Hi All, bought a 95 manual 2.5 diesel,done all the usual ,water pump,thermostat,viscous,radiator and in all fairness it will go further before belting into the red and water just dissapears . Is it usually the head gasket,head crack or a porous block? or all 3??????? if I do the head gasket I...

Ah right,so if my bottom hose is colder and the right hand hot,my rad,water pump,thermostat are ok?

New thermostat with a ball bearing vent fitted it into the recess of the top plastic thermostat cover. Checked the rad with the marble test,in my case a small round apple then a cherry,didnt go from one side to the other so baffle must be fitted. Even put a light in the one port and couldnt see...

Ive put a new thermostat in and a new etal impellored water pump. She idles ok,sits 12 o'clock. take her down the road half a mile and up she goes,top of white,red,red and red light. Pull over rev at 2200 and she'll come down to 12 o'clock. Thing is the engine isnt overly hot. Bottom rad hose is...

Hi,Ive just bought a 1996 registered (1995 build) p 38 diesel manual. Struggling with the following Oddometer comes up fault, the clock mileage says 106,000 but the mot last year said 104,000 and the one before 124,000 has she been clocked? I didnt think that it was possible? overheating-...

Thanks,yep my eyesight must be poor,I look at my rangey and i@m in love,lol Seriously though thanks for the informed (expert) help

Many thanks is that the one that "cheep,cheep" if the door is slightly open ,etc as thats the one that isnt chirping so to speak

Trawled through the old posts but cant seem to find the answer to the following Its a 1996 rangerover manual. when i start the car i get no usual internal peep peep and then i get alarm fault. Motor starts no problem . The electronics must be ok as it came up low key fob,changed the batteries...

many thanks to all those who replied, thanks

I see quite a lot of lads on here referring to reading fault codes,clearing fault codes etc. Please excuse my ignorance but what unit should youu use thats available to a diyer that is? If theres more than one,which is the best to use? Lastly ,u where does one stick it in? I'm a dad so know most...

apologies,my keyboard has a mind of its own,a's go misssing and s's repet sometimes. No its not built by Range Rover inc aand I'm not on the happy fluid,....yet,mores the pity,lol

Hi I have a 1996 diesel auto P38 and a few on here have helped me get her up to scratch of here. She's (yes its definetly a she,moody but real hottie) just started doing the following :- on the motorway I had to overtake a lorry from 60 to 70,no drop down just steady acceleration touch .Got...

Snap,lol I bought my door locks off flea bay to The ones i bought have fly leads with sockets on. My door locks dont have fly leads the cars harness plugs straight into them as well I think there were two different types fitted,but im no expert. Cant comment on the fan bit sorry as i upgraded...

having a feww locking problems,ok quite a few. If I arm it with the fob,yep it works the passenger door locks as do the rears,drivers and tailgate dont. If i lock it with the key,drivers door locks only,passenger,rear tailgate dont. Can anyone explain in basic terms how the locking system works...

I bought mine of ebay off a refridge specialist.My condenser was shot full of holes,spoke to the refridge guy and he wouldnt sell me one without a new drier and a new thermostatic valve.He reckined as it had been woofed for so long that the drer would be u/s that would knacker up the...

many thanks,this forum is great for tips thanks to all

yeah good advice on the flexis as well,we cant actually see whats going on inside can we.When you think on it after 18 years ,hard work on an auto they may not handle being stripped off,rotated etc etc. I found on a polo i did and my old classic car that i had weird problems like the brakes...

took the rangey to my friendly mot tester today,shes not due till april and they were quiet so he kindly gave it a quick once over for anything major so to speak. He's picked up on the brake pipes front to real,etc being ,um,not good so to speak. Being an auto Im going to change them anyway as i...

many thanks will try again tomorrow when its light,over 50 and darkness dont mix well,lol once again,thanks

many thanks wammers,i notice one of the legs is broken. I thought it was the two white button things that stick out and the two green pegs on the center dial that worked the auto bit? Am i wrong and it is the two black prongs that operate the switch? Anyways ,thank you ever so much for replying