Thread: New 90 leaves home on a tow truck?

why do they "lose power"when they dump the water out,do they have a limp mode.If they dont is it possible that it has been damaged as the engine tightened up from over heating.

Well, I grabbed a torch and went for a quick look under little Landy's bonnet. I found a hose clamp with what looked like "fur" on the end of the "tab" end. It's in a ***** of a place to get to (isn't everything under the bonnet of the Puma's a PITA to get to??) but I managed to get a finger to it and the "fluff" is soft and rubbery. I couldn't feel anything on the other hose but it would be touching it underneath so I'll need a mirror to confirm if there's damage to the other hose. One thing is for sure, I will be rotating the clamp so the extended tab doesn't point directly at the other hose before driving anywhere in my D90!

I'll get some photo's of it when I have a good look on Saturday afternoon and post them up. I'll use the old 1970 S2a for the stuff I have to do on Saturday morning I guess!

I can't believe that Land Rover don't do something about this if it's a known problem. A simple advice to owners to rotate the clamp would go a long way. Rotating it while the car's are in the shop for the seat bolt fix or for service would also make sense. It really looks like simply rotating it would take it out of harms way.

Catch ya.

Mike, I know it's a blow and quite frustrating but have faith in LR. If the motor is buggered they will put a new one in. Find reassurance you have 3 years and 100 000K up your sleeve in warranty. If the car has continuous problems they will sort it.
Mine had some hard to sort issues initially and LR went to great lengths I believe to rectify it. However the relationship between you and your service manager is critical. Try not to get too blinded by emotions or angry as it works against you and makes it harder for LR to get it done. Trouble is we all love these trucks to much so it's hard not to. For them it's just another car that wasn't put together properly, and to their frustration.

Im hoping that there is no series damage. The fact that there was water still running out when she got home gives me some hope. I want to get everything tested and as John B has said a couple of thousand miles will tell. I intend to take this vehicle to some very remote parts of Australia and possibly elswhere so reliabilty and confidence is a big factor. I recently had to get a chopper out of Bachsten Camp up Gibb River road MT Elizabeth Station when my KTM 640 died on me. Its not nice being let down in the middle of nowhere. Landrover gave us a almost new Freelander as a loaner and were very nice to the wife . After hearing on this forum i am the 2nd to have this problem and with others checking and finding the same thing perhaps a recall is in order.

Mike

Originally Posted by Defender Mike

It was on the list of things

Train wife so that she knows what 'Hot' means.

Time and time again we read on here where the wife or girl friend really does not understand what the instruments on the dash are telling the driver.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Train wife so that she knows what 'Hot' means.

Time and time again we read on here where the wife or girl friend really does not understand what the instruments on the dash are telling the driver.

Garry

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When I met this girl 35 years ago she could change a clutch in her Ford Anglia herself.These days she pretends to not know where to check the oil.Aparently it dropped all its water so quick the first thing she new was loss of power . I am hoping they have a limp mode when low water level or temp gets to a certain level.
Mike

If an engine drops its coolant quickly, ie BIG leak, then by the time the temp gauge shows hot it is to late.....how efficient will the sender unit be if it only has hot air flowing over it rather than hot fluid.

Originally Posted by Defender Mike

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When I met this girl 35 years ago she could change a clutch in her Ford Anglia herself.These days she pretends to not know where to check the oil.Aparently it dropped all its water so quick the first thing she new was loss of power . I am hoping they have a limp mode when low water level or temp gets to a certain level.
Mike

Ok she is off the hook - not much you can do in that case. I have a TM2 combo on my 101 and am thinking on something similar for the RRS.

I hope it all works out OK.

Cheers

Garry