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davismit:
Hi All, my first post but looks a great forum.

I recently bought a 2001 1.8 Freelander es.  48000 on the clock.  I am seeing quite a few posts regarding the Kseries engine HG problem and am starting to worry that my car is going to go bang.  Its got its 48000 Annual service tomorrow.  

I dont believe the HG has happend on this car and it hasnt had a new engine.  Do I need to be worried that the miles it has done means it will happen soon.  Also is there anything that can be done to prevent it, regular maintenance, check levels etc. I do about 300 miles a aweek in the car, could this make the HG issue a bigger risk?

Its getting the service tomorrow is there anything I need to get the garage to look at for the HG problem.

Thanks for the help

Dave

LANDYTIM:
When the girlfriends mum's HG went they said that not every one goes and that it can be luck of the draw! This particular on went with less than 16000 on the clock and just 3 and a half years old!

Its a common probllem that the garage will be aware of, might be worth just talking through it with them and see what they say,

alaric:
And don't let it get you down too much, the thing to remember with forums like this is that people don't come on everyday to report that the car is working fine, the same as yesterday and the same as it will probably do tomorrow.

Instead they post about problems, when they have problems - that doesn't mean that everyone always has the same problem.

I think this makes sense ...maybe...I hope you get the gist, anyway...

 :?

V8MoneyPit:
We had a petrol for a couple of years and put quite high mileage on it without any problems. However, I would be lying if I said I didn't drive with one eye permanantly on the temp gauge!

davismit:
There seems to be a lot on the internet about these engines in the Freelander.  But from what I have read its only affecting about 10% which is a lot from a engine reliability point of view but not from a 'its going to happent o you' point of view.  I agree with alaric (Good Point Mate) that people usually only post problems and that what we read so be level headed about it.  Though I am driving at the moment woth one eye on the temp guage as I feel Ive bought a lemon.  Not that theres anything wrong just that I have a highten sense that the engine could blow up.  Its still new to me so probably forget about it soon but as I said its getting a mafore serviuce tomorrow so Ill speak to the guys there to see what they think/

Thanks for the replies

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