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Max mpg on my auto TD4 was 35 even with a synergy and new MAF, synergy was set at 6 which was the best economy setting for the Pierburg MAF. My old Discovery would never get better than 25 mpg.

Loads more ANPR cameras now being installed, ready for the removal of the road fund licence disc.

Typical money grabbing garage, buy the cheapest and sod the customer, think I'd be asking for the cost of the original pump to be refunded.

Took me about 2 hours as I had to cut off the bracket bolts and replace all the rotted rivets, the whole lot, pump and filter was only held in place by the pipework.

Find out where the pump came from, £165 fitted is really cheap if a genuine or OE pump was fitted, OE pumps cost about £125 plus 1 hours labour which would be much more than the price you were charged. Cheaper pumps are known to be noisy and suffer premature failure.

If the VCU is cold after a run this would indicate to me that it's locked up and not slipping, I would change it for a Bells recon unit.

Wish I'd had my Freelander when we went over the Gotthard back in the late seventies when driving a Ford consul 2.5 litre and towing a caravan. Turned out they'd closed the pass due to heavy snow but being a bit thick I presumed the snow chain signs had been left over from the winter, thought...

At that sort of mileage I'd have changed the fuel pump at the same time I'd changed the fuel filter ( OEM or genuine part only) You could try unplugging the MAF and see if the fault clears, if it does this points to a faulty MAF.

Traded mine in couple of months ago for a 2010 model Peugeot 308SW 2.0 litre auto. Great car with 7 seats and room for dog in back. Got £3300 for Freelander. Still got to sell the Synergy, unused tyre, dog guard, rear door seal and boot liner due to being unable to get in the bloomin garage.

Intake air under pressure from turbo leaks out of split in hose which results in incorrect fuel/air mixture. Black smoke is unburned fuel.

Traded my 55 reg F1 in couple of months ago max price I could get was £3200 and that was against a £13000 VW. Dealers didn't really want to know even though all the usual premature failure items had been replaced.

Must be a labour of love, think I'd have got rid when you first noticed the corrosion at the start of your thread. Good job you can do it yourself as the cost for labour must be considerably more than the car is worth, bit like Wheeler Dealers.

Can you get a pair of mole grips between the spring when the weights off, gripping the inner shocker rod ?

What you're referring to is black oil, usually three different grades, light medium and heavy. Light is used for shipping as it can be burned without pre heating, medium and heavy are used in industry, including power stations, and must be pre heated before burning.

Max revs when stationary is usually restricted to 3000 rpm, plus the engine isn't under load.

Injectors over fuelling, have you carried out the checks advised on here which proves the amount per injector ?

Yes they do, the one I owned blew the gasket twice before I got rid.

I've got one like that also for sale but it's for the 5 door and fits behind the seats.

The Chinese tyres I bought were called Roadstones, seems a good tyre and recommended by local tyre fitting company, as they have plenty of Chinese imports to chose from I took their advice, £80 each fitted.

Diesel doesn't evaporate at ambient that's why storage tanks don't have floating roofs like petrol storage tanks have.