Thanks Datatek. I will investigate further (particularly the voltage) and let you know. Thanks again for all your time and trouble and help.

Hi Checked again. Battery voltage at 2000 revs is 13.8V. 13.7V at tickover. In case I did not make it clear in my post above the voltage of 12.4 is at the battery which drops to 11.2 when the ignition is switched on - but engine not yet started. Surely this is normal ? When engine is...

Hi Have bought another EAS ECU and will probably have this Friday/Saturday. Is this a simple case of changing it over or is it necessary to do something so that the system "recognises" the new ECU ?? I understand that there can be some problems with substituting ECUs on BMWs but perhaps that...

Hi Thanks Datatek for that. Checked battery voltage. 12.47V before switch on. 11.22V after switch on. Engine not yet started. 1 volt drop about right I think ? Start up engine - voltage now 13.75V. Engine starts easily even when cold so I don't think it is that ? Will...

Hi again Had to use the vehicle this morning for short journey (8 Miles there and back). Switched on and off a couple of times as well when stationary. Had all different lights on - 2 at the top, 2 at the bottom and even 3 as well - all solid lights nothing flashing. Back in garage I did...

Hi Thanks very much once again Datatek and Wammers. 1. Yes I do have the up arrow on the dash. This now goes out when the inhibit switch (sorry) to right of selector switch goes out. However the 4 lights stay all lit up as I mentioned above 2. Thanks for the suggestion to check the height...

Hi Done the diagnostic. The only thing revealed in the large square box was "vehicle has moved" - I had taken the car out for test since the last diag and I understand that this message means nothing. Under the box "F9" was the number 128 (no details) which I have seen on a previous...

Hi Thanks very much Wammers. I am getting different lights with the 2 switches but not consistently different to indicate one of them is faulty. I just get different combinations whenever I start up, switch off and then start up again. The only consistent thing is that whatever lights come...

Hi Everyone Still need your help please ! Just received the "new" switch. Before I put it on I checked what the old switch was showing - Just the top 2 lights. Changed to the "new" switch. This time only the bottom light showing. Started up. No difference. Swapped back to the original...

Hi Before war breaks out between the two of you........ Thanks again for the replies. Yes I think I can see that it contains some "magic ingredients" and probably the price of £309 confirms this. Anyway I have ordered one from a breakers who says it is "working"........... Don't know...

Hi Getting a bit desperate now ! Just spent 4 hours very carefully cutting the wires individually off the bad looking multiplug, soldering them together, shrink wrapping and spiral binding them. No difference ! I didn't do the same to the other multiplug as it all looked ok. Then...

Thanks again Wammers and Datatek for your continued help. Have investigated the bad looking multiplug further. When I started cleaning the male pins very carefully with a tiny file one fell straight off ! Clearly it was only just hanging on. Cut the 2 ends off (it was the grey/red wire)...

Thanks you very much Wammers. Finally found something obviously wrong !! Got access to the 2 white multiplugs you mentioned behind kick plate. the inner one seems ok but the outer one, when taken apart shows clear signs of green/blue staining inside to a number of the pins. What is the best...

Thanks very much again Wammers. I had checked under the left hand seat where I thought all the connectors were ! Your original post says quite clearly "kick panel" . Sorry !! My fault !! Will go out and check the kick panel. Thanks very much for the clarification. It seems...

Thanks very much Wammers for your further reply. You will see in my post that I checked the white plug as you suggested but nothing obvious. However I see that you say "white plugS". I could only see one in my car in that area. It was next door to what looked like a (tall) relay. Where...

Hi Thanks once again for your help. I took the car out for a short run. Still 4 lights on and the wading light on the right. Did a check through the RSW software again. It said "7:Vehicle has moved" and also under F9 "128 faults" -there were no details for this. cleared and reset...

Hi Wammers and Datatek VERY many thanks for your interest and advice. I will go out now and go through those things. I had checked the main EAS Ecu plug for damp etc but there did not really seem to be anything obvious. However I will check again. Yes I did get the Green "Good Idle" message...

Hi I am new to the forum so I would like to say Hello and thank you in advance for any answers or help anyone can give for our EAS problems. We have had our P38 2.5 TD diesel (2001) for 6 years and it has done 101000 miles. It is a very good vehicle and we are very pleased with it. It has...