[quavey]

Hi guys I know it's been covered 1000 times before but having trouble with my p38.

It's suffered with an intermittent flat battery for a while now although I found it had a dead cell however with the old small battery with a dead cell it never asked for the Eka on jump start.

I bought one of those mega battery's a while back and I needed to enter the Eka when I physically disconnected the old dead one and put the new one on. Local dealer helped me out there.

Now it's still going flat over the space of
10 days 2 weeks or so which is obviously Something else. I've tried disconnecting the Ariel for the central locking but not helped much.

Anyway now trying to jump start and she just has Eka code
Lockout on the dash but it has that from connecting the jump
Leads. Tried entering the code and she won't take it just chirrups all the way through (I think that's wrong?)

So first question is why do I need to enter the Eka code now for a flat battery when I didn't before?

Second question is will the code lockout reset 30
Mins according to handbook with the bonnet open? And should I have re locked the drivers door?

She's on life support from the company van ATM... Free diesel and all that! But of course that means the bonnet is up. Moz is the man I believe if your free buddy would you kind giving me a quick ring on number removed

Cheers
Chris

 

[quavey]

Well bugger me the message went out and she took the code thank Christ for that. Really going to have sort out this battery drain problem or use it more!

 

[Datatek]

Hi guys I know it's been covered 1000 times before but having trouble with my p38.

It's suffered with an intermittent flat battery for a while now although I found it had a dead cell however with the old small battery with a dead cell it never asked for the Eka on jump start.

I bought one of those mega battery's a while back and I needed to enter the Eka when I physically disconnected the old dead one and put the new one on. Local dealer helped me out there.

Now it's still going flat over the space of
10 days 2 weeks or so which is obviously Something else. I've tried disconnecting the Ariel for the central locking but not helped much.

Anyway now trying to jump start and she just has Eka code
Lockout on the dash but it has that from connecting the jump
Leads. Tried entering the code and she won't take it just chirrups all the way through (I think that's wrong?)

So first question is why do I need to enter the Eka code now for a flat battery when I didn't before?

Second question is will the code lockout reset 30
Mins according to handbook with the bonnet open? And should I have re locked the drivers door?

She's on life support from the company van ATM... Free diesel and all that! But of course that means the bonnet is up. Moz is the man I believe if your free buddy would you kind giving me a quick ring on 07799116046?

Cheers
Chris

A battery going flat often causes the BECM to get confused as the voltage drops. Incorrectly jumping the battery can cause the same problem.
You should get a flash from the indicators for each turn of the EKA code, it will lock out after, I think, 3 attempts, then you have to wait 30 minutes before you can try again. It is said, if I remember correctly, that opening the drivers door after the second failed attempt will stop the lockout.
As you say, Mozz is your man for this.

 

[Datatek]

Well bugger me the message went out and she took the code thank Christ for that. Really going to have sort out this battery drain problem or use it more!

Bugger, all that typing for nothing
I suggest you remove your phone number before you get inundated with spam calls.
Glad you got it going though

 

[tomcat59alan]

bugger, all that typing for nothing
I suggest you remove your phone number before you get inundated with spam calls.
Glad you got it going though:d

+1

 

[mozz smith]

hi quavey please see your messages cheers mozz

 

[quavey]

Cheers guys for the responses. I was panicking as I had a do at it last night and she wasn't for having any of it.

Anyway what I need to do is find out why it goes flat so quickly. I'm thinking latest type rf reciever. It's got the middle kind with the metal heat sink on top already.

 

[tomcat59alan]

Cheers guys for the responses. I was panicking as I had a do at it last night and she wasn't for having any of it.

Anyway what I need to do is find out why it goes flat so quickly. I'm thinking latest type rf reciever. It's got the middle kind with the metal heat sink on top already.

If it's pre 2000 then just disconnect the r/f and use your key. If it doesn't go flat that's your problem

 

[quavey]

If it's pre 2000 then just disconnect the r/f and use your key. If it doesn't go flat that's your problem

Yeah I don't think that will work on mine as she is a bit of a mule, a very early Thor so a 99MY with the later engine, black hazard switch, Alpine radio with H&K seat airbags etc but she doesn't have the MY2000 light pack (well... she has one late spec fog light haha...) or the better cup holders that I nearly wet my self with jealously when I saw them on my mates 2001 vogue!

The simple solution is to make sure I use her every week, its just of late I've been away on holiday for two weeks and then done two weekends away on the trot with work and for pleasure. Getting time to actually use the range rover is tough, especially when I have my BMW 650i which I bought a couple of months ago. I didn't bother much with the M5 as it was awkward so the rangie was flavor of the month but now I have the 6 its hard to choose! However I put some juice in her last night and I've a job to do this afternoon collecting wheels so that'll help keep the battery topped up!

 

[Bladerunner919]

If it's pre 2000 then just disconnect the r/f and use your key. If it doesn't go flat that's your problem

I was under the impression that the car won't start with the RF completely unplugged. Is that not the case? I haven't actually tried, to be honest.

 

[tomcat59alan]

Yeah I don't think that will work on mine as she is a bit of a mule, a very early Thor so a 99MY with the later engine, black hazard switch, Alpine radio with H&K seat airbags etc but she doesn't have the MY2000 light pack (well... she has one late spec fog light haha...) or the better cup holders that I nearly wet my self with jealously when I saw them on my mates 2001 vogue!

The simple solution is to make sure I use her every week, its just of late I've been away on holiday for two weeks and then done two weekends away on the trot with work and for pleasure. Getting time to actually use the range rover is tough, especially when I have my BMW 650i which I bought a couple of months ago. I didn't bother much with the M5 as it was awkward so the rangie was flavor of the month but now I have the 6 its hard to choose! However I put some juice in her last night and I've a job to do this afternoon collecting wheels so that'll help keep the battery topped up!

I leave mine for up to 5 weeks at a time and use a maintenance battery charger. The are on sale in Aldi as from yesterday for not a lot of money. If you are quick you my just get one.