p38 with problems becm?

digitalis1 said:

hi everyone have been browsing the site for the last few weeks since buying what i thought was a dream car off fleabay only to be presented with a complete nightmare, :doh: i have managed to sort some of the problems out just by reading posts and saved myself some money to boot! however have had to register today to try and get some help in getting my rangie started and then hopefully i can get it down to the mot station to see if the long list of possible problems are real or just a figment of someone elses imagination ( no doubt i will post up with these at a later time if and when i can get the non starting problem diagnosed and fixed)
anyway i will try to describe the problem and hopefully get some help.
brought the car and drove it home next morning had to tow the caravan to a dealers for some work to be done, on the way i had a lot of air escaping from the car and it dropped to the bump stops! not a comfortable ride!! i had that diagnosed as airbags so i bit the bullet and replaced the bags only to find out the airsupply pipes were holed :doh: anyway thats done now, so anyway after doing that tried to start the car and i got the enigine disabled press remote message on the dash, tried the remote and it wouldn't do anything (new batts in remote week before) after many unsucessfull attempts then tried the eka code no joy got the rac out again no joy so i had it towed in to a range rover specialist (not going to name them at the moment) who diagnosed the becm wouldnt communicate with the specialist computer, they then told me that the becm was dead and would need to be replaced but before they would do that they would get it up on the ramps and see what else needed doing as they were doing the mot as well and would see if it would be viable to replace the becm. to cut a long story short they presented me with a list of 101 different problems, which was going to cost £2200 plus vat to put right, ( i have trawled the internet and feel a lot of the things i could confidentally do myself but the thing that is stopping me is this becm problem. I cannot start the car for love nor money can somebody help me to get this sorted, i am not sure what things i need to tell you but if you post a question i will do my best to answer you as best i can!! for now i will tell you it is a 2001 rr vouge 4.6 with an lpg conversion i have removed the keyfob antenna from the rear of the car to prevent spurious signals have left the battery off and tried all the things suggested, tried eka and kicked the wheels numerous times!! hope someone can help
regards
dave

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