Afternoon peeps.
Spent the last few days working on the P38 DSE as i have had poor fuel consumption recently and a flat spot with loss of power between 1st and second.
The first thing I did was to remove the inlet manifold and replace the EGR with a blanking system i got from ebay for £40. Next i spent ages cleaning out the inlet manifold getting out as much of the thick black goo as i could. I used lots of carb cleaner and a long driver with a rag. Was surprised how caked up it was in there.
Next I removed the rocker cover. Inside the cover is a filter system so removed about 20 little bolts and removed the wire mesh and gave it all a good clean and degunk.
Next i got rid of the air filter and replaced it with a performance filter. not a cone filter but a panel filter inside the standard air box.
While i was there I gave the MAF a good clean out with some carb cleaner and the vac pipe that runs from the MAP (next to fuel filter) to the inlet manifold. This was full of oil.
From reading all the notes on here i also thought it was a good idea to change the colant temp sensors. These were 30 quid for the pair. One for the ecu and one for the gauge.
With all this done I put the car back together and took it for a spin. The transformation was amazing!
The Average MPG figure on the dash (i know this isnt accurate but as a guide i used it) has increased considerably. I was getting a reading of 16mpg around town on my reg drives and im now getting 24-26MPG. As well as that it pulls away easier, theres hardly any smoke, hills are a breeze, and its costing me less.
As well as the performance issues i was also having a problem with the EAS keep going into high mode by itself. On the off chance i swapped the yellow relay in the fuse box for one of the others and it seemed to work! as a result i popped out and bought a couple of new relays at £4.50 each and changed that one as well as the 2 for my heated front screen and that now works too!!!! would appear that basically all my yellow relays were dead so if your having heated screen issues give it a try.
So thats about it for now. The P38 is running well.
Hope this is helpful to anyone with similar issues.
Few pics below of rocker cover and EGR.
Spent the last few days working on the P38 DSE as i have had poor fuel consumption recently and a flat spot with loss of power between 1st and second.
The first thing I did was to remove the inlet manifold and replace the EGR with a blanking system i got from ebay for £40. Next i spent ages cleaning out the inlet manifold getting out as much of the thick black goo as i could. I used lots of carb cleaner and a long driver with a rag. Was surprised how caked up it was in there.
Next I removed the rocker cover. Inside the cover is a filter system so removed about 20 little bolts and removed the wire mesh and gave it all a good clean and degunk.
Next i got rid of the air filter and replaced it with a performance filter. not a cone filter but a panel filter inside the standard air box.
While i was there I gave the MAF a good clean out with some carb cleaner and the vac pipe that runs from the MAP (next to fuel filter) to the inlet manifold. This was full of oil.
From reading all the notes on here i also thought it was a good idea to change the colant temp sensors. These were 30 quid for the pair. One for the ecu and one for the gauge.
With all this done I put the car back together and took it for a spin. The transformation was amazing!
The Average MPG figure on the dash (i know this isnt accurate but as a guide i used it) has increased considerably. I was getting a reading of 16mpg around town on my reg drives and im now getting 24-26MPG. As well as that it pulls away easier, theres hardly any smoke, hills are a breeze, and its costing me less.
As well as the performance issues i was also having a problem with the EAS keep going into high mode by itself. On the off chance i swapped the yellow relay in the fuse box for one of the others and it seemed to work! as a result i popped out and bought a couple of new relays at £4.50 each and changed that one as well as the 2 for my heated front screen and that now works too!!!! would appear that basically all my yellow relays were dead so if your having heated screen issues give it a try.
So thats about it for now. The P38 is running well.
Hope this is helpful to anyone with similar issues.
Few pics below of rocker cover and EGR.
