Hi, Further to my posts restricting the water flow, After a constant (It's cold) from she who must be obeyed. I finally refitted a modified thermostat and now have heat in the car oh joy. But what a job. first time re fitted i had a water leak. So I bought the whole kit again thinking I was...

Hopefully on Monday I will be able to machine and fit a restrictor for the top hose and finally bleed the system. I agree you do burn your hands and in my case if you wear brown leather gloves you stain your finger tips brown Oh the joy's of motoring. Dean

Flushed the matrix out again yesterday afternoon and started to bleed the system, Owing to time restraints I will do this a bit at a time.There seems to be a lot of air trapped but I will persist, also restricted the flow to the top hose this improved the heater warmth

Hippo, The internal workings of the thermostat were removed quite some time ago Matrix flushed out recently, My mechanic thinks the water is bypassing the heater hose and taking the easier route through the larger bore hoses I will only try a temporary restriction to see what happens...

Hi Both, I will be using this diagram to help me restrict the flow in the top hose as the heater matrix is not getting warm let alone hot. I have been trying to find the top hose t piece but can only find the complete set up at around £50. I will let you know how I get on, It may...

All, It all started some months ago, Mick my mechanic friend had a v6 2.5 freelander boiling water constantly. over a few weeks the rear Head and gasket were replaced.Radiator drained and flushed and still the water was boiling and the temperature of the top hose and radiator remained low. Using...

Thank you , I will ask my tame mechanic Michael if he can check it. the speedo is ok as far as I am aware, Just the Milometre (spelt right now) Is driving me mad !! thanks again for the advice. Dean

Hello again, Freelander 2.5 v6 recently had new key fob reprogrammed. could this have any bearing on the fault. milometre at about 50mph taking 40 seconds to register 1 mile. any thoughts as the milage is way over what it should be. thank you Dean

Hi, Just acquired a Freelander v6 auto, I swear the wife forced me to get it!!!. well that's my excuse. Lots of interesting info here. all the best Dean