td4 gs 2001

“td4 gs 2001”

Written on: 19/05/2012

I got the car after having a smaller 4x4 with a proper chassis, as i wanted something newer and more comfortable, and have always liked the freelander. After looking at several, i decided that the petrol one had too many engine problems, so choose the bmw engined TD4. The car has now done 160,000 miles and the engine still pulls strong, i only use mobile oil and use bosch oil and air filters and a BWM crankcase filter (cheaper and better than the landrover one) The cost of the oil change etc is about £100 every 10,000 miles. The car has been pretty reliable since i got it, but i had had to replace all but one of the electric windows and the cable rusted and broke on each of them. THis is a common problem but is cheap and easy to fix using new regulators or if you want the cheaper route, a replacement wire fit. Regulators cost between 90 for the rear down to 50 for the front, replacement wire kits 20. Other things to look out for are the anti roll bar drop links that cost £13 each and fail frequently. The viscous coupling should be replaced every 70,000 miles otherwise it can ut strain on the tranfer box, cost of this is between 300-800 depending on where its brought, but cheaper than a new transfer box!
Im in two minds is i should change or not, as its comfortable, reliable and fairly economical compared to other cars the same size and type, usually get 42mpg ish, and more on a longer run, which i do every now and again (500 mile round trips in a day)