Fair enough, sounds like it's OK but it's cheap to check!
The VC itself isn't likely to go bang, for me it was the UJs on the front driveshaft. If they're not "cheeping" then I'm sure you'll be OK.
Good luck!

Clive,have you checked your viscous coupling? I was chasing what sounds to be identical symptoms. Essentially the car was fine on the straight and flat but became unpredictable on bends, especially on odd cambers or bumps. It was more likely to wallow when loading the front downhill/braking.
I replaced Panhard rod, TREs, Radius arm bushes, one height sensor (the others were fine) etc etc but no change.

Now, having changed the viscous, she's much better. Still a bit of a fat barge but at least she's now honest and predictable. I claim no credit for the diagnosis, Marty worked it out when we were doing the radius arm bushes.

I drove past a parked P38 in a nearby village today - it had a charger hooked up.
We should have Pub calling cards printed up so we can tuck them under people's wipers. :)

Sounds like a plan! So is where the infamous aircon condenser rotting foam lurks?

Edit: err sorry :) wrong end of the engine bay!

Straight Six perfect for the job, V6s are rattly horrible things!

Kali, eh? A bit of Black Hat action on the side? :)

I have the very same issue but have not yet found a resolution.
Now that the drivetrain isn't falling off in large chunks I'm up for finding a fix. It's weird having a sat nav that thinks I live in NW London!

Here's a panorama thing:

Lol, I think I broke the forum :)
I'll have another go later.

in the meantime: linky

It's worth testing, if nothing else.

DavidAll wrote:

I should have said it has three pedals!

and a viscous coupling in the Transfer Case :)

When that happened to me, the crafty old mechanic I turned to took the arm rest off and cut a hole in the door card with a hot wire device to get access to the wiring. With the arm rest back in place, you'd never know.

Viscous unit! It's not exactly a service item but they do seem to "go"
https://www.ashcroft-transmissions.co.uk/viscous-couplings/range-rover-viscous-coupling.html

HAh, what a great feeling when it kicks into life :)
I didn't have your level of woe with the BECM, just an EKA lockout with a knackered driver's latch - but it was awesome when she came back alive!

JMCLuimni wrote:

Great pic Morat!!!!

Why thank you!

I too am jealous of your garage :)

Don't forget the sunroof crew!
I was a part time member, still strictly on probation :)

Oatmeal was perfect for my Light Stone interior, and the dark colour Marty got for SNOG worked really well with his dark trim.

Sorry, but I'm really not interested in the other site. Let them do what they want, we've got a great forum here, no need for the chip on the shoulder. IMO of course.

That sounds like a great excuse for a road trip!
Glad you've got it back, hope you didn't pay the robbing bastards what they were asking for. It might be worth telling them what the actual fault was and to point out that it was cheap to fix!

That looks like a worthy and epic project! I've never driven an E39 oil burner but they had a good reputation. I did have the E39 540i (545i was a later model) with an M62B44TU. With 280ish HP and a six speed - that went OK but probably wouldn't excite you in a P38 unless you're really thrashing it. It needed quite a lot of revs to wake up (peak torque at 3600rpm). I'm no diesel fan but I think a relaxed torquey lump is ideal for the job.

I certainly wouldn't be offended by your P38 losing the Rover V8 and getting something more modern. I'm always a bit underwhelmed by the 4.6 anyway. It does the job and sounds nice but the fuel burn is ridiculous for the numbers.

Welcome Harv! I fear your standards may be a little high but it'll be great to have you around :)

Lol, you'd need the full US size pickup to haul it - or a Scania :)