Land Rover Freelanders

Turn_to_Grey

Hi guys,
Had an X reg 1.8 petrol Freelander a few years ago so reasonable familiar with them, and wish to get another again, maybe a facelift, MK1 probably diesel, anything to look out for engine wise ?

Iceweasel

Engine-wise not much at all.

The diesels have none of the head gasket failure nonsense of the petrols.

Go for the later diesel -0 the BMW M47R 2.0 litre.

Remove the EGR and fit the later PCV Oil-Separator and the engine will run forever.

Best to join a decent Freelander forum too -

Such as this one:

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-freelander.9/

Good luck.

bigjl

The real early Diesel engine was a bit agricultural but I was always led to believe it was a robust old hector. Wasn't it fitted with the old L Series diesel engine? I am sure that was a development to the Perkins engine fitted to the Montego which was not the quietest thing in the world but was robust.
I am also sure it was fitted to the Rover 600 and the closely related Honda Accord, wasn't it the first Diesel engine fitted to a Honda?
The early Freelanders are getting rare though, loads get taken to Africa due to the ease with which they can be converted to LHD without paying the higher prices typical in Europe for LHD vehicles. I know my Brother in Law had 2 doing tourist hire work from Hotels, I advised to go diesel and he went petrol, both had a head gasket but surprisingly hey had no problems with the drivetrain!

Ectophile

Don't buy another 1.8 petrol - they are notorious for blowing head gaskets. At that age, the only other engine you are likely to find is the BMW-made TD4, which is the one everybody wants, so they are bit more expensive.

the V6 petrols don't have a good reputation either.

pd52

Aren't they also known as ' three granders' as that's what it costs to keep putting one right

bigjl

Ectophile wrote: »

Don't buy another 1.8 petrol - they are notorious for blowing head gaskets. At that age, the only other engine you are likely to find is the BMW-made TD4, which is the one everybody wants, so they are bit more expensive.

the V6 petrols don't have a good reputation either.

To be brutally honest the BMW engine is not perfect from a reliability point of view.

Lots of common problems, when running well it is a nice smooth engine.

It will certainly be a nicer driving experience than the older L Series, which was an underrated engine in my opinion.

Was it just quicker and easier for BMW to supply the 2.0d engine rather than improve on the older L Series?

bigjl

JayCartwright wrote: »

I'm surprised you didn't know they were in the process of developing it when the company went tuts up.

Go away Troll.

You have failed to understand what I posted, but just to repeat it for you.

"Was it just easier for BMW to supply the 2.0d engine rather than improve on the older L Series"

And Rover went bust many years after the BMW Engines were being fitted to Rovers and Land Rovers/Range Rovers.

BMW didn't even own Rover when they went to the wall. Land Rover went to Ford in 2000 and then Rover went to Ford 5/6 years later.

If the L Series engine was still in development then why didn't the engine get supplied to LDV instead of the Ford diesels and later the VM engines in the Maxus?

I suspect the reason was it would be hugely expensive to make it conpliant with The Euro emissions targets, or are you saying BMW were developing the L Series to replace the 2.0d they were happily supplying to Rover and Land Rover?

All hail BykerSands new sign in details.......

JayCartwright

bigjl wrote: »

Go away Troll.

You have failed to understand what I posted, but just to repeat it for you.

"Was it just easier for BMW to supply the 2.0d engine rather than improve on the older L Series"

And Rover went bust many years after the BMW Engines were being fitted to Rovers and Land Rovers/Range Rovers.

BMW didn't even own Rover when they went to the wall. Land Rover went to Ford in 2000 and then Rover went to Ford 5/6 years later.

If the L Series engine was still in development then why didn't the engine get supplied to LDV instead of the Ford diesels and later the VM engines in the Maxus?

I suspect the reason was it would be hugely expensive to make it conpliant with The Euro emissions targets, or are you saying BMW were developing the L Series to replace the 2.0d they were happily supplying to Rover and Land Rover?

All hail BykerSands new sign in details.......

No, as you obviously are unaware Rover were developing their own common rail diesel when they folded.

RichardD1970

bigjl wrote: »

Go away Troll.

You have failed to understand what I posted, but just to repeat it for you.

"Was it just easier for BMW to supply the 2.0d engine rather than improve on the older L Series"

And Rover went bust many years after the BMW Engines were being fitted to Rovers and Land Rovers/Range Rovers.

BMW didn't even own Rover when they went to the wall. Land Rover went to Ford in 2000 and then Rover went to Ford 5/6 years later.

If the L Series engine was still in development then why didn't the engine get supplied to LDV instead of the Ford diesels and later the VM engines in the Maxus?

I suspect the reason was it would be hugely expensive to make it conpliant with The Euro emissions targets, or are you saying BMW were developing the L Series to replace the 2.0d they were happily supplying to Rover and Land Rover?

All hail BykerSands new sign in details.......

Just to point out Rover never went to Ford and in fact went under in 2005

BMW sold it to Towers and his buddies for a tenner in 2000.

Maybe you're thinking about Jag, but that was a few years earlier, late 80's if I remember correctly.

Oh, and

a development of the L series engine (The G-Series) featuring a modern common-rail fuel injection system was underway when MG-Rover ceased production, but the company's closure prevented it from being fully developed and released.

ali-t

Ive got a 2010 freelander and not had any problems with it but have only had it 6 months. Only get 28mpg though which isnt great.

loskie

!!!!!! kids can you not grow up. The forum is becoming ruined.