You can check if it's the regulator by turning the key to 2 for a couple of seconds 2-3 times before cranking. It'll trigger the fuel pump and should pump the rail full again. Well it does on any other vehicle I've owned. A P38 might have some special BECM control function that takes into account tide state and Moon phase.
If it's the regulator the engine should then fire right up and of course, if it's the injectors it'll flood even worse!
One of these should do the trick Much Cheapness
Does anyone know the spec for fuel pressure? Google says 3.5 Bar but I don't have Rave here.
Hook it up, and watch the pressure at cold - idle - off then see how it leaks down over 15 minutes. On a Jeep you'd be looking for 49 Psi +/- 5 Psi
Leaky injectors? Can you do a leak down test on the fuel rail pressure?
Even if you had the appropriate double ended hose, you'd only be able to equalise the pressure.
Not practical, I'm afraid.
You might be able to take his tank out and run your car from it, but it's a hell of a bodge for £30 of gas.
Aragorn wrote:
hmm! I've booked it during work hours, thinking i was being clever and getting it fixed when i'm otherwise busy!
I did that with my Jeep. The Autoglass replacement screen had a big shade strip which meant I had to duck down beneath it and after a few months the screen started leaking
due to rust. Eventually I had it ripped out and replaced by a specialist.
Not especially but it's only one badly fitted windscreen away. Watch the Autoglass guy like a hawk!
Yes, sorry. If you have sound options for "Driver" and some others I can't remember but similar to Concert Hall or Live then it's a DSP amp which is intended to process the audio stream and tweak it for various conditions. Big news in 2000... ;)
Sadly they're prone to failure and expensive to replace.
He's asking what radio set up you have. Mainly, is it a DSP equipped version? Also do you have the additional speaker on the dash?
Welcome to the madness :)
Judging by the comments after some poly radius arm bushes were replaced at the last meet you might want to reconsider and get rubber/OEM ones but otherwise it sounds like you're having all the fun of the P38!
Post up your aircon symptoms and I'm sure you'll get some relevant help. Better yet, get a nanocom onto it and see if there are any faults logged.
All the best!
Morat
What a truly unique vehicle, you should be proud :)
Welcome! I'm sure you're in for hours of fun :)
I totally agree. There's a lot of aftermarket bits that will work. It doesn't seem to be so hard to make metal bits that are the same shape or good enough. But I've always found it worth buying the best rubber bits you can find, be that bushes, hoses* or tyres!
Polybushes are popular with the wrong sort of people ;)
*ok, not always rubber.. but rubbery.
I'm very jealous :( but I'm hoping to make my own pilgrimage to Swindon in the not too distant to get new Radius Arm bushes and stuff sorted out. I think I'd better take a lot of beer :D
That's a fine collection - and more than I've seen in Swindon so far!
RutlandRover wrote:
Morat wrote:
Amateurs! lol
There was at least one polybush still in an arm when I left if you wanted to show us how it's done :P
I was talking about the barbeque :)
Amateurs! lol
Well, I'm really sad I missed it and sorry to leave you guys in the lurch for lunch! Missing the chance to meet some new forum names is a shame too, but if anyone is passing Malton in Yorkshire give me a bell. Or if you're stuck for parts/tools on a nearby road haha.
I'm no mechanic so you probably didn't need my loafing around trying to be helpful between meal times :)
I had a chat with Marty last night and it seems that you did all get home again, eventually. So, the million dollar questions - did replacing your radius arm bushes improve your P38s? Was it all worth it? :)
Me too! and I feel very stupid for cocking up so I can't be :/
And I still need to get the radius arm bushes done. Hey ho, another time?
Sadly no BBQ :(
Have a great time folks!
The annoying thing is that the two nearest (I live in Malton) have closed for stupid reasons. The Malton station apparently did a software update on their till system that broke the connection with the LPG pump and they haven't fixed it since (over a year ago). The one on the A64 nearer York claimed to have a problem with the line from the tank to the pump - but then was bought/rebranded as BP so I guess they'll never bother fixing it.
The Helmsley and Sheriff Hutton stations are owned by BATA - a country stores group with 10 stores in East and North Yorkshire. I hope they can be bothered to keep it up!
Good old ASDA at 53p, they get our weekly grocery shop just so I can do Click and Collect and pick up Fuel.
This all sound very negative but if you're going to run a V8 Range Rover there's still every reason to convert to LPG. With the truly horrific consumption of these beasts, you make back the install cost in fuel savings very quickly. Once you've done that you're running a huge and heavy luxury car at an effective economy of something like 30mpg. That's not too shabby. In the worst case, you've still got a full size petrol tank so you shouldn't ever need to be stranded if you turn up at a garage and find there's no LPG. Of course, filling a 100l tank isn't exactly a cheap pastime!
This is the rather depressing map of LPG stations near me. They were all selling LPG a couple of years ago :(
