Search results

My '97 2.5d P38 RR has been becoming more sluggish for the last few months and now its getting too much to bare. Already I have replaced the intercooler pipes with new silicone ones, the intercooler seems to pumping out plenty of cool air and the turbo fan spins as one would expect. Theres no...

No, Wammers. My old Smiley van is the one burning the chip oil. Every time I go out in that thing I come home starving.............. Does anyone know if those turbo intake pipe were shared with any of BMW's offerings at the time? Got to go for a poke around in the local scrappy later this week...

Wasn't suggesting yours was a bad 'un by the way, that was just the way I did it ....... and believe me, my Disco was one of the worst.... After that I bought the best p38 I could lay my hands on, which has served me well for years. I just wish id fitted the chip years before I did. Enjoy...

Although I still have a lot to learn I learnt just about everything I currently know that way. Buy the worst Land Rover you can lay your hands on and a socket set. Then pester the life out of everyone on every LR forum you can find when ever anything goes wrong. After doing that for long...

This is a bit of a head scratcher for me as the problem is not currently happening but I am concerned it will rear its head again if I go on a long drive. A few weeks ago I was driving back to the UK from Alicante, Spain in my 97 P38 Diesel with a PSI chip fitted. Some of you will know what...

Could a decent diesel man repair it?

My 1997 P38a DT has just failed its MOT for leaking diesel. Having traced the leak back to the master injector I have replaced or reconditioned the following items: Leak off pipe. Injector to injector pump pipe. Injector rebuilt with new centre. Cleaned head to injector mating faces. New...

Sounds like ill be making a call to Turners in the morning then. I just can't understand how I was so unlucky not to have any trouble during the period I was running around in it and then catastrophic head failure as soon as I put it in the other car. Could it have become damaged while it was on...

Oh yeah, I knew there was something else I should have added to the list of stuff already replaced. I have also replaced the header tank cap and that 2 into 1 overflow pipe from the header tank to the rad'. +1 For "how do you know?"

Thanks for that. I half expected someone to say that but I am simply not as experienced as many of you on here. Just while we are on the subject, could a porous core plug give these symptoms?

This is really starting to get on my tits now. Recently I bought a rotten 300tdi Manual Disco with 2 days of MOT left on it. I drove that car over 400 miles in the last two days and had no problems with it at all, especially no overheating or coolant pressurizing. The engine was then removed...

Crisis over, I cleaned up a few connections and wiggled the earth a bit and now its back to life again. Thanks for you support.

Not my week this week. Foolishly, I tried to start my 300tdi Manual Disco 1 while it was in gear. Now I can't get it to turn over at all, I've got a load of lights on on the dash and the battery drains down to nothing overnight. The car has been subjected to a recent rebuilt but not all the...

Not all hire cars, just Fiat Pandas!!!!!

Every rental company in every holiday resort says the same thing: "Yu no drayv on ze beetch, yu no drayv on ze trak!" Every Landy enthusiast HEARS the same thing: "Drive on the beach, drive on the track.... That sounds like fun!"

Beat that? "56 mph in first gear and 8mph in top for a Nissan Micra" Off road in a Lanzarote hire car. Poor thing was mint on the outside when it went back to the airport. The under side was wrecked and I dont think any system on it was any longer capable of holding fluid. Maybe I should...

Clearly there are two schools of thought on how to approach this and currently the "phone the insurance people" school has more support. Please dont think im being disrespectful by not taking your advice but perhaps I may be able to convince you to join my school. This morning I went to a...

No, Alan. It was my tree.Just another indication that I should get back out to "Las Islas". Trees don't fall on cars often out there. "Good job no one was in it" Good job it wasnt anyone elses motor either. Then it definately would be an insurance job. Had the username name long before the...

Thanks for the advice but thinking about it I will have to get a replacement upper tailgate anyway. That will probably come with glass and need repainting. After that a second hand piece of OS rear glass won't cost much, plus a bloke to come and fit it for a few notes, he might as well repair...

Just had another look at the damage, it got the roof alright. There are two scores down the whole length of the roof panel. I should be able to float those out with some stopper but the tailgate is for the scrap. Insurance, hmmmm. Never made a claim in my life. I suspect its one of those...