freelander advice

[AMsteve]

my brother is supposed to be buying a 03 freelander massiamara (or something like that). 1.8 with 40,000 on clock its up for £6,995 and he's supposed to be picking it up in morning. he's just rang after hearing lots of horror stories and is now panicking about buying it! i know nothing about them so any advise for him please. cheers

[falcemob]

If that 1.8 is the K series engine

[AMsteve]

whats wrong with the k series eng. ?????

[AMsteve]

got to go!! please leave some cooments. will read later.ta

[falcemob]

The head gaskets go and the cylinder liners then move round and rub on the head, they can cost a lot of money to put right.

[greenlandy]

K series engine does suffer from the above problem but a mod(steel dowels i think) stops this IIRC. I'd be more worried about the IRD unit and Viscous prop when these let go(and they all do) it's big bucks as LR only sell unit's not parts to repair the units

[falcemob]

greenlandy said:

I'd be more worried about the IRD unit and Viscous prop when these let go(and they all do) it's big bucks as LR only sell unit's not parts to repair the units

and wot he said, I forgot about that one.

[AMsteve]

thanks for comments. he's backed out of freelander and is now buying a nissan X-trail.