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    Looking to buy a Range rover 2.5 diesel

    i have a 99 dhse and would willingly stick it against any standard petrol p38 over a quarter just to make them look really sick and if they can make a petrol as quick off the mark as my diesel for less than 300 quid good look to em oh yea and i still get 28 to the gallon around town 32 on a run...
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    Will This Kill me?.....

    construction and use dont apply nor does type approval as land rover will only have put one car in for type approval,abs or non abs it wouldnt have mattered, as for m.o.t just because it has abs rings or sensors on we would still have to look for an ABS pump to confirm it had ABS as standard, as...
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    2.5 Diesel, Plastic and Metal Manifold

    have they got a late engine they are trying to sell you or something all mt51s are interchangeable with varying degrees of things to be changed i wouldnt even bother looking for an engine out of a range 4*4 breakers demand a premium locally i was looking at £1600 for a 1996 range engine 130k or...
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    2.5 Diesel, Plastic and Metal Manifold

    tell them to put the plastic one on if they are that bothered there isnt any difference all you do is move the studs on the front three ports to the other set of holes my 99 model had a plastic manifold on i fitted an omega 2001 engine and left the metal inlet on only difference is the turbo...
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    PSI Powerchip

    if it is supposed to go between the pump and the loom then the plug is just under the inlet manifold but i am almost sure that is 7 pin it is on the plastic cover bolted to the side of the engine ,didnt it come with instructions if not email manu for the fitting instructions
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    Sucking Air

    8mm inner must be submersible fuel pipe my friend has a scrap yard so i could find one that matched closely enough dont know if normal rubber fuel hose will do the job and last as original is plastic
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    Sucking Air

    tank has to be dropped check to see if pump is actually pumping first could be the pump that is not working aswell easy test pull pipe off to filter turn ign on and crank for a couple of seconds see if fuel comes out easy way to check sender wait for it to get to a quarter and fill it any more...
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    P38A Fuel problem "continued"

    engine ecu behind battery pull the whole unit out there is a stainless clip holding the plug in place pry the clip open and pull the plug up from ecu at the cable end it will come up at an angle then release it out of the hook end there should be about 55 cables to check earths should all be the...
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    P38A Fuel problem "continued"

    dont get putting 12v to anything around there in case you do more damage some wires are low voltage next thing is to try lives and earths going in to ecu will try and narrow them down for you later and post back perseverence will overcome the problem if all lives are there diagnostic is the next...
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    P38A Fuel problem "continued"

    something is wrong if you are measuring off the round connector under the manifold as one of them must be twelve volt for stop solenoid or your ignition was off will have a look on disk shortly and will try and come back to you later NEW pin 3 at the ecu should be showing 12v(ign on) that...
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    2.5 diesel help please

    if it goes to the one on the filter (map sensor)the other end goes under the inlet manifold there will be a little pipe sticking out you might need a mirror to find it but it will be there
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    P38a Fuel problem

    try fuse 24 (i think it was)that blew on mine cutting power to the engine ecu but if you have got a copy of rave check the outputs for the pump i wouldnt condemn the pump just yet if you have had it running by putting power to the stop switch,if you had the plug disconnected or the engine ecu...
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    sport spare wheels dropping off ??????

    all cars are 12 months old at the latest not one of them had ever even had the spare off all were still unused i must say that none of them have been back to land rover to ask about the problem or solution if there is one ,just me being curious as it comes to nearly a grand to replace
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    sport spare wheels dropping off ??????

    i have recently had a spate of friends asking me to order spare wheels and tyres along with the cable winch for there rr sports they all seem to think they have been nicked but im not so sure they are not just snapping off at the cable they are all snapped/cut in the same place but when the...
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    Range Rover 4.6hse Problems

    are u using p38 wheels if not check for spigot rings if they are not there fit them first other than that balancing or buckled wheel might be the answer i fitted l322 wheels to mine and it wobbled like hell between 51 and 55 mph fitted rings perfect after
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    petrol to diesel conversion

    i seem to remember a thread on this a while ago that chap had an accident damaged diesel and a blown engine petrol if i remember right even after swapping everything loom/ecus/pedals/tank/gearbox and engine as all where different at which point it still didnt drive if you have to buy all the...
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    Using the Omega/BMW325 engine in a P38

    when i went to change mine i also noticed on autodata disc that bmw list a 325tds (156bhp) which i would have loved to have got but when i spoke to a bmw dealer as to years and how to tell the difference they were adamant it didnt exist in the m51 version and therefore wouldnt fit i have dealt...
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    Using the Omega/BMW325 engine in a P38

    sorry for the late response been away i forgot to mention the sump is different you have to put rangie one on i paid £450 for a 2001 with 61k on it he copied the old mots to prove and sent a picture of the dash so i was fairly confident that the mileage was right ,i got it off fleesebay from a...
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    Sick Range Rover

    i would get a cooling system pressure test done first takes about ten minutes most garages do this free of charge (well we do anyway)compression test will take about an hour or so the kit is quite expensive not worth buying if an hours labour is only 30 quid if it passes pressure test i would do...
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    New member here... Anyone know what causes this fault?

    get it on a diagnostic tool it should be EOBD therefore any code reader should get in to it and have a look at pending codes these are the faults that have happened over the last fourty cycles of driving battery and alternater test might be worthwhile when fault is showing