Freelander sluggish!
 

Hi all, Ive recently bought a Freelander TD4 2.0L diesel 2001, although its genaerally fine it does seem to be really sluggish until you get to around 3000rpm's and then it picks up.
Can anyone advise me if theres anything i can do to improve this please?

RE: Freelander sluggish!
 

Hi,

I've recently been through this same problem, where you can't pull the skin off a rice pudding until the turbo kicks in at 2500 Revs.
If your problem is exactly the same, you end up trying to compensate by pushing your foot the floor in every gear until you get some speed up.
I had my freelanny checked using testbook at landrover dealership and they said all electrical sensors were ok.
To cut a long story short, it turned out to be the Mass airflow sensor...!
Hang on I proclaimed - The dealer said the sensors were ok.??!! How can that be?
My conclusion is that testbook can only identify a totally faulty sensor i.e. one that sends no feedback to the ECU at all, whereas in fact my sensor must have been sending some info to the ECU, but not the right info/values.

To check if the sensor is the real problem, just locate the sensor, unplug it and drive the car again. With the sensor disconnected, the ECU reverts back to some default values and will perform fairly normally. Just the fuel economy will be compromised.
If this appears to fix the power problem, you know you need to buy a new sensor.
However, in the UK, the sensor is £160.00 from a landrover dealer. I was very very lucky, and got one from E-bay for £25.

Alot of breakers yards sell 2nd hand ones for around £50-£60.

I hope this helps.

Graham