dantheman4.6
New Member
whats the highest mileage anybody has knowna v8 p38 4.6 engine to achieve without having issues many thanks.?
P38_Ireland
Well-Known Member
im on 174K. 2.5dse and had nearly all the problems!
Marco Polo
Member
Looked at buying one last week 205k miles ran mint no problems with anything. Chickened out though.
tillywoods275
New Member
my old v8 on lpg;s got 168 on clock and a mileage discrepency on original engine, but cam's just gone, been ticking for years!
Datatek
Well-Known Member
ive done just over 102,000 miles in my P38 since buying it back in Feb 06.
Ive just passed 248,000 miles - 2.5 DSE
-Wills
Has it got a Power Box or re-map and is it still on the same gearbox?
drscoundrel
Member
189,000 miles 2.5 DHSE - front bags, front suspensin, abs sensor, steering box, leak on n/s axle need doing - heated seats repaired, gearbox cooler and pipes replaced, wheel bearing done - starts every time, rides like a dream and my mates hate me bacuse they don't have one
wills
Well-Known Member
It did have a power box until around 190ishK when it stopped working and caused really bad idling issues and cutting out. It turned out water had got into the box and ruined it. It was an old type of box anyway and was not the new 'all-digital' type and rather than having an electrical connector to interface with the pressure sensor it T'd into the pressure pipe itself. The box came with the vehicle so I wasn't too bothered and just removed it and that is how it has stayed ever since.
It's not the original box due to the fact the rear crankshaft bearing failing and beginning to make a really annoying rumbling sound. As the gearbox had to be removed to fit a new bearing I decided to replace both the gearbox and transfer box with recons from Ashcrofts, which was a bad decision at the time, due to the amount of trouble I had with the replacement box. After finally getting everything fixed from Ashcrfts though everything is now sorted.
The most major thing I have had done recently is to replace the front diff. Ever since I bought the vehicle in 2006 it had a noisy, whining front diff, Just before Xmas it got much noisier and it finally got too annoying so I replaced it with a recon from Ashcrofts.
-Wills
