It does sound like a head gasket, but they're almost service items!
Remember, these engines date from long before the time when engines effectively became sealed units designed to last for the warranty period.
Sloth wrote:
I put my pre-requisite because I know a lot of P38s have HEVAC issues, but I wasn't quite expecting this lack of volunteers :) I jest.
Sadly, I can only meet one of your pre-reqs - Engine Warmed Up. Sorry!
(20 degrees cabin temperature is a distant memory)
I'll get some draft excluder in for my trip to Marty, top tip.
Ahh the long steady slog from someone else's Good Riddance to your New Best Friend :)
I'm sure you'll get there, you've got all winter to swear at it!
My engine bay was lovely and clean not long ago but some enthusiastic splashing through muddy puddles has made it a bit grubby. The final straw was following a slurry tanker today which was as slurry-tight as it should have been and the whiff is now pretty grim.
Can I get away with just hosing it down? Do I need to take any precautions? I know some cars really hate water under the bonnet (I've owned a Fiat in the past!) and some don't seem to mind. I'm thinking that a bucket of dilute degreaser, some scrubbing brush agitation and then a good rinse with the hose would be my plan A but I thought I'd better check.
What is the collective wisdom of the forum?
Injectors and the reducer, but if they're working - they're working! Some last for 10 years some don't.
The thing to look out for is the tune which can/will slip over time. My Jeep had knackered exhaust valves/guides from years of lean running and that's an iron head.
The tank should (theoretically) be re-certified after 10 years but the only economic option is to replace it if you're concerned. If it's living in the wheel well and rust free, that's a different proposition to an underslung tank that has been covered in cr*p for 9.5 years. Up to you, really.
You should have got him to tarmac your new driveway while he was there!
Rangey sounds like it's got a lot of potential :) I'm sure a man of your skills will have it purring very soon. Congrats!
at least he'll have the sweet sweet sound of the gold-plated Alpine system to sooth him... or will he? ;)
Hurrah! Time to press all the buttons and see what actually happens....Best of luck :)
I hope those brakes clean up....
I'm genuinely excited at the prospect of a Range Rover arriving at the other end of the country.
What is going on?
Good Luck! And we need photos of the grand arrival :)
mymysteri wrote:
Just because I am new to the forum and figure you guys should know: If a RR with a "new" battery is parked- say- for a month- should the battery be drained? I am concerned with the BECM needing to be re-programmed after all of the nightmare I went through a few months ago. Anyone?
In your position I'd loosen off the battery terminals, lock unlock the car and unhook the battery within 20 secs (I think it is?) of the unlock. That way the BECM won't go into lockout mode, you can store the battery somewhere safe and hook it up to a charger after you remove it and before you put it back. That way your Range Rover is locked, pretty well immobilised and your battery is safe from harm.
Of course, if you try that with mine it does the full screaming siren thing, but that's just The Duchess and her paranoia :)
Fascinating stuff Marty, thank you! Good catch on the BECM communication - I did it in posn 2 on the key so that can't have helped. Oops.
and is it safe to assume that the fob needs a battery to transmit back to the coil? From the behaviour I saw I guess it does actually have to transmit rather then being passively detected in some way.
Anyway, it's happy now but the back of the fob does need to be tweaked right round clockwise to make sure the contacts engage otherwise it's "no red light, no locky locky" and frustration ensues. It's better than it was with the rubber grommet in place, no amount of tweaking could make the fob light up when that was still in.
Best of luck with the rest of the trip, when you get back you'll find that winter is well and truly here!
If only we could all drive down there and surround the place in P38s
I'd be up for it, except I can't see out of the windows in this weather!
Well that's all quite helpful, Orangebean gets the "most useful" vote. Honestly I can't afford to actually buy the thing, and that's a lot to slap on a credit card... but mmmmm... green leather :)
I wonder what happened to the one on ebog that was up for 9k?
Apart from the weird looking exhaust, the wrong alloys, the "easily repairable DVD" and the LPG system of unknown provenance... I'm still weirdly drawn to the greenness of it!
Also it's 168 miles away, which is about par for the course whenever I buy a new car!
Then you're welcome :D
Drop it in their yard! The lying bastards.
If only you knew a Range Rover enthusiast with a car trailer and towing experience... who could maybe undercut shiply by a couple quid in return for overnight accommodation...
No, it's sleeping in a layby with some other man!
10 pages and still no money shot of Monsieur L'Orange and his new Beast.
Dissapoint.
Is it downhill to Leicester? ;)
Stick the petrol in it, you may as well give yourself two chances of starting :)
Exciting times!