Got the head off yesterday, including breaking one head bolt (luckily it sheared at the head so i could get it out with a stud extractor) Head gaskets, don't look damaged and the head are still flat, so i am going to rebiuld the heads (new stem seals and regrind the valves) and put it back...

I Think I may have caused some confustion here the new engine was fitted 78K miles ago, Typo in my post. The rangie has done about 128K miles. I took the head off the right bank last night, I couldn't see any visible damge to the gasket, is this normal? or does it now look more like a...

Not got the cylinder heads off yet, but nearly ther should have the right bank off tonight. Head Gasket has definitly gone on the outside of the block at cylinder 2 as once I got the alternator mount off I could see lots brown sludge down the side of the engine starting at the cylinder head...

Strange there would only be oil on the rings on one cylinder. I will do a wet test on each cylinder tomorrow, see if the other come up to 200 psi Then pull the drivers side head not sure I want to think about water in the bore, that just sounds expensive. Plugs were all dry when they came...

Thanks, I am already working out how much a new block will cost. Really after any suggestions on whay cyliner 2 would be so high. I expected some low comprssions indicating where the gasket had blown

Hi My 4.6 V8 has sfter 78,000 miles done what every V8 does eventually. It overheated. th cooling system was bone dry by the time I got the car parked up (some nice drivers who would not leave a gap for me to get off the road). The cause was a burst hose (i think) which has now been fixed, I...

The ABS light will stay on until you move, I think it needs a couple of turns of your wheels to do the self test

Thanks, guess that means I need to get a service done on my LPG or do I just need to put a tank of petrol through to reset the trims? The last LPG service was 6 months ago and my nearest LPG service place is 100 miles away

Hi All Over the last few days my V8 4.6 has started to develop a hesitation. When I start and drive off with a cold engine for the first 20-30 seconds the engine will not rev over 1500rpm and the car stays in 1st or 2nd gear. It will rev fine when static or in neutral. After I get few pops...

Can't give you any real help on which are the best parts, but by the looks of your first post I am reasonably local to you if you need a hand or second opinion, etc

Hi Rudy Would this be the vehicle you are talking about 1995 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER HSE AUTO GREEN | eBay UK

Really hacks me off when people on e-bay plagerise other peoples work or start charging for free software. On the forum for my other cars we give the workshop & parts manuals away free to members and diagnostic software is also free, forum also provides the cables at cost in the same way Datatek...

I would suggest you have a good chat with trading standards as they will be able to give you the proper wording. Basically the garage have a duty of care to look after your vehicle whilst it is in their possesion. If they damage any part of the vehicle, they are resposible for its repair. Many...

I have always been told, that you can't test a permanant 4x4 on a set of 2 rollers, they either need 4 rollers or use the footwell device. Was also told that you cat put a car with an LSD ona 2 roller system

I just use an 096 Battery (600 ish amps) and a set of jump leads made from 4 x 250 amp welding clamps and 300 amp welding cable, much better than the ****e you get from Halfrauds, etc. Even with a battery hard down this gets things going on the first turn of the key

Cheers guys, that is next weekends jobs sorted then.

Hi all, the auto box in my 4.6 v8 seems to like holding 3rd gear, is this normal? It seems to move from 1st, 2nd, to 3rd very quickly when accelerating up to about 55mph, then jump quickly to 4th & TC lockup. If I just accelerate up to 50mph, the it will sit in 3rd with the engine at...

If you have a manual gear box, then there will be a button on the dash. Guess you could call 1st & 2nd on a manual low range :D Have you checked the fuses. The low range is engaged by an electric motor in the transfer box

Hi some of the satnav units in the P38 can be quite sensitive (MK2 units). The previous owner may have replace a broken sat nav computer with a unit out of an l322, this can cause the stereo to mute and only give very quiet nav instructions. May be worth extracting your sat nav unit to check the...

About once a month my P38 gets a run through a rally stage, both before and after the rally cars have gone through.