Welcome aboard.
A great place this is..
Henry_b
Sat for 2 years
And flew threw an MOT like a champ!!
love it!!
Martin turned all the immoblisation off on mine..
Starts no matter the situation..
Still locks with the key though!!
Interesting post this welcome to the PUB!!
I bought mine because i fancied one, still love it!!
As above they're just as if not more capable than most 4x4's and IMO the last RR with the country set look, modern LR's are curb crawlers!
found the issue..
some muppet "me" had forgotten to connect the TPS when i was last fiddling with the Throttle body...
Idiot..
Simple eh!
H
anyway..
Thanks Richard..
Mine has been sat for 4 weeks in Wade mode and hasn't dropped an inch.
Which is nice!
My tires only went flat on the bottom
Fnarr!!
Ha!
Mine sat for 2 years on its bump stops and rose immediately once started!
Guess it depends on the state of your EAS system..
As for the bags they move around to some great degree when driving so i don't think having them deflate/inflate will damage them..
Worth noting it has a TPS fault, would this be a contributing factor?
ahhh!!
Getting this thing ready for an MOT the dreaded "gearbox fault" pops up on the dash and i lose the lights in the gearshift, sport has disappeared and the gear notification in the dash has disappeared..
It changes gear but at over 2500rpm instead of the usual 1700 and it doesn't kick down..
Any ideas gents?
Next week will be judgement day, whether she passes or fails..
Known faults are...
ABS TC light are intermittent, i believe it is because of a lack of pressure in the ABS system, i will try and leave the pump to run till' it cuts on the day..
Gearbox fault is another the Sport and manual modes don't work and it won't change below 2500rpm so i need to look into that.
Cold start idle is all over the shop, ok when hot..
Exhaust is rough..
etc etc
we'll see!!
H
It is possible.
However a blocked filter can also cause the same issue..
A blocked vent tube is another..
Weirdly if the level is low, it will launch fluid out the dipstick tube...
It has happened to me on my Turbo 400..
The difference bwteen min and max is 250ml IIRC
Not bad at all
Many thanks gents..
Greatly appreciated!
Gilbertd wrote:
So it's had a new set of LPG injectors and still runs like a bag of shite? That makes it even better, a Profess install that was never set up properly and has since had the injectors replaced so it won't be calibrated for them. Get it to Simon!
It was last service by PO..
It did indeed run like a sack of shit..
Personally defo rip off merchants, the wiring is a force to be reckoned with..
A little pixie has emerged.
She is throwing up a TPS fault and the gearbox is refusing to change gear below 2600rpm, the sport and manual modes don't work either..
I haven't looked on RAVE or the world wide net yet, however could they be linked?
Cheers H
Just found this in the P38's history...
A tad eggspensive!!
LOL
After a period of her looking like a piece of shyte, I pullled my finger oot me arse and gathered my interior bits back together ;)
they were scattered to the wind thanks to me not having much storage
the headliner went in to Bedouin tent mode in the damp..
The seat was pulled out, because the bECM sits under there, and it was fubar'd and needed to be repaired.
Drivers seat out!
4x T50 torx bolts enabled it to tip up and out the way, it goes without saying disconnect the battery before pulling the plugs under the seat as there are airbags under there!
the BeCM was removed, and the seat bolts and covers were gathered together, as i have a habit of losing things.
Much more space ;)
more chaos later!!
March 2018 - Present!
After a few months sitting, and water ingress the electrical system of the P38 started to play up/
First up the Drivers door latch failed, for those in the know the tailgate grounds through it so if it breaks you can't open the tailgate. 😒
Also it prevents the EKA code from being entered! so after a flat battery the Car was immobile.
The door card has to come off/
Naturally there were broken bits, the adjuster rod snapped off..
Not ideal
Wiring was a mare to be honest.
I bought a new/2nd hand unit to fit, it didn't work however!!
The water barrier was refitted and repaired with the duck of tape!!
Naturally this didn't fix it, and the BECM started to blow fuses and the car went haywire.
This caused a chain reaction of pain which lasted 2 years "almost" over this time I pulled the entire car apart looking for a short, in hindsight i was rather ham fisted when doing this and I did damage a good bit of the interior trim
Acres of wiring was also unearthed and I found the entire loom floating in a bath of coolant and water!!
which is something you don't want!
The loom was dried out and re-rapped with insulation tape..
Then the car and my enthusiasm went down the shitter and it looked like this for a while!
poor old thing!!
More to come
H