Grit Valve

Grit Valve

2000 4.6 Vouge
If there is anything you could of changed on your p38 diesel or petrol
What would it be ?
For me I have to say the cooling system in the diesel and the fly wire fuel injection pump .

Go on get it off your chest :D
 
Grit Valve said:
I notice its gone quiet :)

Luckily will I've never used it I'm surprised seeing how many times I've disconnected the battery :eek:
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You only really need it if you disconnect the battery with the vehicle super locked (example a piece of **** Alphaline goes dead overnight). Otherwise just resync the key procedure does the trick.
 
Bix said:
You only really need it if you disconnect the battery with the vehicle super locked (example a piece of **** Alphaline goes dead overnight). Otherwise just resync the key procedure does the trick.
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Bix I never super lock I got two lab's guns and plenty of iron bars :d

Put it this way why would I need super lock , unless you got a crane !
 
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A sexy voice message Center could do with a revamp like stop winking sexy your headlight has got too hot with all those vibrations :)
 
Grit Valve said:
Thanks
~G

I've got it and tested it just in case too much paranoia around here
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worst case I had some 10 years ago I was xmas shopping parked on top floor multi storey,locked it up, done shopping, returned & pressed remote & nothing at all. looked around & all I could see was satellite dishes & aeriels on every building & rooftop as far as I could see:eek:carpark closes in 1/2 hr & no way for access of recovery truck or pushing it down 3 floors,entered eka afew times nothing just engine disabled:(just kept on sycing & pressing remote till finally it worked:)i never locked it again after that episode lol. afterall if they wanna get in it saves them breaking the window:D
 
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wil2813 said:
worst case I had some 10 years ago I was xmas shopping parked on top floor multi storey,locked it up, done shopping, returned & pressed remote & nothing at all. looked around & all I could see was satellite dishes & aeriels on every building & rooftop as far as I could see:eek:carpark closes in 1/2 hr & no way for access of recovery truck or pushing it down 3 floors,entered eka afew times nothing just engine disabled:(just kept on sycing & pressing remote till finally it worked:)i never locked it again after that episode lol. afterall if they wanna get in it saves them breaking the window:D
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My dad taught me that years ago , if they want that radio for their fix they will break the window of feck your lock ;)

I knows : p
 
I found the same on the RAC, if you leave nothing in view then even with all the doors undone a simple super bright LED is enough to scare them off. With the law now leaving entrapment vehicle's for the low lifes to get caught. They seem to think something's not right and leave it alone. I'm wiring a bypass cut off on the battery and then running it up to near the normal flashing led on the dash. I'm getting used to the battery disconnects and those P38 problems. Shame they didn't listen to those old engineers KISS Keep It Simple Stupid. The number of new cars that get slated because of the designers cocking up. Shame technology has to screw up a great idea. Improvement in stages is better then throwing loads of tech in the first model and then allowing it to interact. St Elmo's fire with the electronics. Around every corner there's a new idea that will interfere with the old tech. Radio waves, Wifi etc.
 
tnseal said:
I found the same on the RAC, if you leave nothing in view then even with all the doors undone a simple super bright LED is enough to scare them off. With the law now leaving entrapment vehicle's for the low lifes to get caught. They seem to think something's not right and leave it alone. I'm wiring a bypass cut off on the battery and then running it up to near the normal flashing led on the dash. I'm getting used to the battery disconnects and those P38 problems. Shame they didn't listen to those old engineers KISS Keep It Simple Stupid. The number of new cars that get slated because of the designers cocking up. Shame technology has to screw up a great idea. Improvement in stages is better then throwing loads of tech in the first model and then allowing it to interact. St Elmo's fire with the electronics. Around every corner there's a new idea that will interfere with the old tech. Radio waves, Wifi etc.
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Shame technology has to screw up a great idea. Improvement in stages is better then throwing loads of tech in the first model and then allowing it to interact.


Have you seen the problems that come with the RR Sport!

They even f'd the fuel sender mechanism up !
 
i would change the engine to a disco 300tdi not much goes wrong with them and no big electricery on them like the beemer has :cool:and get rid of the becm and go back to old fashioned wiring a car should not have more brains than its owner :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
poxy window regulators, only took door card off last weekend to repair loose rivet cos it was rattling and doin my head in, whilst there greased up runners, window was going up and down as smooth as a babys bum so done passenger side too, gets to work last night put up window only for it to start banging when reaching top and getting >window not set message<, so looks like another look is needed this weekend and probably a new reg. plastic interior parts are ****e too.
 
Window regs do seem to be made of cheese.
Obviously top hat liners in the V8 wouldn't have gone amis
 
If I had cash and the will to keep the p38, I'd fit an M57 engine as that's an easy option mated to a ZF4HP24, new LSD at the rear and a transfer box with manual 2WD selection, lockable diff and NO VCU, plus freewheel front hubs.
 
Datatek........fill out your ideas for me, costs, how long to swop out, then set up again, practicable/cost effective?

P
 
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