freelander headgasket v6 this time

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Mon 13 Sep 2004 13:28
freelander headgasket v6 this time - derek
hi,
a friend of mine bought a 1.8 freelander a couple of years ago
and has been resonably happy with it,
the remote locking started playing up a couple of weeks ago and was proving very tricky to fix so while it was in there, and there was also the looming threat of the headgasket going on it, he thought sod it and bought an 01 v6 model,

THREE days later any guesses?? you guessed it head gasket went on the v6, the land rover main dealer arranged for it to be today away, and delivered an 04 plate 4 door model the following day,
this morning they couldnt get in it as the locks are playing up .

i have a few questions

1.
how long does a head gasket take to go? sure if it was only picked up on the tuesay and it went on the friday shouldnt the dealer have spotted it.? or is it instantaneous?

2.
can he legally walk a way and get his money back? and his old car or is he obliged to have this one when its repairrd,

3.
if he does decide to have it back is there any guarentee it wont go again and how long should l/rover guarentee their engine repairs for?

4.
i kow its a regular fault on ther 1.8s but has anybody heard it regualary on the 2.5 v6 2001??

i find it staggering that this happens in this day and age.


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