P38A Searching for die hard P38 guru - EAS

DollyBird said:

Hi y’all nice to meet you. from canada but working solo in uk for the next year on and off in sw scotland… picked up a 1998 p38 diesel automatic, 66,000 miles, my 2nd p38 in this life…love this car! she’s really pretty inside and out and was running great for the first 6 months. roads in this area are rural, muddy and very bumpy..

one day she starting raising and lowering herself quite a bit when stopping and couple weeks later got an eas error, don’t drive over 35mph, suspension was shot. had her towed to a independent “land rover specialist…all models etc ” in sw scotland who changed the rear airbags (said they were leaking) and the shocks and cleared the fault. he had the car a week.
- bus 2hrs to pick up the car, a week later same eas error and car dropped but ride was not as bumpy as 1st time. towed to same shop, he had the car another week and said he overhauled the valve block and cleared the fault. drove it home.
- next morning same eas error and car dropped.

don’t trust this guy anymore, already wasted so much time and money on his attempts. he also could not clear an alarm fault (came on after mot at the local garage)…says he has “state of the art” software (not nanocom)…

just got the rac breakdown cover to get her towed farther, really love the car and just want her to be in good hands, who do y’all trust with yours? will be gone for month of june and want to leave her with someone who’s the real deal…who knows and loves this car…thanks for your help ~ dolly.

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biketeacherdave said:

Passenger footwear side kick panel remove it find the white multi block it will have corrosion give it a good clean. Some cut out the corroded plug and solder all the wire or just the badly corroded ones.
As above have a look see in technical section.
So called expert garages hardly ever fix an issue.

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DollyBird said:

Hi there, i have never worked on a car in my life but will look for this, thank you. ~ dolly

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pwood999 said:

@DollyBird Assuming the garage rebuilt the valve block correctly, then there are only a few things that can cause issues.

1) as Kieth says, corrosion in the connectors behind left footwell panel.
2) air leaks at valve block, airbags or the airlines
3) weak compressor, so it cannot keep up with the demand (£25 kit for this - not a new compressor)
4) bad height sensor connectors, or failing sensor

Make sure where ever you take it, ask for the detailed fault list. That way we might be able to give advice.

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pwood999 said:

@DollyBird Assuming the garage rebuilt the valve block correctly, then there are only a few things that can cause issues.

1) as Kieth says, corrosion in the connectors behind left footwell panel.
2) air leaks at valve block, airbags or the airlines
3) weak compressor, so it cannot keep up with the demand (£25 kit for this - not a new compressor)
4) bad height sensor connectors, or failing sensor

Make sure where ever you take it, ask for the detailed fault list. That way we might be able to give advice.

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