I can't help with the press pack or brochure, I'd love to see some pictures of your Linley though!

David.

I tried to fill up in Asda Govan on Saturday afternoon but they were out. Never thought anything of it until I read this. Haven't looked to see if they've got it back in again yet though.

David.

Well, we can finally update this issue to SOLVED!!

I visited Simon this morning and he did some digging with his laptop and software and diagnosed my ECU was faulty.

He fitted a known good Romano ECU to it and even before setting it up properly the difference in idling was huge.

The switch for the Romano ECU is also different to the Tartarini one so we changed the switch in the cabin as well.

I drove whilst Simon did some fine tuning on his laptop and the only thing I can really say is Wow. The car is as smooth on LPG as it is on Petrol, if not smoother. Simon was making changes in the software and as we were driving the car was changing from LPG - Petrol - LPG and other then looking at the switch I had no idea what fuel it was on.

I’m over the moon!

David.

Thanks for the input, gents.

Simon, I reduced the pressure to 0.9bar on the reducer with the screw and then set the reducer pressure to 1bar in the software. When I did this it still jammed at 3.4ms on the auto calibration.

I then did a factory reset on the LPG ECU and reconfigured it from scratch setting the reducer pressure to 1bar and the injector type to matrix. The rest of the settings were all mirrored. I ran the AutoCalibration again and the numbers danced around for a bit longer then they did previously but the calibration process appeared to stall about 1/3 of the way through the process with the T. Gas reading stuck on 0.64ms whereas the T.Petrol was still floating around between 4.5 and 6 roughly.

After the car had been running on the drive for about an hour the reducer temperature was steady at 83 degrees but the gas temp was only reading at 31 degrees.

At this point I had a few other things to do so I had to leave it there unfortunately. I wish this was as simple as single point!

David.

Indeed, the local Asda are 52.7p/litre, the Morrisons in Paisley is 53.7p/litre.

David.

Thanks for that! I've left the car at my folks tonight, Will have a look at it tomorrow.

I've got a link box for my TE20 to fetch from North Wales this week so it would be nice to take the RR for it's first proper run in my ownership. It'd be even nicer if I could do it at 52p/litre rather then £1.17/litre ha ha.

David.

I had a fault showing for the two lambda's when i waved Testbook at it recently. If you clear it the fault stays away for a while but does come back.

I'll have another prod at it tomorrow.

David.

Thanks Gilbert.

I've got 2 lambda sensors here, I might try and get them swapped out tomorrow and then run the auto calibration feature on it and see what happens.

David.

Here's the graph. It's crap quality as it's a picture of the laptop screen. From what I saw the petrol and gas injection seem to mirror each other very closely on the graph.

Here's the pressures sitting a bit more stable now :)

David.

Easy way to tell if it's the o-rings leaking is to feel the side of the transmission tunnel where your left ankle would be when you're driving. It that feels damp then rub your fingers in it and get them damp, then lick them with the tip of your tongue. If you get a horrid sweet taste then it's coolant and is probably your o-rings.

David.

OK, time for an update.

The car is running great at the moment and seems to be behaving really well so I thought I'd get a look at the LPG as we're going away for a few days tomorrow or Tuesday.

The new reducer is fitted, plumbed in and appears to be doing it's job. After a bit of twisting the adjuster screw I've got the pressure to sit at 1.32bar. It didn't seem to want to come above that as I was aiming for 1.4bar as per Simon's previous suggestions.

I headed off up the lane and initially there was a few pops that sounded like they were in the exhaust under the car so I ran it on petrol for 1/2 mile and then switched back to gas. The car now runs on gas better then it did when I got it but it's still not right.

When climbing hills it feels lumpy and underpowered even when I'm not using 50% throttle. If you floor it the engine sounds as if it's bogging down and makes a funny noise and at idle it's lumpy. Switching back to Petrol cures all of these issues. If you're coming up the hill with your foot in a constant position, switching back to petrol makes a huge difference to the pull of the car. On LPG it's hunting through the gears when trying to climb the hills.

One thing I did notice with the laptop out is that since changing the reducer the gas pressure is now constantly in the 1.2 - 1.3 bar even at wide open throttle whereas the old reducer wasn't sustaining the pressure at full power.

Both the liquid and vapour filters have been replaced, and the reducer has been replaced.

I've got a text file and a colourful graph from the LPG software but they don't mean much to me!

David.

Well, the P38 is now back together, almost. Have left a couple of panels off under the dash to keep an eye on the o-rings.

All 4 airbags replaced and she seems to be staying level, soapy water on all of the air unions seemed to confirm there's no leaks and leaving it in high with the battery disconnected confirmed there was no dropping over about 4 hours.

