Thanks everyone! I tightened it up with a screwdriver and used a slightly fatter o-ring. Let's see!!

Thanks guys! I did follow RAVE procedure including blowing out the bleed line from rad to expansion tank, however RAVE procedure is limited to basically 'fill it up, run it and continue filling it up'. Which I found strange anyway. Will try the tricks you have mentioned this weekend! Maybe I...

Alright time for an update.. The exhaust has been finished: Was quite the challenge to fit it as I found that those Britpart silencers didn't fit exactly right. Took some messing about to get it to fit and it stil isn't perfect. I then continued with some maintenance and refreshing works. I...

Alright, I replaced rocker cover gaskets and did a whole bunch of other works. Today was the time of filling with coolant again and then doing an oil flush. During warming up I managed to pour 6 L of coolant into the system. However when it got up to temperature it started boiling over. I was...

I finally completed the top-side works for my little refresh project on my 1999 4l V8 p38. Car has been off the road for a couple of years and don't have any history on it past 2015. I replaced rocker cover seals and sealed off where an LPG system was fitted. In the process I also replaced...

I'm having trouble with my radiator drain plug. Concerns my '99 4l v8 p38, bosch engine. O-ring was squeezing out and thus leaking a bit. Had to drain everything to replace rocker cover gaskets and replace the coolant itself so as the old o-ring was mangled I fit a new one. When tightening the...

Well I discovered that the valley is indeed open, at least at the frond end. Just take the radiator fan off and you can stick a magnet in there. The bolt was easily retrieved this way! And good thing that I did because if it would have come out at the front end it would have fallen into the...

Thanks guys! Yeah same, can't stand the idea of it rattling around in there but was hoping the valley was open at the back end. Will try the magnet trick, if not I'll have to take the manifold off which will also allow me to unbodge the LPG lines bodge :D

So the bolt rattling around in there will cause no issue? I put a dab of silicone sealant on those bolts so should be airtight! I only think the connections at the other end are not airtight anymore. Hoses can turn on the hose nipples in the manifold, so think the clamps at that end may not be...

Hi, so I did a stupid thin today on my 1999 P38 with the 4L Bosch V8. I dropped a boot through one of the holes in the lower intake manifold: They just seem to be drainage holes for water? What is beneath this lower intake manifold piece, just an open cavity? Basically, how bad is dropping a...

Yes indeed, same rules here in Belgium! I'll first try to source a scrapper locally, don't want to pay VAT on 2nd hand things..

That may explain why LR discontinued one of the two. I guess I will order one an see what happens.

Yes but the question is: what is the size of the pores when new?

Thanks guys! My concern is not that it would fail. My concern is that the filter sock that is on the fuel pump does not filter sufficiently fine particles, which may be okay with a new car but not after 20 years. Because all cars have this kind of pre-filter just to protect the pump, but then...

I'm a bit lost. I have a 1999 p38 2.5 dse with a broken fuel flap switch. VIN starts with XA. I find a lot of switches with part number AMR3388 which is up until and including VIN to WA. From XA they say I need part YUG102490 which is discontinued and i can't find anywhere. Am I fine to use...

This concerns my 1999 4.0 V8. Nope, not the usual 'where is fuel filter??' kind of post. I have established that there is no fuel filter other than the in tank one on the Bosch engines. Which to me is absurd. May be fine when the car is new but since its 24yr old now I have no confidence in...

Thanks for the tips guys! Drained a tiny bit of oil and no traces of the dye so I flushed the cooling system and will now flush the oil system and continue with my maintenance works. I will of course keep monitoring when I start driving the car.

I will drain a bit of oil tomorrow with cold engine. If any water is in the oil it should come out then, and I can verify that no dye from the coolant is in it. Fingers crossed

So did the test with the dye. Very difficult to tell. First thought it showed on the dipstick but when compared to new oil it looked exactly the same. I then looked in the coolant reservoir and there I see a lot of sparkles, like glitter, when i shine the UV on it. It's also in water that...

Well hard to day if I'm losing coolant as the car is off the road and has been stood for a couple if year before I bought it. Coolant is low but could also be because the drain plug is leaking. I have done a compression test with lowest reading 145psi on cylinder 3 and highest reading of...