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    1999 p38 overheating help.

    i think it is viscous coupled fan and main dealer replaced this only 6 months ago or less could it go again cheers
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    1999 p38 overheating help.

    well last night i went out and tried checking a few things that i read on this great forum, i was a bit pi**ed off to to find the garage had left all stripped bits of belt stuck in allsorts of pulleys took me an hour to get it allout i will be having words today, anyway i started it and let it...
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    1999 p38 overheating help.

    I am really at the end of my tether with this car now i love it but it hates me. i was 150 miles away from home and i pulled into a services on the motorway for some diesel, as i pulled in i lost all power steering and alternator fault appeared, i knew immediately that i had lost a belt. So...
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    Help with mysterious battery drain

    ok i will let you know, i am under the impression (HOPE) there are 2 sparate workings on the actuator one for telling all the doors to lock when you press from the passenger door, and onother that locks the door from all others / fob. With us having the exact same problem i am worried about...
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    Help with mysterious battery drain

    i am hoping it is the lock actuator so i have orderd one, other than that i am wooried it is a fault with the dredded Becm. did you lock acuator work when you removed it from car?
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    Help with mysterious battery drain

    I have a 2.5 dse P38 that has decided upon giving me a new headache, i am now finding that if a leave the car for a COUPLE OF DAYS i get in and the battery is flat a real pain, so i read through some threads and read about disconnecting the receiver in case of interferance, but when i do that...
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    central locking problem

    hi just wondering if any one has any idea what is causing my latest problem. I approched myh car a couple of days ago and all the indicators were lit, i unlocked and locked and they went off, bu since my front passenger side door will not lock or unlockm with the rest of them, but if you want...
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    Help Over Heating

    hi it sounds like you have had a similar problem what were your symptoms did a new cap solve it, i have read about caps so often i will order one asap and will kick myself bigtime if this is what it is.
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    Help Over Heating

    Thanks for your advice i have driven it today and yesterday and it has been fine since i did what i did yesterday. Problem probably not solved but as soon as it plays up again i will take it for new water pump seems logical after everything else has been changed. I have had all the eas problems...
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    Help Over Heating

    I hope not sounds expensive? i have spent so much on the car and still having the problem, would a cracked head not of been picked up when the head was skimmed? Also yesterday i was having a play with it i noticed that the expantion reservioir was full to bursting, someone told me to check...
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    Help Over Heating

    I think it is a possibility as when you rev the engine the temp drops i suppose it is the only thing i havnt had replaced mabe worth a try, any idea on cost of new pump??
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    Help Over Heating

    Hi im new to this site so please bear with me, i have a overheating problem that is making me pull my hair out: I bought the car and within 2 weeks i had severe overheating problems which rendered the car undrivable, it was diagnosed as a head problem and was skimmed, under warranty. All...