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I've been having some battery problems recently. Didn't move it for a couple of weeks and it had 2.6V. Hmmmm. It's taken a charge and starts fine now. Not sure if there's an electrical drain, or a duff battery yet. I get loads of corrosion on the terminals, and the top of the battery is always...

So my positive battery terminal has been a constant source of corrosion. Where talking mounds of blue and white powered. I'd clean it off from time to time, but otherwise failed to do anything about it. Anyway, I now need to do somehting about it, as the car failed to start. Cleaning up the...

I'm just about to re-build my EAS valve block. A couple of queries however that came to mind as I was removing it form the car and wouldn't mind getting a second opinion on. First, I'm rebuilding it as my tank slowly looses pressure (circa 2 psi per hour) and it;s not from the tank or the line...

I think I've blown my EAS pump again. Repaired it about 6 months ago, and EAS worked perfectly, but today it refuses to raise. It was working perfectly the other day, and I drove with the tailgate open. EAS was therefore disabled. About 15 minutes into the journey EAS fault message pops up...

I'm restoring a steering wheel to replace my old tired one. The one I have has a plastic lug missing as shown in the image. When I bought it, I was planning on just swapping the whole black back piece from my old wheel, but I can't for the life of me get it off. Do I need this plastic lug that...

I spend a lot of my time in the Range Rover section and there's loads of posts where the title doesn't include the car type, e.g. L322, P38 etc. My mild OCD would love to occasionally fix them all so I don't keep entering a post I actually don't care about. Could long term users be given the...

I really can't decide whether to put a modern Android touch screen radio in my 2000 P38 or not. On one hand, I would really like a reversing camera, DAB radio, decent modern built in sat-nav and a Bluetooth connection to my phone for calls and music. Anything else it would offer would just be a...

My 4.0 2000 is the only P38 I've ever driven so not sure if the gearbox feel is normal. It's a little slow to change gear. Let say I'm going down a hill, dropping it form D to 2nd It's a good couple of seconds between each gear change. Is this normal? Sometime it's also not as silky smooth as I...

My HVAC has been down for a while. Both blender motors (right and left) not happy. Last weekend, finally got round to removing the easier to get to, but still quite hard left blender motor. One of the solder points on the potentiometer had failed, so sorted that, and that side seems to be...

I'm re-building my EAS pump as it's scored to hell. But I just can't get the piston off its spline. I've removed the grub screw, and fully undone the screw under it (screw still in, but fully undone). I've been tapping the thing, prying on the backside like a monkey and it just won't budge. I...

Heel on the floor mat, moving from accelerator to brake my toes hit the plastic cover above the footwell. I don't have big feet. Size 8.5 UK. Arguably small. I can avoid hitting my toes, but I have to completely life my feet up off the floor and move them over. Does anybody else find that...

Is anyone else finding the P38 has become almost uninsurable? Living in the Croydon area, the normal online compare insurance policies are £1000+ Classic car insurance is even more expensive. Just been quoted £1500 by one of the big name classic car insurance firms. They think it's a...

My P38 has been playing a game of, I see you fixed this issue, here's another one for you... Suprise.... Anyway, I now keep getting EAS Fault messages on the dashboard. Code using RSW tool is (Inltet Valve Stuck open). If I clear it, it will work fine for a couple of days and the fault will...

After my recent overheating issue, one the part I'm changing just in case is the thermostat. I've just gone for an aftermarket one. I was disappointed that I couldn't get one that operates at a lower temperature without buying something like this aluminium cased one for £400. Also it's out of...

Ok, so I think my head gasket on my MY2000 P38 4.0 V8 has gone. :( I've had the car about a year, and in that time, the temp needle has never gone beyond half way. I noticed about 2 weeks ago my expansion tank was almost empty. I assumed I just hadn't been checking it, so topped it up and...

I get the book symbol often on my HVAC. If I leave both sides in LO, then the book doesn't appear. I can change the distribution buttons with no issue. When the book symbol comes on, it disappears after a restart, so I believe the motors are all winding back to their start position correctly...

I'm about to start diagnosing why my passenger electric window isn't working. I figure it's either the wiring, center switch pack, motor or the computer box thing behind the door card. To save me some time, does anyone have some tips, or order to check things in. I assume the switches are all...

I found these loose connections in my engine bay (4.0 MY2000). First two images show the same connector that has just been unplugged. Third image I have no idea what the little white connector might plug into. Just curious what luxury features I'm missing by not having these wires plugged in.

Does anybody know what product I could use to dye the rear C pillars black again on a P38? Some of the colour has rubbed off and looks a bit of a mess. Thanks

I love my P38 and I think I will always want to own one. But it does make me wonder how likely am I to run one in 20+ years time? By then, fuel will probably all be synthetic, cost four times as much, plus a little extra as politicians will argue that you have no right to pollute the air when...