Evening Gents..
An unusual issue that has plagued my P38 since i bought it is an iffy cold start.
If you fire her up the revs will bounce between what seems like 250 and 1000rpm, it'll do this a few times before settling down to a good idle. if you give her some throttle it sorts itself out faster.,
However I learnt that if you give her a TINY bit of throttle when starting it stops the hunting but will settle to a very low idle..
Once it's HOT she purrs like a V8 Kitten and sits at the correct idle speed.
I should note there are no misfires..
Cheers gents.
The old bus passed her mot a week ago..
I've just checked the emissions sheet!!
And she passed with the skin on her teeth!!
I was amazed, they plugged in an OBD reader into her, plus a thermometer down the dipstick and the thing in the exhaust!!
Poor car!!
LOL
Not bad for being sat for upto 2 years though!
H
Have you all noticed that all RR's seem to have their own aroma?
Or is it just me?
Mine seems to have an "atmosphere" around it, i can't explain the smell but it's definitely been there since i bought it..
Anyone else?
Or am i alone?
Another question gents.
When accelerating gently she changes up at around 1500rpm which is about right..
However when she gets to 35mph she seems to change from 3rd to 4th lockup seemingly missing 4th altogether and instantly locking the converter..
The annoying thing is it'll hold 4th down to 30mph which makes for jerking around if you are a bit hasty with the throttle and it's a tad annoying if you want to overtake a cyclist or whatever as it just labours.
she changes down below 30...
I find i have to go past 1/2 throttle before it changes down to what i think is 3rd..
Kickdown works..
I have changed the oil in the box..
Would it be something to to with the TQ apply circuit in the valvebody or is it more of a TCM related thing?
Cheers gents..
Mine never worked from the get go..
However with everything grinding to a halt and the apocalyse approaching i'm gonna see if i can get some life out of it.. lol
When you insert the CD nav disk it just shows "No disk"..
Would it be worth taking it apart and giving it a squirt of contact cleaner, or is it a more serious fault with the drive itself?
Cheers gents.
H
Hello Gents.
Me again......................
I'v been flaying around with my Sunroof AKA Showerunit.
I've fixed a bulging seal, which was due in part to the sunroof frame corroding and causing the seal to lift away from the glass, the frame aswell.
I have since sealed it up,,
One thing i have noticed is, i can push the sunroof down with my hand when it is "closed" it springs back to position but should i be able to move it?
Odd Q i know..
Just wondering.
Hiya gents.
I see most of ya'll run LPG on your P38s and I was wondering if you'd happen to know what the emissions reading was on your particular vehicle..
I have a particularly stubborn chap on another forum who cannot seem to understand how an LPG V8 can be as clean or cleaner than his Diesel P38.
H
I've seen a few threads on coolant temps...
I haven't hooked my 4.6 up to my reader yet to check coolant temps..
What would be an acceptable range to expect?
Everything to do with the cooling system is new..
Just as precautionary maintenance!!
H
Sat for 2 years
And flew threw an MOT like a champ!!
love it!!
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
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
The above name i'm known by on other forums hence the name LOL
I thought i'd document my ownership and "pain" with you gents, coz it is Thursday and i start a horrible day of work tomorra!!
The Story starts in July 2017 just after passing my test my immediate family wanted me to get something frugal cheap to insure and of course, because i was a new driver something "small" and easy to handle!!
I spent hours looking through Ebay - Autotrader - Gumtree etc for a cheap car, however my mind kept creeping back to big saloons and 4x4's as you do when you're daydreaming on the internet.
There were two cars that i kept mulling over
1 was a Green 1987 Jaguar XJ40 3.6 Sovereign
2 Was a cheap Range Rover P38 V8.
Both were in my budget, and weirdly both were insurable,
I was being asked daily on what i was going to look at, and on "the day" i resigned to tell them that I was going to look at a Mini LOL
Anyway the Jaguar was a complete train wreck, far too much work to bring it up to a respectable daily driver and much more to get it looking good!!
So that was a no go and a waste of fuel!!
Next car "p38" was located in Worcestershire a 75mi trip from where i was, me and my co-driver decided to go down there and have a look..
Naturally it was going dark, and in the light of "dusk" it looked "ok"
LOL
Anyway it drove fine, sounded fine and had no petrol in it!!
So i shook hands at £cough and we were on our way home!!
The first stop was to a petrol station "naturally" where £145 worth of super unleaded was put into the massive tank
And we drove home, a 70mi trip at an average of 19.7 MPG which wasn't too bad considering!!
Pictures from the trip are AWOL but i do have this one from when I got her home!!
those will do for the into on this particular money pit..
more to come later....
H
I went out to the P38 today and saw a small swimming pool in the floor where the loom goes and my floor mat was saturated, water is leaking from above the dash and on to the carpet..
The worst it's ever been, prolly thanks to this storm "ciara" we recently had, rain has been relentless.
I've sealed up the pollen filters and everything under the scuttle - Drains are clear.
Duck taped the shagged sunroof up too.
so that sorts out the 2 most common areas,,
are there any other places for water to get in?
Cheers gents.
Patience is getting then regarding this water ingress, i can deal with ruined engines and major components, but small things like this really wind me up!!
H
Assuming you've fixed all the foibles and you were tempted to do something to your P38 what would it be?
I'm kind of dry regarding things, prolly my lack of motivation LOL
H
I find myself wondering how you all shift your autos,
The people in the know say you should come to a complete stop before going from D-R or vice versa.
Myself in the 4,000 miles i've had her i myself have never really come to a complete stop, usually 1mph in either direction,
It seems to "go in" smoother when it is moving slightly..
H
On my lazy days i tend to browse forums looking at hot topics.
In this case I tend to see quite a few "what does yours do to the gallon" threads.
on these i find seemingly identical cars doing completely different figures.
Mine being a 2001 Thor 4.6. Over 3000mi it did an average of 18.7 on petrol mixed A road driving as for Gas i dunno it never worked!!! ;) LOL
Just curious to see what ya'll get.
More of a question of curiosity.
How does a P38 handle with springs is it as drastic as some might suggest?
Not that i want Springs you understand..
H