I should have put 'when I switch off and then re-start the revs only go up to 500' ....

My Rangie is a late 2000 model 2.5 Diesel DSE and here’s my scenario. I start from cold after preheating and she runs, accelerates and behaves just fine. After (and only after)she is hot I switch off and the revs go and stay at 500 rpm. I put the throttle to the boards and count to about 6...

Have the following symptoms: 1) towing a car on a road trailer stopped on an slight incline and just sat there revving without moving until gradually I eased forward and got going. 2) later without a load I accelerated with the foot brake fully on and managed to get to 2500 revs before car...

What is a sticky valve block (where is it) and how does one cure it? I do get a flair when accelerating and I thought TC was on the way out. I towed a heavy load and could barely pull away it was all revs and no moving. I tested this on the drive by putting the foot brake fully on and...

checked this morning in neutral with handbrake off. No excessive movement noticed. The shafts from each end of the transfer box were tight in relation to each other. when i change between drive and reverse there is no distinctive clunk it's just when it changed down. Less so when warmed up. The...

cheers guys will check the drive chain as advised ........ will feedback when able

Have a Range Rover P38 2.5 DSE late 2000 model - Did a fluid change to address delay in changing up from 2nd to 3rd and clunking between 3rd & 2nd and 2nd & 1st when changing down also replaced the filter. I had done a couple of heavy tows which pushed the car to the maximum. No play in prop...

Thanks will post in RR section ... having problems navigating around here and the prop shaft has no play in it as far as I can see ....

Have a Range Rover P38 2.5 DSE late 2000 model - Did a fluid change to address delay in changing up from 2nd to 3rd and clunking between 3rd & 2nd and 2nd & 1st when changing down also replaced the filter. I had done a couple of heavy tows which pushed the car to the maximum. The transmission...

thanks you all - I will work through your advice and update when able ... cheers

Last changed the filter over a year ago but will change it now as well ... is there a filter in the tank ... my friend had an older model and said he took his out and put an inline filter in futher along the line ??

Hi Guys – as well as my other thread on here about gearbox performance I am also compelled to ask about my P38 2.5 diesel auto (2000) incredible lack of power. I towed a discovery on a road trailer yesterday and could barely manage 50mph on a gradual incline on the motorway with my foot flat to...

thanks matey I will give that all a go and feedback ....

Thanks for the reply ... I do have a chip upgrade fitted and was toying with the idea of removing for a trial period. Is the gearbox damage irreversible? I’m also planning on replacing the transmission fluid. It looks like a straightforward drain at the sump and refill to the level plug...

RANGE ROVER P38 2.5 DIESEL AUTO LATE 2000 MODEL Hi Guys – I am posting this fault in the hope that some suggested diagnostic / cure may come my way. Symptoms are: 1) Delay in shifting from 2nd to 3rd can go up to 3000+ RPM before changing unless I ease off the accelerator. 2)...

Thought I'd cured it .... ran with some Kerosene in Fuel to get it to burn hotter and then reved up and held at 5000 rpm until black smoke cleared ... ran as smooth as anything on idle and when driving ... the next morning it was back to it's old blipping again between 800 - and 100 rpm on idle...

Thanks guys – it seems to run well at speed but still playing up at idle. I looked when it was last hunting (seriously jumping between 800 and 1000 rpm ...) and there was thick black smoke ..?? checked air filter was ok. I guess I’ll start from the back and work my way through the...

Hi all – I have a 2000 Range Rover 2.5 DSE – it has been running fine however I have developed severe erratic idling / hunting causing the car to rock when stationary. It transpired that one of our guys at the yard had taken it upon himself to top up from a jerry can in the yard rather than...