Bu**ered 1.8 K Series.
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A pal of mine has a 2000 Freelander XI 1.8 and after a long and pleasant weekend driving round the Cotswolds looking at the scenery rather than the temp guage they come home and parked up.
Next morning theres a large puddle of somthing unpleasant under the front and an expansion tank full of mayo. He compounds the issue by driving it to the local Landrover dealer with the temp gauge through the roof.
Long and the short is that he needs a new engine and the dealers have quoted £2500 plus 'bits'. Does this sound reasonable ? The cars only worth about £5k he's loathed to shell out that much on it. Are recon engines worth looking at or even second hand ones?
cheers
Guy.
Next morning theres a large puddle of somthing unpleasant under the front and an expansion tank full of mayo. He compounds the issue by driving it to the local Landrover dealer with the temp gauge through the roof.
Long and the short is that he needs a new engine and the dealers have quoted £2500 plus 'bits'. Does this sound reasonable ? The cars only worth about £5k he's loathed to shell out that much on it. Are recon engines worth looking at or even second hand ones?
cheers
Guy.
moreymach said:
A pal of mine has a 2000 Freelander XI 1.8 and after a long and pleasant weekend driving round the Cotswolds looking at the scenery rather than the temp guage they come home and parked up.
Next morning theres a large puddle of somthing unpleasant under the front and an expansion tank full of mayo. He compounds the issue by driving it to the local Landrover dealer with the temp gauge through the roof.
Long and the short is that he needs a new engine and the dealers have quoted £2500 plus 'bits'. Does this sound reasonable ? The cars only worth about £5k he's loathed to shell out that much on it. Are recon engines worth looking at or even second hand ones?
cheers
Guy.
you'll find there are cooling mods now to the pipework,that dont come to £2500 i know but main dearlers are expensive rates,with new engine and mod's thats about the cost,plus the rad will have to go away for testing and de gunging and the matrix will reqiure a good flush out.
Keep an eye on ebay. (Or try somewhere such as [url]www.equicar.co.uk[/url])
A good but used complete k series isn't worth much more than about £500-£750. It's not a particularly complex or long job fitting one either.
If you use a non franchised repairer (or friendly mechanic) you should easily have change out of £1500.
A good but used complete k series isn't worth much more than about £500-£750. It's not a particularly complex or long job fitting one either.
If you use a non franchised repairer (or friendly mechanic) you should easily have change out of £1500.
These guys advertise in the back of Land Rover Monthly
www.enginesdirect.com/index.shtml
They advertise a 1997-2000 Freelander 1.8 16v exchange engine fitted at £1095 they are based in Twickenham
www.enginesdirect.com/index.shtml
They advertise a 1997-2000 Freelander 1.8 16v exchange engine fitted at £1095 they are based in Twickenham
Try Famous Four in Lincs.. they do quite a lot... I've just bought a freelander from them that they've just put a new motor in.
They use the turner engines.
If you change the engine you also need to change the complete coolant system ( rad etc) as apparently when the engine goes it fills the rad full oh crap which leads to overheating in the new motor.
All the powertrain stock is held by a company near hear, not sure how much a complete motor would be but heads were abotu 350 new from them
G
They use the turner engines.
If you change the engine you also need to change the complete coolant system ( rad etc) as apparently when the engine goes it fills the rad full oh crap which leads to overheating in the new motor.
All the powertrain stock is held by a company near hear, not sure how much a complete motor would be but heads were abotu 350 new from them
G
Tiger said:
These guys advertise in the back of Land Rover Monthly
www.enginesdirect.com/index.shtml
They advertise a 1997-2000 Freelander 1.8 16v exchange engine fitted at £1095 they are based in Twickenham
There were some posts recently on here highlighting an engine supplier featured on Watchdog. It may be worth doing a search.
stone said:
These guys advertise in the back of Land Rover Monthly
www.enginesdirect.com/index.shtml
They advertise a 1997-2000 Freelander 1.8 16v exchange engine fitted at £1095 they are based in Twickenham
There were some posts recently on here highlighting an engine supplier featured on Watchdog. It may be worth doing a search.
Good memory
www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=242149&f=23&h=0
Looks like they are bets avoided
Try www.roverbreakers.co.uk (might be .com...)
you can pick up a K series there (low mileage etc) for just a few hundred pounds, of course that won't include fitting but could substantially reduce the bill...
you can pick up a K series there (low mileage etc) for just a few hundred pounds, of course that won't include fitting but could substantially reduce the bill...
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