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Hi Can anyone please tell me where i can get some silicone hoses for my P38a. want to replace all the coolant pipes and pipes to the heater matrix metal pipes. Anyone any ideas ???

New engine fitted at a cost of 3.5K yes i know expensive but he had me by the short an curly's. Anyway did 500 miles then the bloody RED light came on again ARGH!!!!!!! Managed to get it recovered to the garage where engine fitted and he told me its the Heater Matrix that's gone and that caused the system to overheat. Even thou it only lost about a pint of water. But now he telling me because the engine has over heated and i mean the red light was on for about 10 seconds that the engine warranty is now void. Anyone any ideas on what i can do ?? CARL

Update New engine fitted at a cost of 3.5K yes i know expensive but he had me by the short an curly's. Anyway did 500 miles then the bloody RED light came on again ARGH!!!!!!! Managed to get it recovered to the garage where engine fitted and he told me its the Heater Matrix that's gone and that caused the system to overheat. Even thou it only lost about a pint of water. But now he telling me because the engine has over heated and i mean the red light was on for about 10 seconds that the engine warranty is now void. Anyone any ideas on what i can do ?? CARL

Contacted OVerfinch they dont do them for P38 anymore so need to find someone else

Hi looks like a good job do you know how much it cost ??? any contact details for overfinch ? Carl

Hi I love my P38 2001 range rover to bits but my family has expanded again and now need to look at fitting a rear seat conversion kit to turn it into 7 seats. Does anyone know where i can get a kit or find someone who fits them. i found one on ebay which came from a 2003 rr but not sure if it will fit into a P38. Anyone fitted a conversion kit ????

Right I've finally bit the bullet and bought a new short engine. 3200 for everything engine,cams,timing chain,new steering damper and flex disc between engine and gearbox and fitted. Carl

Gents He did do a compression test and apparently the system was pressurising instantly. Plugs were ok as well no water in oil. I am concerned over the fact of sopending 1500 if its not a long term fix as i do want to keep the car. Can someone please give advice as to where to go for a new engine?? whats the difference between short and long ??? i'm very gratefull for all this help

Gents some more information from the Garage. Heads stripped and have found its not the gasket but a leak between the liner and block in cylinder no.2 He is proposing that he uses a ceramic sealer from america to seal the leak and also replace the worn cam shaft and followers and timing chain. Anyone heard of this Ceramic sealer stuff. i guess my other option is to look at a new block of complete engine ???

Would you be willing to quote for the Job ?? Is there any reason to do the cam and followers ??

Well its booked in for 29th Dec but taking longer due to there machine shop not being open til 5th Jan, also includes pressure testing and guarantee dont think many garages give that.

Yes the AA did check for gases but that was about 2 months ago and garage said they checked for gases and found them. Also water/coolant in exhaust system ?? I was thinking along same line as urself some sort of blockage but how would i find it it doesnt even run for 5 mins now without overheating its never been this bad used to get atleast 20 mins before overheating.

well guys Had it to a LR specialist mainly does P38's and done pressure tests and its the head gaskets, also water coming out the exhaust. apparently pressurising pretty much straight away. Quoted me 600 to do the heads oil change and guarante. does this sound reasonable? also said he would do timing chain, crank shaft oil seal and sterring damper for an extra 300. carl

Hi guys I've got a Range Rover P38 Spec Ed Westminster 2001. Have mega problems with overheating. it all started about 8 months ago went it started overheating but couldnt see any water leaks so suspected Thermostat, changed and refilled system and ran fine for bout 4 weeks. then started overheating again and losing water and checked system and found water pump was leaking from mech seal on shaft and also gasket. changed water pump and refilled again, again all works for about 5 months. Went to work in the RR and red light came on and called AA guy came out and told him history then he checked for combustion gases in the coolant and all was clear nothing. took car home drained the coolant system best i could and refilled again took about 10.5 litres of coolant mix i know book says 11.3 litres but guessed it wasnt totally empty. anyways the car ran fine for about another 6 weeks. Now its started again but im losing mega amounts of coolant last night it started only did about 7 miles and red light came on so pulled over and luckily i always carry a big bottle of water (2Litre) in the car so took cap off let it depressurise (seemed to be quite pressurised) then filled it up with the 2 litres of water. did about 2 miles if that and again red light, so pulled over and called the AA, filled up the tank with another 7 litres off water and pulled onto back of recovery truck and took us home took car of truck and parked up checked tank and tank was empty ?? wheres water gone none on truck so not leaked ??? mega mystery no water in car ive put 9 litres of water in the system and only did 2 miles and still overheating whats happening mystery ??? help appreciated. i know its a long post but want you to know full story taking it to a local independent ex LR tech next week for Pressure testing.

Hi guys looks like i got a few things to check. from my understanding of changing blend motors i guess its a full dash out job am i right >???