The brakes feel better now it's got the new ABS accumulator fitted and the ABS pump isn't running anywhere near as often.

It now very lumpy at idle on LPG and then cuts out after a few seconds so the new reducer I've fitted needs setting up. A job for when the rain stops as I need my laptop balanced on the slam panel to do it.

The heater matrix o rings seem to be holding but my trip to Dumfries in the morning will confirm that. A big thanks to Gordon for giving me a hand with them. Now I just need to get anti freeze out of the drivers side carpet.

Hopefully we're now making some progress with the car and we can use her a bit now before we need more spattering :)

David.

Both front airbags are done, the LPG filter is changed and the solenoid refitted, the new vaporiser is fitted, the dashboard has been reassembled with new bulbs in anything that wasn't illuminating.

Today I had it running, bled the cooling system through, put the suspension to full height and disconnected the battery, wandered around the back of the car and could hear a hissing noise and could see the car sagging. Slid under and had a peek and found the rear airbag with cords hanging out of it. The front stayed up this time which is better then it was before, however the back has decided it wants new bags too!

By the time I'm finished this, it'll be like a new car!! Anyway, Island 4x4 order has been dispatched already so with a bit of luck we'll get a bit more dry weather.

David.

That's really quite interesting! I didn't realise it had been registered onto the private plate straight away.

Someone has told me that Ireland is a good possibility of where it could have gone but apparently there were a lot of these cars shipped to Africa around about that time.

I'll bet it was sent off to auction by the local dealer when Dad traded it in, from there, I'm at a blank. I wish I was a bit older at the time, I'd of been begging him to keep it!

David.

That's really quite interesting! I didn't realise it had been registered onto the private plate straight away.

Someone has told me that Ireland is a good possibility of where it could have gone but apparently there were a lot of these cars shipped to Africa around about that time.

I'll bet it was sent off to auction by the local dealer when Dad traded it in, from there, I'm at a blank. I wish I was a bit older at the time, I'd of been begging him to keep it!

David.

I think the original plate was L530 AHS, then it wore KIJ 26 which went on the car on 20/05/94. It was taken off on 09/05/96 when it was put onto L530 AHS.

It was mid May 96 that my Dad bought it.

David.

I’m trying to find my fathers old Range Rover Classic.

It was a 1994 3.9 Vogue Soft Dash model in Avalon Blue with the silver 16” 5 spoke alloy wheels. It wore the registration number L530 AHS when we owned it. The chassis number was SALLHAMM3MA651937.

The car was traded into Inverclyde Land Rover in Scotland in April 2000 for a Discovery TD5.

From what I can find online the vehicle was never again taxed in the UK, and according to HPI it had an export marker put against it on 14th October 2000 when it left the UK.

I know there is very little chance of finding the car and the likelihood is it's been scrapped, however, I'm hoping it was exported somewhere nice and hot with a kind climate and the owner is an enthusiast who visits Land Rover forums! Chance would be a fine thing Anyway, you don't ask, you don't get and all that. :)

David.

Well, I got a quiet day at work today and managed to work from home.

The sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm so I decided I'd get some more time in on the P38.

I decided before I refilled the cooling system after doing the heater matrix o rings I'd swap out the reducer seeing as I was in there anyway, because of where the reducer is mounted, changing the front air spring was going to be a nightmare once the reducer was in so I changed the drivers side air spring and before fitting the pipework back into the reducer I fitted a new ABS accumulator.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to get the passengers side air spring replaced and then get the interior reassembled. Once that's sorted I can then look at getting the LPG sorted again. First things first I'll check and see if that pressure has dropped from 2.4bar.

I'm probably going overboard with the work I'm doing to this one but I've got no plans to get rid of it so I might as well make it perfect.

David.

Apparently Jeremy Clarkson owns a 2002 Vogue SE in Black.

A friend of mine saw it at a dealer down south wearing a set of Hurricane wheels and went in to ask if they'd pass his details onto the owner as he started making a register of late VSE's at one point. He was told they'd pass them on but the owner wouldn't call. When he asked why, the service manager told him it was Clarkson's car.

David.

I've not had a chance to revisit this yet as the dash is in pieces for heater matrix o rings and bulb replacement in switches.

I took that solenoid off and replaced the filter in it, the old one was pretty clean inside and out. I'm working this weekend but am hoping that an hour or two on Monday will see it all back together.

The way the car was on LPG, if I had the trailer behind it I don't think it would make it up the slightest of inclines. It's nowhere near right on LPG yet, my multipoint Discovery 2 I had years ago that was never right on LPG either would run rings around this thing at the moment!

David.