This is what makes the freelander 2 TD4_e so vital for the company’s future, because it’s lower carbon footprint is a giant step towards meeting the 2012 targets. Outwardly, Freelander 2 looks the same as the current vehicle but, under the skin, it’s alive with extra stop, start technology. The new system is pretty simple to explain but rather complicated to make work from the manufacture’s perspective a typical Land Rover trait.
Basically, every time freelander 2 TD4 _e stop in traffic and is put in neutral, the engine switches itself off to save fuel. The instant you depress the clutch pedal, the engine restarts before you select first gear and off you go again.
That’s the simple bit. Now the complicated but interesting bit how it works. Switching the engine on and off this often would quickly wear out an ordinary starter motor and it wouldn’t be great news for the teeth on a standard flywheel ring gear, which is way both components have been significantly upgraded. Even the flywheel is tougher, with a dual mass pressure of the original one.
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