Freelander 2 / LR2 PTU Oil Change!

[@nemonemo6285]

Perfect, thank you

[@MikeSmith-tg1ku]

Nice movie...............................To make the oil change easy I drilled a hole through the lower casing bolt and with a copper washer used that as a sump plug.

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Thank you! 🙏 Interesting idea! Hadn’t thought of doing that but our luck at the moment isn’t great! 😂

[@joshpage1821]

Great video once again mate

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Thank you! 😁 More videos coming soon

[@thisislifeco]

Very informative video 😁👍🏼 keep ‘em coming!

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Thank you! Glad you liked it! 😁 Hopefully a road trip video very soon, and more techie stuff too 🤓 🗺

[@mabsterb]

Brilliant video thanks. Any idea on the size of copper washer to replace? I'm going in circles 😅

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Thank you! 🤩🙌 Your in luck! I still have the original email from May last year where I got it from. It was an eBay order. Here is the link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183618850903?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=QE-P0WSBQk6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Ul9hezCERq2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Hope this helps! 🙌😁

[@BeavisPits]

Good vid. Any reason why you didn’t remove 120ml after brimming as per haynes manual? Any issues?

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Cheers Scott! 🤩🙏 We didn’t follow the Haynes manual for this job. Instead we spoke to our local Land Rover specialist. To confirm our thoughts, why would you take out 500ml of fluid, put back in approximately the same amount to then remove 120ml 🧐 They advised it wasn’t necessary to remove any fluid but instead to wait for the dribble to stop from the filler plug. Glad to report no issues so far 🙂

[@BeavisPits]

@@FrenchiesRoadTrips interesting! Wouldn’t be the first time haynes was wrong (“haynes book of lies”). I will brim mine and see if it is ok. If the unit has breather pipes like the haldex then shouldn’t be any issues with heat/pressure.

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

@@BeavisPits 😂 We did scratch our heads and think that doesn’t sound right! Luckily our local specialist was able to confirm the procedure. Which does make complete sense. Why Haynes advise on removing 120ml of the oil you have just replaced is somewhat of a mystery! If anything it would leave it short of oil, not good! It certainly does have a breather 🙂 Have used it since the oil change and nothing yet 🙏

[@badrallach4792]

Superb guys, ( frenchies & beavis ) another Haynes inaccuracy exposed 🤣 thanks for the very useful info and videos. Keep em comin👍😊

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

@@badrallach4792 Thank you! 🙏 Glad you like the video, more coming up very soon!

[@jjgirardi3547]

Je suis un peu surpris e voir un changement d'huile de la boîte de transfert (PTU) faite sur un véhicule en PENTE! La contenance de la boîte de transfert est de 0,75 litres pour fare le plein il faut que le véhicule soit parfaitement à plat, vidanger au maximum par aspiration, remplir avec de l'huile neuve jusqu'à débordement puis avec la seringue retirer 120ml remettre le bouchon avec un joint neuf et là vous avez fait du bon boulot !!

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Bonjour! Merci pour le commentaire. Vous avez raison, nous aurions probablement extrait plus d'huile si nous avions plutôt mis le véhicule à niveau sur des rampes 4x haha. Vous ne savez pas pourquoi vous retireriez l’huile que vous venez de mettre ? Retirer l'huile que vous venez de mettre augmente le risque que l'unité ne dispose pas de suffisamment d'huile pour fonctionner comme elle le devrait. J'espère que vous appréciez la chaîne, Sam, Ben James :)

[@richardpaul6838]

What oil do you use to replace.

[@badrallach4792]

Great videos guys, shame about Ben's car, hope it all goes well. Could you show us where the pcv oil breather is located? I'm not sure if I have one on my 2103 sd4 but would hate to miss it in a service cos of my lack of knowledge 🤣. Cheers guys. 👍

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Thank you! 🙏 Hopefully it will be back on the road soon 🙂 Ok, so the PCV breather is located at the top back end of the engine. It’s underneath the air intake pipe. LR004200 part number 👍 Should be done every 40/50k miles.

[@badrallach4792]

@@FrenchiesRoadTrips brilliant, thanks for the part no. Your a star, I'll order one up. Cheers and all the best.

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

@@badrallach4792 🙂🚙👍

[@savagejabbit5929]

What mileage you at please.? 🤔😃

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Hello, we think this was around 120,000 miles. 🙂

[@rjbfreelander2]

Seems like an easy enough job, if a tad fiddley. How much oil does the PTU take? Not sure why but I expected more then 500ml. Thank you for showing the process.

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Was a bit fiddly but overall a satisfying job! 😁 It takes around 700ml but you will struggle to get all that out. Definitely use a pump, you may struggle with a syringe!

[@MikeSmith-tg1ku]

It does take more the correct way to do it is to fully empty the Unit put around 750ml of oil in until it flows out of the filler plug hole then take out 120ml of oil out to get the correct level. Because of where the filler plug is and with a piece of metal just behind the hole It's not an easy job to to do according to the book. That's why I made my own empty plug. I get myself further away to the middle of the car so I can see the plug.

[@simoncotton6261]

I need a new ptu shaft on my 2011 freelander 110,000 miles as it makes a horrible noise whilst driving had a quote £7500 unbelievable !! guy said still ok to drive but just put up with the noise so radio on bit louder than normal 🙁

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

Oh no! That’s not good Simon 😞 Are you within the UK? You could try Bell Engineering, well known within the FL2 community. Hope you get it sorted soon 🤞🙏

[@JasonC-dt3qu]

@@FrenchiesRoadTrips hi Simon, i have recently Purchased a PTU from Bell engineering, Awsome to deal with next day delivery fully rebuilt with new splines fused on & a new Sleeve as well all for approx £795 next day delivery. so far its been great although i didnt replace the gearbox oil seals (3) & may have damaged the seals while welding a Nut onto the end of the stuck old sleeve to remove from the end of the gearbox as it was stuck , in the process of replacing the oil seals on the gear box as we speak, Once out easy enough but yes i can recommend Bell engineering the seem really helpful decent company.

[@FrenchiesRoadTrips]

@simoncotton6261 good reply from Jason 🙏

[@michaelstanley3961]

The Haynes manual says top up until it dribbles out the remove 120cc otherwise you get over pressure 🫣