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The maladies have now been diagnosed as being down to exhaust gases getting into the coolant which sadly means head gasket or worse and it has been deemed beyond economic repair. It still goes so I guess it's time to get rid of it before it gives up completely. anyone want a V6 5 door...

It sure does help. Thanks. The box has been changed so what you say may very well be the case here. First cleaning attempt underway.

Oh joy of joys, I can see 2 barrel shaped electrical connectors without taking either the under tray or the engine cover off. Are the things in the attached, the things I need to check?

Thanks. Now I know how to get the under tray off but don't need to anymore. The next challenge is to take the engine cover off. The 2 screws at the front and the rubber strap at the back are easy enough, as it the hose clip on the single air hose on the left. The 2 on the right seem to...

OK, you are probably going to have a laugh about this but I have got under the front end of my V6 Freelander for the first time to try to locate the "gearbox barrel" and there's a big black plastic under tray with a number of round fasteners with small round holes in them. How the hell do you...

I had the same thing when I first bought my Freelander and it was from the aerial. I used a small blob of clear bathroom sealant under the aerial and it has been water tight ever since.

Thanks folks. Selling it and buying a Defender or Disco seems like a good idea right now!!

Thanks folks. Looks like checking gearbox barrel connections and temp sender connections are the way to go. The gearbox has been in and out recently so I suspect that is the culprit. I'll also check my coolant level weekly from now on.

It's still the same sort of pink it was when it was put in, and still clear, not opaque.

thanks for the comments so far. The answers to the questions are: What mileage is on the car? 109,000 miles How often do you check or top up the coolant? Every 6 months or so or when the garage does it. When was the thermostat last changed? 06/11/2013 also plastic coolant pipes at the...

Hi. Yesterday I experienced a new and rather odd problem. After about an hour of driving quite free flowing traffic, as I slowed to a halt, the auto box didn't want to change down and I had to press the brake pedal harder to keep it still. I moved the selector to neutral and it jerked...

Hi. Since there is a place to introduce myself it seems like a good idea to do so. My name is Gareth and I bought a 2001 Freelander V6 auto in November 2011 because we had had some snowy winters down here in deepest Sussex and my other vehicles are notable hopeless in the snow. The plan...