gearbox and IRD. didn't want to tackle those until all tyres were new as the tyres were...
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    New FL1 Owner

    Rad, condenser and intercooler were all just nissen repo parts used them before and they never let me down
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    New FL1 Owner

    Productive weekend a lot of jobs struck off the list spent some time under the car cleaning it up removing old mud and rust proofing it. Then all my parts came like Christmas. so we replaced the Air, Oil, Crank Breather, Turbo Vent filters. some nice new oil. replaced the EGR Valve...
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    What have you done to your Freelander today

    Patiently waiting on parts after removing the front radiator, intercooler, and condenser. also did a full service and EGR replacement that has made the car a lot less smokey.
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    New FL1 Owner

    All being well it will do just fine and will enjoy retirement in South Africa at my partners family beach house to be used when ever we are in the country.
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    New FL1 Owner

    Yes thank you I read that guide will get a spare one before I attempt. some receipts and only thing was a number plate light and dirty break lines stopping inspection on the MOT Fingers crossed it’s just the vcu I had mentally budgeted replacing that as part of the trip prep.
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    New FL1 Owner

    Invoice just says noise and vibration from that area with note saying if this doesn’t fix will need VCU. But agreed is a bit strange you would of thought if you had gone to that length you may aswell of done the VCU. Also forgot to add gear linkage bushes so yes it’s a very long list but I’ve...
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    New FL1 Owner

    Cheers for the the warm welcome. Been looking over some of the guides it had a new propshaft and bearings about 5000 miles ago but pretty sure the VCU needs doing as on lock it feels like the car is braking. At the moment my job list is Air Filter Oil Filter Crank Breather Filter Fuel Filter...
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    New FL1 Owner

    Hi all, new to the landy world just bought a 2006 FL1 TD4 with 85000 miles on it. Have slightly crazy plans of doing it up over winter then it will be driving from South Africa to Kenya mainly gravel roads with some off-roading when those run out. First thing is replace all fluids and filters...