Thread: Embarrassment

Mate, I can't help you there as I am not a mechanic however if you PM Woko at Singleton he may be able to advise you as he is a Landrover mechanic!!!! I will hunt up that FL1 on Fleabay and give you a link if I can find it again!!!!!

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Mate, I can't help you there as I am not a mechanic however if you PM Woko at Singleton he may be able to advise you as he is a Landrover mechanic!!!! I will hunt up that FL1 on Fleabay and give you a link if I can find it again!!!!!

Ok thanks.. Na i just thought with you owning one you mite of heard that that could be done..

Here's the link, its a nice looking car too, shame it is a 1.8L petrol motor!!!
LANDROVER FREELANDER project car toy MAG wheels stereo - eBay, Other, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 03-Jul-10 20:00:14 AEST)

Hey that is a nice car & i could do the rebuild..But its in bloody QLD crap towing mite be a bit expensive . . But i am going to look into it..
I like the colour & the interia is in good nik , I actualy like it .SSHHHH dont tell anyone i said that . . . . .

From what I can understand, the 1.8L is basically a bad design, the cooling system really doesn't hold enough coolant and the thermostat is badly positioned so that when it opens it causes Thermal Shock to the motor which over time causes the liners to slip and the sympton of that is Head Gasket Failure. I believe you can reinstall modified liners and also a special laminated head gasket as well as a redesigned thermostat, but it is all quite expensive and people don't bother, particularly as most FL1's are at least 10 years old it is not economical to repair them so most people just sell them as scrap.
The V6 (which I own) can also have the same problem but because it is a different engine it is much less likely to happen. The diesel is the only way to go and if I had my time over I would have bought the TD4 diesel motor. The big downside of the V6 is they are thirsty, as I have found out and like all European cars they use PULP which is of cause more expensive than ULP. Hope that helps.

Just a thought, I wonder how you would go scrapping that motor and putting a TD1 or TD4 diesel motor in!!!!! Probably a major job as the engine mounts would be all different, but a bloke with your many talents could easily overcome that!!!!

Originally Posted by Ausfree

From what I can understand, the 1.8L is basically a bad design, the cooling system really doesn't hold enough coolant and the thermostat is badly positioned so that when it opens it causes Thermal Shock to the motor which over time causes the liners to slip and the sympton of that is Head Gasket Failure. I believe you can reinstall modified liners and also a special laminated head gasket as well as a redesigned thermostat, but it is all quite expensive and people don't bother, particularly as most FL1's are at least 10 years old it is not economical to repair them so most people just sell them as scrap.
The V6 (which I own) can also have the same problem but because it is a different engine it is much less likely to happen. The diesel is the only way to go and if I had my time over I would have bought the TD4 diesel motor. The big downside of the V6 is they are thirsty, as I have found out and like all European cars they use PULP which is of cause more expensive than ULP. Hope that helps.

Bugga . . . i'm not even going to look now i'll find something else...



I wonder if JohnF sold his rangie . . . . .

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Just a thought, I wonder how you would go scrapping that motor and putting a TD1 or TD4 diesel motor in!!!!! Probably a major job as the engine mounts would be all different, but a bloke with your many talents could easily overcome that!!!!

I spose if you did your homework there are plenty of alternate engines around...