Geobloke
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I am a sucker for a Green Oval and I deserve all that I get for it.
However, this is Phoebe my 2009 Freelander 2 HSE. I have owned her for 3 years or so now and she has been incredible. Reliable. Fuel efficient. Comfortable. A delight to own...
But, in the life of every Green Oval there comes a day when stuff must be repaired, it's inevitable... In this case cruising back from a nice drive to Nottingham, just about to roll on to the drive and Boost... MIL lamp comes on... Ha... and Bugger... Next morning I have a good look around and find a split hose to the intake manifold. Meh... It was bound to happen at some point.
And down the rabbit hole we go... Being a second hand car I have no idea whether the timing belt has been replaced and given her progressing age and mileage now is the time to do it because to get to the intake hose stuff needs to be removed and you might as well remove a few more things and do all the jobs at the same time.
So the jobs that need doing are:
This is my first time working on a transverse engine and it is weird changing the timing belt through the wheel arch and goodness why does the whole front end need to come off to do any work of these things Crazy world...
So, last weekend I got everything in bits and the timing belt replaced, but had to draw up as I forgot to buy a replacement crank shaft bolt. That arrived today along with much of the rest of the parts.
Tonights jobs were the acoustic cover and starter motor. Actually the contacts in the starter weren't too bad, pitted but not bad.
All I need now are a few hours over the weekend to finish the timing belt, flush the coolant, oil change and Haldex filter and oil change. Then to find someone with a fault code reader who can cancel the MIL lamp and other faults.
However, this is Phoebe my 2009 Freelander 2 HSE. I have owned her for 3 years or so now and she has been incredible. Reliable. Fuel efficient. Comfortable. A delight to own...
But, in the life of every Green Oval there comes a day when stuff must be repaired, it's inevitable... In this case cruising back from a nice drive to Nottingham, just about to roll on to the drive and Boost... MIL lamp comes on... Ha... and Bugger... Next morning I have a good look around and find a split hose to the intake manifold. Meh... It was bound to happen at some point.
And down the rabbit hole we go... Being a second hand car I have no idea whether the timing belt has been replaced and given her progressing age and mileage now is the time to do it because to get to the intake hose stuff needs to be removed and you might as well remove a few more things and do all the jobs at the same time.
So the jobs that need doing are:
- Silicone intake/turbo/intercooler hoses as all of them are soft and hellish oily.
- Timing belt, tensioners and water pump
- Might as well flush the coolant system then...
- Replace the auxiliary belt too...
- Engine acoustic cover sound proofing disintegrated, might as well fix that too...
- Starter motor has to come off, been on there a while, might as well refurb that too...
- Oh look the front brake pads and discs are almost ready to replace, add it to the list...
- Bugger it might as well do a full service as it has been a year now..
- and chuck in the haldex oil and filter too.
This is my first time working on a transverse engine and it is weird changing the timing belt through the wheel arch and goodness why does the whole front end need to come off to do any work of these things Crazy world...
So, last weekend I got everything in bits and the timing belt replaced, but had to draw up as I forgot to buy a replacement crank shaft bolt. That arrived today along with much of the rest of the parts.
Tonights jobs were the acoustic cover and starter motor. Actually the contacts in the starter weren't too bad, pitted but not bad.
All I need now are a few hours over the weekend to finish the timing belt, flush the coolant, oil change and Haldex filter and oil change. Then to find someone with a fault code reader who can cancel the MIL lamp and other faults.