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    High Mileage Freelander 2

    One of my customers has a Freelander 2 TD4 with nearly 195 000km on it. No major failures in that time.

    I got to thinking after I serviced it last week that it must be up there as being one of the highest mileage Freelander 2s in Australia. How far have yours gone?

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    Only 80K for me. 195K sure is a lot but good to hear there's been no major problems. The 240K service looks like a big one, but 240K between major services isn't too bad.

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    I think he might trade it in before then. The service I did recently was pretty much a 'B' service. Oil, air, fuel and pollen filters. I also got the trans oil changed (for only the second time).

    What is involved with the 240k service?

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    at a guess..

    download the user settings to a memory device. remove the oil and expansion tank caps.

    wheel out the old F2 and wheel in a new one, replace the oil and expansion tank caps then upload the user settings.

    well that's probably what you could easily believe they do if you pay for a dealer to do the service.
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    As much as Dave would like to bag the FL2 it's really hard to do. They have been around 6 years now with three recalls and no common major failures at all. In my experience they are fine to service at home too. I still really enjoy driving mine even after 5 years, I can't think of a vehicle in its class to replace it with.

    240K you need to do the timing belt. I think at a LR dealer you'd be looking at over 2K. I also assume you'd need to start looking at suspension components too depending on its life.

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    Antifreeze - OAT organic acid treatment
    Automatic Gearbox - Castrol Transmax J Capacity 7.0 Litres Automatic
    Transfercase - Ref to Land Rover Capacity 5.9 Litres
    Rear Axle -80W 90 Castrol EPX Capacity 0.7 Litres
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    This Freelander has now had it's first major failure.

    Yesterday I fitted a second hand turbo after the original stated making whirring / whining noises. Something had failed internally, it was also down in power and throwing fault codes.

    Still not bad going for 199 000km.

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    Could it have been the actuator arm?
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    The arm is definitely not seized, we could see it moving when giving the engine a rev. I just eyeballed it (sitting on the bench) and I can't see any corrosion. I think it is more likely an internal failure.

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    Mine's on 149766 kms, no dealer services since 36k. Drives great, I still love driving it. An awesome car.

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    I opened it up and looked at the variable vanes. No issues there, so I suspect bearing failure.

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