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npinks



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removing tyre pressure monitor from wheel

How do you remove the tyre pressure monitoring system from a OEM LR wheel as my new wheel came with one fitted for some reason Confused Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Post #115800 5th Oct 2011 4:24 pm
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mcphersonstrut



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England 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Ditto - Laughing
Presume there's no tyre fitted - just below the black valve cap down the stem you will see a nut which accepts a 12mm spanner undo it and the sensors off Thumbs Up

Post #115801 5th Oct 2011 4:31 pm
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npinks



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cheers

will have a go at some point soon Thumbs Up , I want to seal the wheel first and then get the tyre on Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Post #115803 5th Oct 2011 4:57 pm
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maybe better left on and use it to keep a check on the tyre with a dodgy repair in it Whistle

Post #115808 5th Oct 2011 5:33 pm
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npinks



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That won't be going on my car, not going to risk my car or kids life's on some dodgy tyre Confused Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Post #115809 5th Oct 2011 5:37 pm
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taztastic



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car came before the kids in your last statement Laughing

get it sent back and don't forget the negative feedback Thumbs Up

Post #115810 5th Oct 2011 5:52 pm
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chicken george



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United Kingdom 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Santorini Black

mine has them, tyre fitter left them on when changing the tyres, not a problem At work
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Post #115827 5th Oct 2011 7:53 pm
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smellee



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2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Can the pressure monitors be "activated" on the car? Had a couple of slow punctures recently but no warning, the tyre bloke said that the dash should have told me as he saw the monitors in the tyres.

Post #124435 20th Dec 2011 11:36 pm
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stuarts the man



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They are maybe good from a safety aspect, but the valves corrode into them after a while and they break off the next time it comes to getting a tyre fitted

Post #125629 1st Jan 2012 1:08 pm
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PhilG57



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England 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Barolo Black

I had a puncture caused by a screw through the thread which the TPMS detected. So I removed the wheel and fitted my spare when I got home.

The damage was in the centre of the tyre so I took it to a local fitter for a plug repair as the tyre had only done 21k miles.
The fitter managed to break the monitor off from its mounting on the tyre stem.

The potential stress, aggravation and amount of time to be wasted by claiming against their insurance, going to the main dealer for the parts and (I assumed) getting the sensor paired was just too much for me. So I decided to repair the sensor.
I took it home and Araldited it and put some cable ties on to hold it whilst baking it in the oven at 75C for an hour.
[My logic being that if the repair fails, the sensor fill fail and I will get a false tyre pressure alert. Since Landrover can't guarantee that a sensor will never break off inside a tyre, I don't think that having a broken off sensor inside an inflated tyre could be a bid safety issue.]

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Then I went back to the tyre fitter and "supervised" the refitting of the tyre. The standard machine they use looks like it wouldnt need to be used very clumsily for the tyre lever to push the bead into the well and hit the sensor.
The repaired tyre and wheel were refitted and the TPMS alarm did not clear, so I drove off thinking about how I would cope with the alarm until I was less busy and able to work on sorting it out, when the alarm suddenly cleared itself!!

Nobody else appears to have experienced this problem and I couldn't find much in this forum about how TPMS works. Are they simply in proximity to the receiver? Are they battery powered or do they make their own power by being spun? But I suspect that the some ideas about using them on spare tyres are non-starters.

Meanwhile I will monitor the situation and of course make sure that any future tyre changes are done 100% cautiously. Potted LR history since 1990:
Mk3 LWB Safari, Defender 90 County, Disco, Disco, FL1, FL1 RHD, FL1 Sport
MY08 TD4 HSE, MY15 TD4 SE Tech

Post #299959 3rd Jun 2016 9:07 am
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Stuartc



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Sensors have a battery in them.
Sensors are triggered to transmit when the "actuators" in each wheel arch send out a signal that triggers the sensor to broadcast it's data. The actuators are wired into the CJB.
The sensors themselves will also "wake up" if pressure drops below 25% of target pressure or "rapid deflation"'is detected.
The spare tyre in the Freelander 2 is monitored as long as you have a "full size spare" otherwise it is de-activated within the CCF.
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Post #299966 3rd Jun 2016 10:11 am
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PhilG57



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That's very helpful thanks. If I have to replace the repaired sensor, will it need to be paired to my car? Potted LR history since 1990:
Mk3 LWB Safari, Defender 90 County, Disco, Disco, FL1, FL1 RHD, FL1 Sport
MY08 TD4 HSE, MY15 TD4 SE Tech

Post #300343 8th Jun 2016 6:19 pm
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rchrdleigh



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England 2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Baltic Blue

Providing you replace the TPMS sensor with the correct LR type then the vehicle will detect it automatically. You may have to drive for about 10 - 15 miles before it is recognised but it will pick it up.

Post #300347 8th Jun 2016 7:03 pm
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PhilG57



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England 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Barolo Black
Repaired TPMS

The sensor that I repaired in June 2016 was removed today when I replaced the tyres on my Freelander.

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Apart from being dusty, the cable-tie and baked Araldite seem to have survived pretty well Smile

I replaced it with a new LR070840 part bought on Fleabay for £20. Potted LR history since 1990:
Mk3 LWB Safari, Defender 90 County, Disco, Disco, FL1, FL1 RHD, FL1 Sport
MY08 TD4 HSE, MY15 TD4 SE Tech

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