I have had my P38 for nearly a year now, its a 2.5DSE and has just done 90,000 miles. Recently it has had one issue after another...first drama was the oil cap blue off when I was driving so put more oil in and got a new cap and it seemed to be fine.
Then about a month ago I popped into a friends house for 5 minutes and came outside to smoke coming from the engine and when I lifted the bonnet and was confronted with flames (luckily had a fire extinguisher to hand) which turned out to be a fault with the alternator.
Yesterday it came back from having a new alternator fitted and had barely driven it 10 miles when I noticed more fumes than normal coming out of the exhaust. I pulled over lifted the bonnet and there was oil everywhere...! Still am waiting for the diagnoses.
Would you say these things happen, or does the problem lie deeper?
Many thanks for your ideas and have a Merry Christmas
Angus
Then about a month ago I popped into a friends house for 5 minutes and came outside to smoke coming from the engine and when I lifted the bonnet and was confronted with flames (luckily had a fire extinguisher to hand) which turned out to be a fault with the alternator.
Yesterday it came back from having a new alternator fitted and had barely driven it 10 miles when I noticed more fumes than normal coming out of the exhaust. I pulled over lifted the bonnet and there was oil everywhere...! Still am waiting for the diagnoses.
Would you say these things happen, or does the problem lie deeper?
Many thanks for your ideas and have a Merry Christmas
Angus