For clarity, if I don't need the car and that can be for a few weeks at a time, I put her on full air (always have was advised years ago to do so – can’t remember why now) and disconnect the battery (saves flat battery). If the bags were leaking she would drop down over time I assume?

Had a 4ltr Disco on LPG, lost the engine at what I think was early mileage, about 110K the cylinders became porous (was gassed at 50K), the guy that whipped it out and replaced it reckoned the gas was to blame as it runs much hotter - can't say as I don't know, but had the new engine gassed and...

Hi Tomcat59alan, yes you did suggest this at the beginning, very sorry for not perusing it but until owl's post I did not understand or see the relevance, now I do, thanks.....

Hi owl, wow did not know that, I had narrowed it down to a steady state of a voltage either -Ve or +Ve, as noted above. So are we talking the upper or lower half of the taile gate or both? I work away and the good lady has this car during the week (I have the P38) so can't check till the...

Hi all, have looked across the forum, if I have missed it sorry please point me at it; P38 MY 2000 · When on maximum high air no problems and will sit on high air for weeks and not drop at all. · When on maximum low air no problems stays down and pops back up within a very few seconds of...

Oh well, nearly, it has worked well then suddenly it stopped working for no reason, except I replaced the old bonnet alarm switch with a new one! I have even taken it off again but she won't revert to working correctly :( Keep looking......

Fingers crossed - removed the 7 pin socket and it was showing signs of rust on the rear, no real voltage corrosion. However swapped it for a new one, and in last 24 hours has been good - but not yet claiming to have fixed it - far too early. At the same time think I my have discovered why the...

Hi Datatek, long time no speak, how you keeping? That had dawned on me yesterday and I hope that is the case, I am working away this week and have the P38 with me, will check when I get home on Saturday. The same socket for the P38 is actually on a short lead that tucks behind the air filter...

Hiya Saint, Thank you, quick update; having read it, I don't have the kit to do the technical checks, but walked through the manual tests, press this button press that - get this result then the BUS is good. All good. That left either the interference from such as fitted mobile phones, after...

Hi Saint, Thank you, I will sit and have a read, the two issues of Power Steering and Central Locking are very clearly related as both work or don't work, never one or the other.

I am very sorry I don't see the relevance in your reply, how can the tailgate that works, stop the central locking and power steering working - clearly I am missing something vital in the information offered. :(

Hi all, I have looked at central locking treads, no resolve, I have looked at power steering threads no resolve, hence a new thread. I need help (so does my car!) a 2005 Vogue with a strange issue. When approached she will only unlock the drives door and with the remote (any of the keys) and...

Hiya, No, no wet carpet, when i had the rear wiper issue I cleaned and sprayed the contacts and connectors so there should not be corrosion, but worth a double check thank you.

Hi, She is a P38A MY2000 V8 4.6 (Grantham) Sounds like the BeCM then Datatek, I have been having issues with that as you may note from a previous article, where I fixed it a month or so ago with a rubber hammer cos the rear wiper would not work, I will run it into Ian Marshall and ask him to...

P38A Alarm not setting… Hi guys, backend last week, locked the car and the indicators did not flash as they normally do, so waited for the superlock to activate to confirm it’s fully locked, and left it till today, now I have checked and double checked and nothing. The...

No not ex-REME, but am ex-GPO engineer and ELP, now that shows my age! GPO ELP (Electric Light and power) that became BT Telephone engineer with electrical qualifications - same thing I guess as REME, had a big hammer to fix things, except it was rubber less visible damage!

IT WORKS! With the battery disconnected, here is what I did: Removed the connector C1584 from the BeCM (battery disconnected as I had no idea what removing this connecter would do with the car live!) Removed the connector C0388 from the wiper motor Tested each wire back to the connector at the...

Hi all, quick update, wiring sounds to be good, same conditions seen on wiring wiper switch on or off, need to disconnect at BeCM and check there is same then relay knackered, if not then wiring suspect! Currently my money is on the BeCM. With ignition on Red with Blue wire always hot (agrees...

Datatek, found the ZIP file thank you. Wammers, fuse good, need to check the relay in daylight, thanks. Steve

Hi Datatek, the version of RAVE I have is so old that it does not have wiring diagrams in it, it does have circuits but they do not show the wire colours or expected conditions in any state, where can I get a later version please? Steve