No excessive smoke at all. Disconnected cam sensor and now idles ok. We now suspect timing chain wear and have scoped the cam and crank. I do not know how to interpret this and fail to see the relationship between the two. I will try and post it on the forum and will welcome any advice from the expe...

2012 Freelander 2 2.2 diesel,manual, stop start. 28000 miles. Drives and performs very well apart from a slight hesitation at about 2000 rpm. No EML and no fault codes stored. Sold this car about 12 months ago and has had this problem for most of that time. Under normal driving most drivers would no...

Hi , I have a difficult problem with a 2007 Nissan X Trail 2.2 DCi. Starts and runs well with no performance issues/ smoke etc The problem is that when it is cold it will barely idle, If the revs are kept at 1000 or above it keeps running, let the revs drop, it stops after a few seconds. When the en...

Hi Mike and thanks for your reply. I dont have full car details but it is 6 months out of the 3 yr warranty and is a 1.2 3 cyl Diesel. We were getting conflicting information, Snap on indicating EGR valve temp sensor, VW telling us that the codes refered to the exhaust gas temp sensors, all of which...

Thanks to everyone for the advice and information you have given me regarding the Freelander battery drain. I must confess that my knowledge of modern vehicle electronics is rather limited as my background as a motor vehicle mechanic goes back as far as the late 1970's where things were quite differ...

Hi Thanks for your reply.The shut down period went as follows. Locked car- After 25 secs. drain dropped to 1.1A After 90 secs. drain dropped to 900mA Add 8 mins drain dropped to 203mA Add 19 mins drain increased to 1.49A Add 20 secs. drain dropped to 760mA Add 18 mins drain dropped to 125mA This is ...

Hi Thanks for your reply.The shut down period went as follows. Locked car- After 25 secs. drain dropped to 1.1A After 90 secs. drain dropped to 900mA Add 8 mins drain dropped to 203mA Add 19 mins drain increased to 1.49A Add 20 secs. drain dropped to 760mA Add 18 mins drain dropped to 125mA This is ...

I have recently had a problem whilst trying to diagnose a parasitic battery drain on a 2008 Freelander 2. This is proving to be difficult to trace and I have had the added difficulty of having a possible faulty Low Amps clamp. The Auto kit comes with 2 lo Amps clamps. I have only ever used one clamp...

I could do with some help regarding a problem I have with a 1.2 VW polo TDCI. Code 15536 EGR temp sensor (G98) P0405 Signal too low.. VW tell me that this relates to exhaust gas temp. sensors of which there are 3. My question is how do we test these sensors and what readings am I looking for. I hve ...

Hi, Thanks for the in depth information. The car has no stored faults but is hesitant on acceleration. It is one of our sales cars and has stood for some time. It has done about 65k but the service history is poor. I wanted to check the operation of the sensors out of interest and to eliminate them....