P38 2001 sluggish and drinking diesel

This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
I

irishhorses

New Member
Posts
7
Location
Wrexham
This was my dream vehicle, always wanted one. After 1 month and 1500 miles later it just doesn't want to go. Very sluggish and using diesel like it's got hole in the tank. 1/4 tank 30 miles. Any help..
 
Hi, and welcome to Landy Zone, the best place for owners of Land Rover vehicles to meet in cyberspace.:D
You are currently in the "Introduce Yourself" sub-forum where you get to tell us all about you and your pride & joy and to share pictures of said vehicle.
However,THIS IS NOT THE PLACE for technical help or questions, there are sub-forums for each major branch of the Land Rover family tree.
Some of these are:
Series Land Rovershttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/series-land-rovers.6/
Defender 90-110-130 https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/defender-90-110-130.7/
Discovery https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-discovery.8/
Freelanderhttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-freelander.9/
Range Rover https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/range-rover.10/
101's and military Land Rovershttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/101s-and-military.79/

Posting your plea for help in the right forum (where the technical folks for each model are lurking) will get you the quickest results.
Lots of great help on here.


Welcome once again, it is great to have you on board. :D:D:D
 
Welcome.
This is the introduction section. Where you , as a new member, tell us a little about you and your vehicle. Which is nice, and establishes a community feeling in new members. Rather than the smash and grab approach for advice, in a first post.
Technical advice can be found in the relevant forum. Just go to main board and look for Range Rover. :)

Before posting take a look at this, as it may make others more willing to assist:
71PquRsxZTL.jpg
 
Last edited:
irishhorses said:
This was my dream vehicle, always wanted one. After 1 month and 1500 miles later it just doesn't want to go. Very sluggish and using diesel like it's got hole in the tank. 1/4 tank 30 miles. Any help..
Click to expand...
On a serious note, you'll not get better advice than this community is capable of providing. Excuse some of us taking a light-hearted approach on the odd occasion. Oh...and welcome to the best Landy forum on the Internet!
 
DanClarke said:
Hi, and welcome to Landy Zone, the best place for owners of Land Rover vehicles to meet in cyberspace.:D
You are currently in the "Introduce Yourself" sub-forum where you get to tell us all about you and your pride & joy and to share pictures of said vehicle.
However,THIS IS NOT THE PLACE for technical help or questions, there are sub-forums for each major branch of the Land Rover family tree.
Some of these are:
Series Land Rovershttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/series-land-rovers.6/
Defender 90-110-130 https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/defender-90-110-130.7/
Discovery https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-discovery.8/
Freelanderhttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/land-rover-freelander.9/
Range Rover https://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/range-rover.10/
101's and military Land Rovershttps://www.landyzone.co.uk/forum/101s-and-military.79/

Posting your plea for help in the right forum (where the technical folks for each model are lurking) will get you the quickest results.
Lots of great help on here.


Welcome once again, it is great to have you on board. :D:D:D
Click to expand...

Hi, sorry for posting in the wrong section..
 
irishhorses said:
Hi, sorry for posting in the wrong section..
Click to expand...
Don't worry about that mate! There's some cranky buggers on here at times. Many of us have upset the protocol "applecart" yet still lived to tell the tale.
When push comes to shove you'll get faultless advice worth it's weight in gold. Just grin and bear it and, when the occasion arises, give as much as you take =~}
 
Jon Dor said:
On a serious note, you'll not get better advice than this community is capable of providing. Excuse some of us taking a light-hearted approach on the odd occasion. Oh...and welcome to the best Landy forum on the Internet!
Click to expand...

Hi
Reading all the mickey taking comments has just reminded me why I never join or post on forums.
If i didnt need help or had the answers I wouldn't have joined.
Thanks
 
irishhorses said:
Hi
Reading all the mickey taking comments has just reminded me why I never join or post on forums.
If i didnt need help or had the answers I wouldn't have joined.
Thanks
Click to expand...
Try and look past grumpy/snipy/****-taking/sarcastic or downright inappropriate comments. You'll get on-the-nose advice in the appropriate section. I once replicated a post I had in here in the "anything goes" section and got some crap comments. There was nothing malicious and, since then, I have received priceless advice. It'd have been so easy to have left....you can guess the rest. My advice would be... "just go with the flow" and enjoy the banter!
 
Last edited:
irishhorses said:
Hi
Reading all the mickey taking comments has just reminded me why I never join or post on forums.
If i didnt need help or had the answers I wouldn't have joined.
Thanks
Click to expand...
Ah. Ask not what the forum can do for you, but what you can do for it!

If you don’t like a bit of banter then you are going to find things hard going on here. However, as said above, there be gold in them there forums.

Still worth adding a bit more about your vehicle, bus, truck, wagon, money pit....:cool:
 
irishhorses said:
Hi
Reading all the mickey taking comments has just reminded me why I never join or post on forums.
If i didnt need help or had the answers I wouldn't have joined.
Thanks
Click to expand...

You could look at it another way, oh and for the benefit of yourself and others, this is not "grumpy/snipy" or anything else. It is fact.
You could go to a garage, and pay for advice. Not work but advice. Which is possibly the biggest "mickey taking" out. You would have to spend time, and energy, finding a garage that know their way around Range Rovers and can help with your particular issue. You would have to leave your home and take your vehicle to them, and leave it with them. Just for them to throw ideas about, discuss what might be wrong, ask for more detail on symptoms, tell you your veh need diagnostics and charge you a princely sum

OR
You can come on a website, and ask, without so much as a please or a thank you, a group of people, who you do not know have not bothered to introduce yourself to, for free help. Then go in a strop because there was a bit of quite gentle banter.

You chose free help, from people who actually, don't have to help you. People who are doing you a kindness. So maybe a little less 'entitlement' and a little more 'thank you' , is in order.
You will find the help you need on here, but never forget, it is real people at the other side of the screen.



If you still wish help with your problem, wander over the the Range Rover section, and try again
 
gold rover said:
You could look at it another way, oh and for the benefit of yourself and others, this is not "grumpy/snipy" or anything else. It is fact.
You could go to a garage, and pay for advice. Not work but advice. Which is possibly the biggest "mickey taking" out. You would have to spend time, and energy, finding a garage that know their way around Range Rovers and can help with your particular issue. You would have to leave your home and take your vehicle to them, and leave it with them. Just for them to throw ideas about, discuss what might be wrong, ask for more detail on symptoms, tell you your veh need diagnostics and charge you a princely sum

OR
You can come on a website, and ask, without so much as a please or a thank you, a group of people, who you do not know have not bothered to introduce yourself to, for free help. Then go in a strop because there was a bit of quite gentle banter.

You chose free help, from people who actually, don't have to help you. People who are doing you a kindness. So maybe a little less 'entitlement' and a little more 'thank you' , is in order.
You will find the help you need on here, but never forget, it is real people at the other side of the screen.



If you still wish help with your problem, wander over the the Range Rover section, and try again
Click to expand...
Nicely put!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

S
P38 running issue
Replies
11
Views
983
brianp38dse
brianp38dse
enjoi
P38A Down on power when warmed up
2
Replies
31
Views
2K
enjoi
enjoi
andrewfisher
Engine won't start immediately but needs cranking
Replies
16
Views
2K
MJI
MJI
bankz5152
Defender TD5 Starting Issue and More!
Replies
0
Views
467
bankz5152
bankz5152
R
Range Rover P38 2001 2.5 diesel transmission pipework
Replies
19
Views
1K
Mark Piercy
Mark Piercy
Back
Top