Water pump with corroded impeller so less flow, partially clogged radiator and knackered viscous are the usual causes. If the rad is clogged a good test is to poke the Prog button on the HEVAC, if the temperature starts to come down, it's the rad. I've got an Airtex water pump, a fairly new OEM viscous and a Direnza high capacity alloy rad on mine and I sat in heavy traffic for over 30 minutes coming through Lyon a few weeks ago. This was after cruising at 65-70 mph for 250 miles, with a trailer on the back loaded with a '69 Ford Mustang and an ambient temperature of 39 degrees C. Gauge didn't move from the centre. So, if the cooling system is in good shape, there's no need to avoid traffic in hot weather but it will certainly show up any weaknesses if there are any. I only fitted the Direnza rad as it wasn't that much more expensive than a standard one and there's no telling what the quality will be like on a standard one these days.
Orange/Pink
No, not for me but for our latest new member, Mick. Those of you that still keep an eye on the dark side, will have seen that a new owner had a rather expensive introduction to P38 ownership (https://www.rangerovers.net/threads/engine-issue-newbie-please-help.338546/). Despite those that thought it could just be filled with coolant and it would happily fire up again, I've been and had a look at it today and can confirm it is probably the most damaged engine I have seen, short of one with a rod poking out the side of the block. I rebuilt one that had suffered a similar fate and that at least still ran on 6 cylinders, this one tried to run on 2 but with an almost complete lack of compression on the other 6 pots, it ain't going to run again. Basically, it's phuqued..... I'm going to make a couple of calls tomorrow and see if I can find him a decent 4.0 litre motor and someone to fit it but if that fails I reckon the next best option is to get an engine and fit it for him (although I'm not sure when I'll have time to do it, my employers keep expecting me to go to work for them for some odd reason).
He's actually bought a very tidy motor, body and paintwork is all good, underside is in good nick, EAS all works (needs calibrating as one corner sits lower than the other 3 but that's no biggie) and the air springs look recent, interior is in excellent condition too (it even has a new headlining). Just a shame that someone replaced the throttle body hose with a bit of totally unsuitable pipe......
davew wrote:
I did wonder what would happen to a 'stock; P38 though !
i suspect a lot of the interior trim would drop off......
The handbrake light isn't a handbrake light, it's a brake issue light. It'll come on if you are low on brake fluid or any other fault.
Having found it and watched the first 10 minutes I'm not sure if I'm going to bother with the rest. I wasn't aware what a Merc X class was but now I've seen that it's the recently announced Merc badged Nissan Navara, a standard P38 with no mods at all would beat it anyway......
I use the Euro one when in Europe but filllpg over here. My tablet tells me whenever it updates anything and just recently filllpg has been updated with prices every couple of days, there's been a couple of stations added too but only seen it delete one.
Series 1, episode 6, Mercedes X Class. If you have an Android device you should be able to get Dave using Mobdro.
The European version of the app from https://www.mylpg.eu/lpg-prices-across-europe now includes UK (so not sure if Dave has been sharing info or if they've nicked it) but that will allow you to put a route in and show stations on the route. Covers all of Europe (if you need it). There's an Android app on the Playstore (look for EU LPG) as well as Garmin and Tomtom POI files.
As soon as you disconnect it, all the other doors will lock so it might be better to unplug the door outstation. Don't think that will cause any problems.
There's an Android app that updates in real time or there's POI files for Garmin and Tomtom which need to be downloaded and loaded into the sat nav unit if you want the most up to date version. What have you actually fitted?
Ahh, thought everyone knew about that one. Nano does report the wrong sensor on the ABS but correct on live readings. I think it was corrected on the latest firmware update
But at least he's now learnt his lesson. Maybe Arnott should be put into the same category as Britpart? No offence to our transatlantic members but one thing I have learnt with importing cars from the US is that there seems to be a belief that anything that says Made in USA on it is going to be superior to original. That may be the case at times but we can all look at something and think,.'I wonder why they designed it like that, I could do better' without realising that many hours of R&D has gone into something and it's done the way it is for a reason.
You learnt one other thing though. If a Jeep managed to make it through the trails, a P38 will have no problem.......
I've had Pirelli Scorpions, Goodyear Wranglers and currently have a set of Vredstein Quadrac 5. Out of them all the Vredstein are by far and away the best in the wet and on snow (Goodyears on snow were dire). Very quiet on the road but probably wouldn't be so good as a dedicated off road tyre on mud. As Morat has said, it depends what you want to do but in saying that, I did an off road course at Land Rover and even on road tyres you'll bottle it long before the car does.
If you've got a decent battery and aren't running other things, like Sloth with his fridge, then there isn't a lot of point. Being ex-plod, my car still has the split charge relay and cables to the boot area where the aux battery used to live, but that was to run lots of lights on the roof, etc, the car battery runs the car, that aux runs the other stuff..
Nah mate, Kings Lynn, far more, errm, accessible. That's about all it has going for it......
The CSK was another of those very rare limited editions that command ridiculous prices when one comes up for sale. I found an extremely scruffy example parked up in a sidestreet in south London a couple of years ago and, knowing what it was and how much it would be worth if restored, almost left a note on it asking if the owner wanted to sell it. then realised that if he even had the slightest idea what it was worth, I wouldn't have had the spare cash for it anyway. I've often wondered if it is still about, the owner has scrapped it or if someone has got themselves a bargain.
No seen Storey on there for years. I did email him a couple of days ago with a question on using EASUnlock on a Classic and he replied within 24 hours so he is still about and just as helpful as always.