P38 v8 no spark but engine turns.

are you still comming over tonight?

Gav,
I spoke to them again they are taking out the gear box in the morning to get to the fly wheel. I mentioned what you said, they said we checked in the inspection ports and its ot the sam fly wheel as they have on the shelfs..

wtf?

i wouldn't imagine the engine would come with a fly wheel? they would have had to place the flywheel on from your old engine or a brand new one, which should have been check against your old one???


what is the one on the shelf?

i would start getting very nervous here, if they have put the wrong flywheel on then i doubt they will have located the torq converter correctly!!!

i would make plans to hire a car to get you family home!!

Gav me again,

ok They are going to send me a picture through my phone from the crank sensor as soon as i recieve it I will need some how of getting it to you.

Im thinking of pulling the car out from this place.

This is starting to get silly now. Pull the car, seriousy there are half a dozen people on here telling you that you are being messed about big time. Someone with the right gear will have the answer in 10 mins. Pulling the gearbox to test the crank signal is absurd. 5 mins with an automotive scope will tell you if your getting a signal from it.

I've only just caught up with this thread. I can pop in there tomorrow with my syncmate if the engine and gearbox are hooked up. I have no other diagnostic equipment so can only do a resync. But am happy to give it a try. Either pm me or leave a post with the address and a name if you think it will do any good. I'll check early tomorrow morning before I go to work.

thats the best thing tht can happen in the next few hours to that car!

For fcuk sake don't tell them anything about thr syncmatr. They'll be advertising rr specialist

Hello , i've been following this thread too. re synic seems the order of the day in my opinion.... but one thing you could check if re synic is needed ( but i could be wrong.... so correct me if i am guys)
When starting my range rover and it is running correctly....when you insert key and follow starting secquence look at the key , as your key turns from position 2 to start ,.... i have noticed the little red light flashes on the key fob' which if i'm correct this means the transponder is operating correctly , sending the correct information to enable you to start you range rover ,,,,,
Now if its in need of a re synic surly the light dose not flash, meaning transponder is not syniced ??????? This is just something i noticed the other day ....has anyone else noticed this or am i way off the scale ????????not seen it mentioned before????? also i have a 96 4.0 v8 petrol ( no gas) and twice i've had mine resyniced and both times i've been unable to crank engine let alone start it,,, (gems engine fitted) ..
so whats the reason for other models being able to crank on the key when a resynic is needed???? or is it just diesels that can crank,
this may be of some use if not o well ...... Rob

if the car is imobilised it wont crank at all. as in if the wrong key/fob or a screw driver is used.

if the correct key is used but the signal is not recieved correctly they seem to crank but not fire. dunno why/how/whats going on tho!

the flashing is the key and car resyncing, i'm pretty sure its on rr.net or in rave, ive read that everytime the key is used it resyncs.

obviously if the codes from the key don't match what the car is expecting it wont allow the car to run.

but i think the syncmate sorts the signal(hanshake) between the becm and the ecu.

i remember reading something about the handshake/code sending that means the earlier p38's don't go out of sync as easily as the later ones hence the syncmate only working on later models. the handshake is handled a little differently. thats off the top of my head after a 12 hour shift so don't take it as gospel as it could just be the case on the galactic 7 spacecraft i was piloting 3 lightyears ago during my lunch break!

if the car is imobilised it wont crank at all. as in if the wrong key/fob or a screw driver is used.

if the correct key is used but the signal is not recieved correctly they seem to crank but not fire. dunno why/how/whats going on tho!

the flashing is the key and car resyncing, i'm pretty sure its on rr.net or in rave, ive read that everytime the key is used it resyncs.

obviously if the codes from the key don't match what the car is expecting it wont allow the car to run.

but i think the syncmate sorts the signal(hanshake) between the becm and the ecu.

i remember reading something about the handshake/code sending that means the earlier p38's don't go out of sync as easily as the later ones hence the syncmate only working on later models. the handshake is handled a little differently. thats off the top of my head after a 12 hour shift so don't take it as gospel as it could just be the case on the galactic 7 spacecraft i was piloting 3 lightyears ago during my lunch break!

Im pulling the car its going to a another garage highly reccomended and knows and owns p38, dave once again thanks for popping in there today your a Gent. I just hope this guy can get my pride up and running by early next week. or im stuffed. oh ADAC/AA gave me a curtosy car today for one week a S class Merc fully loaded free. God I would not get that tratment in the UK. OR B, they feel sorry for me.....

Im pulling the car its going to a another garage highly reccomended and knows and owns p38, dave once again thanks for popping in there today your a Gent. I just hope this guy can get my pride up and running by early next week. or im stuffed. oh ADAC/AA gave me a curtosy car today for one week a S class Merc fully loaded free. God I would not get that treatment in the UK. OR B, they feel sorry for me.....

were would I get a good used , or new BCM computer, mine has gone for testing along with the ecu. as the Gent which has my vehicle, has checked everything so far. were getting a slight reading but not strong enough. The crank sensor is fine and the cam sensor is also fine.

I hope I wont need these.......