Hi ya. Female Hippo driver here. I'd go with the Disco when pulling. We tow an Ifor Williams trailer for jeep recovery etc and thats about the same weight as you're set-up. I hate to say it but theres no way the Freelander would do the same work and with the ease of the Disco.

Sounds like the clutch master cylinder (or slave I always mix-up which is which but I think the slave is down near the clutch with the master up on the bulk-head behind the engine.) In my defender the seal in the master cylinder was gone so the fluid was getting past the rubber and rendering the...

If I'm not mistaken the turbo kicks in at 1500rpm's approx and definately not above the 2000rpm mark.... Anyway as mentioned already, turbo's increase power. A test : try and excute a quick take-off. Watch the rev counter, just as you release the clutch fully I bet the rev's drop from 2500...

Rory, you're problem seems to be identical to one of the problems I had. The bulliten says to change the Air mass metor but I can assure you that that did not fix it. It wasn't until the fuel pump was fitted and the clutch was done that the problem seems to be corrected. In relation to...

Finally collected my hippo from the dealership today..... :D :D It's fixed... I can't say how relieved I am. Now I only hope it lasts... anyway here the info I gathered so far... There is a technical section under the title "Owner" on the main page of the landrover.co.uk web-site where if...

Hi all, newbie here from the south of ireland. I'm currently driving freelander number 3 which has 29,000kms on the clock. It is currently driving me mad. I can't take off with confidence as 9 times outta 10 the loss of power means I'm sitting "dead-in-the-water" with traffic bearing down on me...