P38 Paul

Hi everyone , I have a diesel leak on my P38 , it is coming from one of the unions at the injector pump & one of the high pressure pipes that go to the injectors , the union is real tight so my question is :- is there a seal like an 'o' ring in there , or is it a compression type fitting ? any help at all would be very helpful .

hello Simon , just taken the door handle off & all the plastics are broken , so if you don't mind I would like to take you up on your offer , I don't know where you are based but I am in Birmingham so you might need to post it to me . looking forward to speaking to you , kind regards , Paul . 07803495507 .

I think I'm in a bit of trouble here , I've just gone to get in my p38 & the drivers door outer handle has just broken off , had a quick look on flea bay & not one to be had , I kind of remember that this handle is part of the alarm / immobiliser & that you cant just replace the handle , is that correct ? any help at all or info would be gratefully appreciated .

Hello Pep , can I take it that 00 means 2000 ? If so its a range rover Mk 11 , also known as a P38 as well , I have the exact same car , kind regards , Paul .

I bought spare a pump off e-bay once & upon fitting to the car found it would not run , fitted the old pump back on & that run ok , hard wired the new pump & it ran ok , fitted it back on the car & still wouldn't run , I recon that your pump has gained the same fault as my spare pump had & I never found out what the problem was , the only way of proving it is to fit another pump . Good luck .

Sounds like the lift mechanism has come out of one of the channels , Back off with the door card again !

hello mate , just a thought about your FLASHING LIGHT OFF ROAD POSITION , I had this happen to me & it would not shift off this setting , but I did manage to cure it by replacing the valve block driver , hope this helps , regards Paul .

hello Filip , thanks for your input & would like to say that I did do most of the work myself apart from the FIP & the diagnostics as I find that the P38 is a real nice car to work on . regards Paul .

hello Steve , if my BECM goes faulty like yours I am going to buy a 50p service kit " a box of matches " & have it as the center piece on November 5th LOL .

Hello chaps , just a quick update on the loss of power I had on my P38 , in the end it turned out to be the mass air flow meter , this I found after replacing the EGR valve & the boost pressure sensor , all of these showed up as faulty when plugged in to a fault code reader but in reality it was just the MAF sensor , adding the cost of a reconditioned FIP & a new in tank fuel pump this bloody car has cost me just over £1250 in 6 weeks . thanks to everyone that posted there ideas , I couldn't have found this fault without you guys .

hello Steve , in tank fuel pump is new last week , is there anything I can check or clean on the MAS , or is it replacement only ? do you think I can rule out the MAP sensor ? thanks for sticking with me on this , regards , Paul .

hello Steve , I have no fault reader but what I have just done is took it for a short drive & about two miles from home I unplugged the sensor & took the pipe off , this made no difference whatsoever to the carp running of the engine but it did burst into life at one stage for about 100 yards & then went back to carp running , but it does that when its all plugged in . so plugged in or disconnected its still runs the same . is the sensor faulty ? what do you think Steve ? regards , Paul .

hello David , thanks for the new sensor locations , I thought I was cracking up when I couldn't find them , regards , Paul .

hello Steve , there were no codes coming up on the scanner , only a knackered FIP . but your description of a medium limp home mode with slow acceleration couldn't be more accurate , is there any way of checking the boost pressure sensor " apart from cleaning it first " before buying a new one . cheers Paul .

MAF , is that on the side of the fuel filter or air filter ?

hello chaps , just a quick update , I have changed the fuel filter again & checked the rubber pipes from the engine to turbo . can you tell me where to look for the turbo pressure sensor ?

hello David , the fuel filter was changed in April of this year & with the mileage it has done in the past month I would have thought there was very little chance of any water there might of been in the system at present , do you think I ought to change the filter again ? kind regards , Paul .

hello peoples , I have owned my car since 2006 but got a problem that I need help with , its a p38 diesel m/y 2000 that has lost power . it went faulty on the M5 at 80 mph , it shuddered just like a misfire & then picked back up again , 5 minutes later in the fast lane it did it again then lost power , there were no messages on the dashboard so I drove it home 100 miles with mixed acceleration , sometimes full power but most of it reduced power . took it to an independent L/R dealer who plugged it in & said it was the injection pump , he changed the pump but on picking it up it had the same problem so I went back & he plugged it back in again & said there was no fault showing , he test drove the car & it drove without fault & said that these engines like to be revved but I said that it would never drive it as hard as he did . so he suggested that the in tank fuel pump maybe a little worn , so this weekend I changed the pump but to no avail . I still have to take a run at a hill & take my life in my hands at busy junctions because there is no get up & go . I have spent over a grand in one week & still don't know what is wrong with the car . anyone got any ideas on what is wrong or any suggestions ?

hello mate , I had a similar problem on a jaguar that turned out to be failure of the viscous coupling on the cooling fan which caused a bad vibration , might be worth a quick look before you go any deeper in , kind regards , Paul .

hello mate , have you tried swaping the relay for another one ? it might be a easy fix for you . other than that i think i would be looking at a wiring or rotary coupling fault . kind regards , Paul .

hello mate , the horn will work without the ignition on & without the key in the ignition , hope this helps , kind regards , Paul .

Hello DC , i hav'nt got a RRC myself , but this sounds like a relay fault to me , Hope this helps . P38 Paul .

hello mate , in my opinion i would'nt muck about trying to repair the engine as it is very likly to happen again , its a well known problem , best to fit another unit if you can get one . as for the air bags , they have been blown all the way up so that you can see the condition of them & they look spot on to me , like new . hope this helped , regards , Paul .

Hello mate , i've got a p38 thats doing exactly the same & have decided to wait for the pump itself to wear out & then change the whole unit . i have read that this is a common problem with the pump unit & is unlikely to be a becm or fuel gauge problem . with my p38 its a real faf to take the fuel pump out , so i am using the trip meter & traveling 300 miles , then filling the tank to the top which is keeping me within a safe margin so i dont run out . so all in all , i would say it was the sender itself that is your problem . i hope this helps & good luck , all the best , Paul .

hello Dave , after it clears the fault on the srs , will it extinguish the warning light which has to be out for the mot , or will it still have to be reset by a landrover main dealer ? regards , Paul .