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 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
 7th Apr 2012 10:50 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Good for you, and best of luck.
As it happens, the flushing operation that I did on the FL2 Auto a couple of weeks ago has not been 100% successful. Although the initial driveability was markedly i ... |
| Noisy Turbo Fixed! |
Valhalla
7th Apr 2012 10:32 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 17 · Views: 8930 · Subject: Noisy Turbo Fixed! |
9 times out of 10, that is all that is ever used to "fix" these sorts of NVH problems  The problem is, with turbochargers, there's a hell of a lot of potential for noise for a miniscu ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
24th Mar 2012 11:18 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
| Well, I did an oil sample this evening, and it looks as if the oil is staying clean, so there does not appear to be much of the old fluid still being pushed out of the various crevices. This is a good ... |
| Freelander 2 TD4 Engine Oil Change |
Valhalla
24th Mar 2012 12:28 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 111 · Views: 201041 · Subject: Freelander 2 TD4 Engine Oil Change |
Regarding doing the filter from below, there IS a way of doing it from the top of the engine bay, and it isn't that much more difficult (or easy....).
If you look down from above the front lefthand ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
23rd Mar 2012 11:50 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
| I had a thought this evening about the FL2, with all of the issues that come up on this forum, not to mention too specifically that it has been a disaster on all accounts with the transmission from st ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
23rd Mar 2012 11:23 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
| Assessed the car this evening, and I have mixed feelings as to whether the flush has worked or not. No question about this first drive - all of the shifting problems are gone. I ran "live data&qu ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
22nd Mar 2012 10:49 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
| The reasoning behind trying an adaption routine was that the valves were clearly showing some sign of sticking prior to the oil change (over the Transmission diagnostic DTC's). I reasoned that the ada ... |
| Bearing Noises |
Valhalla
21st Mar 2012 11:37 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 33 · Views: 19228 · Subject: Bearing Noises |
2 technical experts from lr told me it was the diff so they replaced it and it turned out to be the wheel bearing  I didn't mind i wasn't paying 
Until you find out that LR c ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
21st Mar 2012 11:28 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Yes, indeed! I was hoping to get the pictures taken to tomorrow. I thought that I had better make sure that this flushing process works as well as possible.
The line-up of the translucent bottles, ... |
| Engine diesel rattle pinking. |
Valhalla
21st Mar 2012 9:12 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 27 · Views: 22218 · Subject: Engine diesel rattle pinking. |
| I think that I would want to check with the manufacturer of the 2-stroke oil what its sulphur content was (if any) before putting it into my fuel tank. Sulphur used to be very much a by-product of the ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
21st Mar 2012 8:48 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
| Thanks for the clarification. The crucial thing, which is what I had suspected, but is also lacking on any of the Volvo or Mazda procedures, is that the fluid level check is made with the engine runni ... |
| 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Valhalla
21st Mar 2012 12:09 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 106 · Views: 94851 · Subject: 2007 FL2 Automatic gearbox failure. Help! |
Well, finally got the oil last night indirectly from the USA - appears there is some demand for this from Mobil
First surprise this morning was that the oil level in the transmission sump, ... |
| Engine diesel rattle pinking. |
Valhalla
16th Mar 2012 11:04 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 27 · Views: 22218 · Subject: Engine diesel rattle pinking. |
| Do you know if the engine has been modified/improved in any sort of way? The most obvious cause of increased combustion noise is lack of EGR, which could be down to several things 1) blanked-off, 2) M ... |
| Blue smoke on start up |
Valhalla
8th Mar 2012 8:30 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 31 · Views: 20313 · Subject: Blue smoke on start up |
I thought blue smoke on a turbo diesel is the first signs of the turbo on its way out ?
I agree that this is one sign of turbo imminent failure, although it is better to go by signs of oil weeping ... |
| Blue smoke on start up |
Valhalla
4th Mar 2012 11:57 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 31 · Views: 20313 · Subject: Blue smoke on start up |
| Might be worth checking that the wiring to the glow-plugs is indicating some sort of voltage before & after the start. It is likely that just one of the plugs is going a bit "lazy", but ... |
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