yes I brought a dead p38 help

hi guys i have just brought another range rover p38 4.6 petrol i brought it blind for sensible money its in very god condition but its been stood up for a while and the batery went dead :doh: I have tried to put another battery on it includng the one off my dse and icant get any battery lights no bleeps no dash message, no interior light nothing have you any ideas what it could be etc thanks

fuse boxes and feed and earth to bcem first port of call

p38on22s said:

hi guys i have just brought another range rover p38 4.6 petrol i brought it blind for sensible money its in very god condition but its been stood up for a while and the batery went dead :doh: I have tried to put another battery on it includng the one off my dse and icant get any battery lights no bleeps no dash message, no interior light nothing have you any ideas what it could be etc thanks

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Either you have corroded connections somewhere or, some dummy has tried to jump start it with a reverse connected battery and blown the ECU's to bits

Datatek said:

Either you have corroded connections somewhere or, some dummy has tried to jump start it with a reverse connected battery and blown the ECU's to bits

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or 24 volts.

p38on22s said:

hi guys i have just brought another range rover p38 4.6 petrol i brought it blind for sensible money its in very god condition but its been stood up for a while and the batery went dead :doh: I have tried to put another battery on it includng the one off my dse and icant get any battery lights no bleeps no dash message, no interior light nothing have you any ideas what it could be etc thanks

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check the earth to chasis from battery,failing that it is a question of elimination.
at least it has a definite fault lol

hi,this is not a weired question,but did you buy it from a dealer and is it red in colour??

gemsdad said:

hi,this is not a weired question,but did you buy it from a dealer and is it red in colour??

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I take it I'm not the only one thinking along those lines then?

hi yes it is red brought it from a private sale by word of mouth from southend and like 1 person says at least its got a def fault to work with

ratty said:

I take it I'm not the only one thinking along those lines then?

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yes ratty,it does look like the 24 volt booster one dunt it.

p38on22s said:

hi yes it is red brought it from a private sale by word of mouth from southend and like 1 person says at least its got a def fault to work with

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if this is the one that has tried to be started using a 24volt booster,if it has then i would think that the BECM has been burnt out.plus there could be other things that could be ruined as well.

its a n reg with cream leather interior got a little bit of t and t left on it-- so whats this about someone trying to jump start one with a 24v set up thanks

its a n reg with cream leather interior got a little bit of t and t left on it-- so whats this about someone trying to jump start one with a 24v set up thanks

p38on22s said:

its a n reg with cream leather interior got a little bit of t and t left on it-- so whats this about someone trying to jump start one with a 24v set up thanks

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there was a bloke on here a couple of weeks ago asking about his p38,he said because he could not start it he tried to start it with a 24 volt jump starter pack,if this is yours then i'm afraid it will prob cost you a good few bob to put it right,can you put a pic of your p38 on here for us to look at,then we might be able to see if it is the same one.he also had it on ebay,or gumtree i think it was.