Had a call from a friend last night to say he was stranded after clutch started smoking going up steep hill locally - he made it to top and tried to get home but ground to a halt a few miles later

Managed to tow him home with the PHEV so that's another tick off my list

He's getting local garage to recover it but I'm surprised this failed already and wonder if this is common and if anyone managed goodwill towards cost  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

When something like that happens it's always worth parking up and, with the engine off, pump the cluch a good few times letting it come up quickly but not too hard. Many FL2 clutch problems seem to be with the adjustment mechanism and actuation rather than the clutch itself and this trick has worked for me in the past.

Cheers Pab - I will pass that on

Few years back Master cylinder failed on swmbo FL1 @ 3-4 year old and I managed to keep it going by pumping pedal until part was replaced

LR paid half cost though as goodwill  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Phew glad to hear the Phev done you proud.
well done.

Must admit I had to tow a BMW X5 up a steep hill with the FL2 in the snow as the beemer was totally incapable of making it up the hill and that was very satisfying too  Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

I'd be grinning if I pulled a BMW X5 up hill in snow too  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Get back over onto that caravan forum with that ars- hole with a Merc.

I tried hard for years to educate Phil the Merc Lover on the merits of LRs but in the end I realised I was flogging a dead horse and gave up

I have also given up on LRs (and Caravans - for the time being at least) but have no intentions of spoiling others enjoyment - I can still remember the good times before it went downhill

I started this thread to help a friend not antagonise anyone  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

New clutch and flywheel fitted - garage reckon this is to be expected on this mileage  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

garage reckon this is to be expected on this mileage Confused

Really  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

muddywheels wrote:

New clutch and flywheel fitted - garage reckon this is to be expected on this mileage

Sorry no but I will ask  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Yorky Bob wrote:

garage reckon this is to be expected on this mileage Confused

Really

Yep really... manual clutches/flywheels/slave cylinders are not a good point on the FL2 and at 90k hes done better than some. Mine went on 5 year old 07 plate with 95k and a 6 year old 08 plate with 66k. Mostly motorway driving so not me riding the clutch before I get slated


@rnlisg.... mine cost me around £800 at an indy for a new clutch, flywheel and slave cynlinder

We managed to get to 184k KM on ours before having all 3 changed when we were last in UK.
It was suggested by the mechanic that I may be Scottish to get so much value out of the clutch, informed him that as a Yorkshire man we have a need for good value/tightness in common with the Scots

muddywheels wrote:

New clutch and flywheel fitted - garage reckon this is to be expected on this mileage