Thread: Freelander 1 advice

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Perhaps the respondents haven't been plain enough , the petrol Freelander 1's are a complete and unmitigated disaster, mainly because of their overly complicated, impossible to work on (or understand) engines. Most engine reconditioners won't touch them and if they do certainly no warranty, they are a complete POS. A previous poster Ausfree had one for some time and it was his 'pride and joy' and no one knows better than he about FL1's and his recommendation is to walk away, you would be wise to take note.

Seriously, don't touch it with a forty foot pole. If they give it to you for free it is still too expensive and is definitely not worth spending money on to fix.

Clear enough ?

Deano

PS. Unless of course the real aim is to get closer to your mates sister , then one, two, three or more inspections may be appropriate.

It was may "pride and joy" too. Mrs Aus was saying the other day how she misses that car. It was a great car to drive and it was a good looking vehicle, winning two trophies (2010 and 2011) for "Best Presented Freelander 1" at the CastleHill LandRover Expo.

In our case, we had no trouble with the motor (a KV6), it ran extra well, was a gas guzzler though. The auto tranny is what gave us grief, after a $4,800 rebuild it let us down again a year later and was quoted approx another $1200 for repairs. Sadly, we sold it as I couldn't justify spending any more money on it.

As a previous poster (Scouse) mentioned, if the motor doesn't give you grief the tranny will.

What about a 99 manual diesel with 170 kms ??