P Reg Blue P38
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Over the years on my P38 4.0 V8, 2.5dHSE and recently my L322 4.4 V8 I have suffered power drains.
On the P38s they just flattened the battery.
On the L322 this meant the usual litany of AC, power steering and air suspension faults – as well as flattening the battery. Initially, installing a fresh new battery would cure these issues. Then eventually they came to stay.
Apart from a recent trip to France, when the car performed faultlessly for 5 days, until after a thunderstorm in Dijon, all the the problems returned. I thought about water ingress but a lot of people said this wasn't the case
At my wit's end I decided to sell the car for what I could get.Then a garage I trust suggested I try Cartronics in Byfleet (near the M25 in Surrey). These guys had the car for over a week.
Eventually they found the problem. An ECU underneath the front passenger footwell was sitting in an inch and a half of water. This particular module is impossible to get hold of, so they repaired it put in it a plastic bag and mounted it higher up than before. They also drilled a small hole in the floor to drain any other water.
The bill wasn't small, but the car now runs perfectly. I can't praise Cartronics enough.
Cartonics. 01932 800 800. Byfleet KT14 7OG www.cartronics.co.uk
On the P38s they just flattened the battery.
On the L322 this meant the usual litany of AC, power steering and air suspension faults – as well as flattening the battery. Initially, installing a fresh new battery would cure these issues. Then eventually they came to stay.
Apart from a recent trip to France, when the car performed faultlessly for 5 days, until after a thunderstorm in Dijon, all the the problems returned. I thought about water ingress but a lot of people said this wasn't the case
At my wit's end I decided to sell the car for what I could get.Then a garage I trust suggested I try Cartronics in Byfleet (near the M25 in Surrey). These guys had the car for over a week.
Eventually they found the problem. An ECU underneath the front passenger footwell was sitting in an inch and a half of water. This particular module is impossible to get hold of, so they repaired it put in it a plastic bag and mounted it higher up than before. They also drilled a small hole in the floor to drain any other water.
The bill wasn't small, but the car now runs perfectly. I can't praise Cartronics enough.
Cartonics. 01932 800 800. Byfleet KT14 7OG www.cartronics.co.uk
