help not 4wd

Strider590

No offence at all but.....

It sounds like someone believed all the urban myths and bought a 4x4 expecting it to automatically go well offroad without the appropriate tyre's.

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/4/Range-Rover-gets-owned-my-mud-484682.html



The other car (Kia?) you will probably have narrower tyre's which will cut down through the mud to harder ground below.

gratefulforhelp_2

This is a common scam used when the viscous coupling is knackered. Look underneath, it looks like a large dinner plate in the centre of the car. If missing it will only be working in 2wd and may not be safe.

You should go back go back to the dealer and quote the sale of goods act at them...second hand goods should be of satisfactory quality for the price and fit for purpose, this is potentially dangerous, since freelanders are not designed to be used this way. Have a look on landyzone.co.uk for stories about this. I would demand a refund and go somewhere else, but remember to check for the VC and when you test drive take it onto some gravel and do an emergency stop. You should have 4 skid marks in the gravel, not 2.

eta although there is a lot wrong with them, freelanders go fab on snow and offroad with only moderately chunky tyres.

Lum

As you are finding out, there are a variety of 4WD systems out there and not all of them are designed for off-road use. The further you get away from the likes of the Defender the less likely you are to find a 4WD system that's useful in the mud.

I remember it will, out in the Brecons taking photographs of the snow back in February. I was forced to make a 3 point turn in an unfavourable locaction as someone had crashed their car and abandoned it in the spot I had planned to turn around in. Managed to end up with the front right wheel stationary and the other 3 wheels spinning in the snow. Turns out that while my 4WD has a limited slip diff on the back, and can send up to 50% of the torque to the front if it detects the rear wheels spinning, the front diff is an open diff which makes it useless for this sort of situation.

Ended up just pushing the front end round instead.

Still, we got some lovely pictures, and got home unscathed.



I've since bought a spare set of wheels to throw some snow tyres on, and am on the lookout for a cheap front LSD.

jeannieblue

Headgasket ok so far? Keep an eye on your temp gauge and water levels.