Good morning, my name is Elliot from Nottinghamshire. I have a year 2000 Range Rover P38 2.5 DHSE. Great car but a few issues developing.
I recently started getting a vibrating/rumbling at about 45-60 MPH.This got progressively worse last week to the point i decided to park up and investigate. I am a mechanic by trade & have resolved many problems with the car in the past for example viscous coupling, air bags & compressor front props etc etc.
When i drove on to my gravel drive i noticed the ABS coming on & when turning the front wheels were locking then skidding. I checked the front diff oil level as the viscous coupling had been changed, i probably should have done so before as the garage i got the car from did seem a little carefree. I possibly added the best part of 2 litres of fluid before it started to come out of the level hole & the drain plug was black & smelt burnt. I am guessing that this is the issue, do i take it that if i remove the front prop & i still have the issue with front wheels locking on gravel then it is simply down to the front diff ? Makes sense to me but then other issues i encounter on my P38 which seemed to make sense were caused by something totally random.
Many thanks for any advice.
I recently started getting a vibrating/rumbling at about 45-60 MPH.This got progressively worse last week to the point i decided to park up and investigate. I am a mechanic by trade & have resolved many problems with the car in the past for example viscous coupling, air bags & compressor front props etc etc.
When i drove on to my gravel drive i noticed the ABS coming on & when turning the front wheels were locking then skidding. I checked the front diff oil level as the viscous coupling had been changed, i probably should have done so before as the garage i got the car from did seem a little carefree. I possibly added the best part of 2 litres of fluid before it started to come out of the level hole & the drain plug was black & smelt burnt. I am guessing that this is the issue, do i take it that if i remove the front prop & i still have the issue with front wheels locking on gravel then it is simply down to the front diff ? Makes sense to me but then other issues i encounter on my P38 which seemed to make sense were caused by something totally random.
Many thanks for any advice.
