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Well unfortunately after spending £200 on a new battery, I just had the exact same thing happen again. I think I’m going to punt this car on, we don’t have the budget to be throwing money at this car with a major house renovation going on.

hi again, Had the same issue again. Took the in laws to the train station and on the way back, I got all the bongs and lights - pic attached. I was actually driving at the time but lost the speedo. I have a usb charger in the car that shows battery voltage and once the engine was off and...

Side note, I bought this one on AliExpress - ships from Poland so was quick to arrive. All in about £35 or so. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMgYF6Y

I ended up replacing the intercooler on mine because I had already decided I was going to fire the parts canon anyway. I actually made a smoke machine from a soldering iron and bike pump in an old pickle jar. I found incense sticks were a good alternative to sacrificing a soldering iron though...

Hi all, decided to install a FBH into my 2009 Freelander to make the winter months a little easier on her. I scored myself a Webasto thermo top V to install and I’m just getting all the parts ready. I’ll need to have a 12v trigger to the blower motor relay once the coolant reaches a set...

Hi mate. My P0299 plague me for nearly a year, it was that bad! For the airpath calibration, I bought a knock off Mongoose JLR USB reader from Aliexpress (20 quid or something). It came with the SDD software. Worth it's weight in gold. You might be able to find it on eBay for slightly more...

I’ve just taken delivery of a thermo top V much to the dismay of my wife. Will be fitting it to my LR2 over the coming weeks but need to order all the parts it didn’t come with. Want to wait for the missus to forget about the Webasto first though! ;) Do you happen to know the diameter of...

Thanks for the pointing me in the right direction. I've got a battery tester that I'll hook up to see what it says. Interestingly, I did have a bluetooth battery monitor thing installed that I ended up removing in the midst of the chaos of being stuck in a broken down car and a baby screaming...

Hi all, Another week, another LR problem. On the weekend, I was driving up a hill when out of nowhere, the speedo read 0 kph, engine temp was overheating and fuel gauge was zero. Also had all the bleeps and lights flashing. Pulled over, read the codes and cleared. After which the car...

I just saw a shiny Land Rover on the lot and with being a Brit, it was a taste of home and got blinded. Thanks for that. I think I'm going to change the fluids of everything this weekend as it hasn't been done in the near year I've owned it. If the PTU is buggered, I'd be in for a...

I sadly learned that the hard way, twice on the same car. I'll give that a shot this weekend. Is there any other failures of the PTU other than worn splines? I'm also having problems selecting third and fourth gear some times, I suspect low transmission oil, at least, that's all I hope it is...

For some reason, I thought the Haldex was closer to the engine, not integrated into the rear diff - shows how much I know, eh? I think you're referring to Bell Engineering? I moved from the UK to Romania so unfortunately will have trouble getting anything from them without paying crazy...

It's something the garage has recommend I replace, although I want to make doubly sure it's going to fix the noise in question. Going to the in laws again this weekend so will put the car up on ramps and took a quick look at any exhaust/heat shield parts that could be scratching. I doubt it's...

Thanks again Nodge. I'm assuming that because the opposite rear wheel turns when I turn the other rear wheel that the rear diff/haldex should be okay? Would a failed PTU make a this kind of sound? I originally thought it might be an exhaust bracket that's loose (recently had car and DPF off...

Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I've just started having this issue. Rotating scraping sound when under particularly hard acceleration. Quite as a mouse once I'm up to speed.

Thanks both. I have the TD4 with the S trim - I'm assuming this would mean I should have a haldex unit?

Hi all, Another week, another problem with my Landy. After getting my turbo underboost issue fixed, I had since developed a rotation scraping sound from the gearbox/PTU. Took to the same garage who resolved the underboost who told me it was likely the PTU - I asked if it could've been the...

Hi all, Final update on this turbo underboost saga. I wanted to provide a quick summary on the work carried out, solution and lessons learned in an effort to save everyone some time and money. For 9 months I’ve had a p0299 DTC - turbo underboost causing my FL2 to go into limp mode when...

Interim update: Took both the DPF and cat to a DPF cleaning company. Unfortunately the DPF is aftermarket and so the DPF cleaner guy wasn't keen on cleaning it due to the tendency for the honeycomb structure to move when under pressure. He nevertheless ran a pressure test and said that there's...

UPDATE For anyone with a persistent p0299/underboost or reduced engine performance: Finally found the cause of my underboost. The exhaust has been unclipped from the output side of the turbo and she flies. No codes, pulls hard, even up hills. Suspected blocked cat or DPF which, while not...