Now the P38 is being resigned from being a daily and is becoming a weekend/camping trip car I’ve taken it to a local detailer and they’ve done an absolute miracle on the car.
I would have posted a photo here but the forum won’t let me link to...
Ergo, a badly fitted exhaust. In my early days of P38 ownership a long time ago, I suffered an EAS fault with a carvan on the hook whilst touring Yorkshire. No place to stop safely in heavy traffic, I did about 50 miles like that on the bump...
There is no way the EAS could cause the exhaust to crack, without doubt the exhaust failure caused the EAS failure but you will believe what you want to believe. The car can be driven on the bump stops with no damage to anything. If keeping...
In the past when I was in my early 20’s I broke the terminal clamp trying to wire in a sub. Popped to Halfords and picking up one of these and it sorted it out. Depending on cable length you may want to strip back some insulation to get a better...
I used petrol to swill it out. Acetone is betterer. Plug the ends with rags and once you’ve let it soak I put one end of intercooler in a bucket and poured the petrol through again and again. Any leaks on the fins will show up after a soak and...
Let me get the trim back off at the weekend and I’ll count how many I’ve got and how many are missing and I’ll take a full set.
I think 14 was mentioned above if that helps?
I use Acetone but make sure it's all out and thoroughly dry before refitting or the engine will rev it's nuts off. Acetone works better for cleaning and evaporates quicker.
Thank you, saved me a few £££. What would you suggest cleaning the intercooler out with? I’ve got a Jerry can of diesel left over from when I filled the fuel filter on the last service if that would work?
In the ever so ongoing list of maintenance required for the old boy, the current Intercooler hose has gotten quite maliable and near the intercooler, quite oily.
The fact I can quite easily squeeze the hose doesn’t bode well for when it’s under...
On the home page, there is a button that says "Unlock EAS" next to the button that says "Clear All", click on that to clear the faults. When you come to use the software, you must get a green button with "Good Idle" or any faults you see will be...
Spent some time of the car today. Changed the diff oil on both ends (concrete floors are fecking cold fyi), some Heko wind deflectors fitted as I think they look cool.
….aaaand started to try and fix the leaky bits when it rains. Silicone...
Had that on mine a couple of weeks back. Was seeing less than 11v running I believe as well. Took about 30 minutes to swap the alternator out for a recon spare I had on the shelf. Not a massive job but certainly a pain in the ass when it happened!
New (brand new used parts) alternator in, about an hour in total which was decent.
14-15v showing on an AVI, left the multimeter at home but I’m very happy with how easy it was.