I have a L series Diesel (98/99) so I cannot speak from personal experience with the 1800 but it does have that major issue with overheating and sometimes breaking timing belts causing major damage.
All 98/99 Freelanders have the problem with front diff ratios being wrong which causes the viscous coupling to fail, which in turn causes the IRD to fail. If you know about it and include the VC in your maintenance program and check it/know what to look for - then replace the VC when it is failing - expensive but cheaper that the whole going - just happened to me and I am replacing my IRD and VC with those from a TD4.
With the exception of the 1800, from 2000 on the cars are great. The pick being the TD4 auto.
Gazzz
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