Recent content by Cathys

Hi all, Got my P38 back from service and after a few days it has started shaking a lot. It starts up nice when cold and engine purrs like a kitten, and after 10secs there is a shaking/hitting from the engine and it sounds very uneven/chugging. When I look at the bonnet I can see a vibration in...

Thanks for your replies. Druim - we saw them put new oil in when we got an oil change and then drove it the next day. Wasn't checked again until after our 1200km drive. Can't see any oil leaking from anywhere and have been driving it around all week with no further oil loss?! But there is a...

Thanks for your reply Saint.V8. Can't see any oil around the engine, parked up on gravel overnight and then it rained so can't see any trace of it on the ground. Do you have any diagram of the pipe union to the oil cooler? So I can check this.

Hi All, Took my P38 to the mechanic after lots of problems (see my other posts) which were mainly to do with loss of power and shaking when running on petrol and to some degree on LPG. Just not smooth and horrible to drive. The mechanic replaced spark plugs, leads, camshaft, radiator...

Thanks a lot, that does help. Do you think we should try and source a better camshaft? Or will having a cheaper one just mean that it is likely to wear out faster? We will sell the car within the next few months as we are moving abroad and obviously don't want any problems while we still have...

Yes we did a compression test. It was good after the spark plugs and cables were changed (I don't have the results). However, it went down again... apparently they changed the camshaft today and the compression results were normal again.

Thanks MrGorsky. Running on LPG isn't great but a lot better than petrol. Engine doesn't seem great at higher speeds. It is not smooth either, but it doesn't have air suspension and we have rough winter tyres on. Also drove a VW passat before this so could be used to this car too much. If we...

Hi All, See my previous posts for the problems we've had with our P38. It is not running smoothly and backfiring among other things... So our P38 is at the mechanic and we have replaced the spark plugs (65 quid for 8) and cables (40 quid), and coil pack. Misfire was still happening but...

Thanks all for your help and replies. Just an update... bit the bullet and drove the car 1000km or so to get a proper mechanic that knows what he is doing to look at it. This was after a crazy few weeks of everything seeming to break on us (previous owners must have had some good tricks up...

Hi all, Another problem discovered today with my P38... and perhaps we are at fault this time :frown:. Filled up the water before our 1000km drive home and absentmindedly didn't check it again in the last week while driving around town. Today there was a hissing, followed by steam coming...

Thanks all, so just to clarify the nanocom will clear the dash codes? Will call the service in Ankara and see if they one - the cost is too high for me unfortunately. Looks like another 12 hour drive to Ankara is on the cards but at least this mechanic is good, the guys here just can't figure it...

Thanks a lot. Do you know if there are different brand ELM 327 cables? I have found some from a website in the UK... then checked in Turkey and they are 1/4 of the price. BUT, are they genuine? Elm327 - GittiGidiyor

Thanks all for your help. Got a new battery and to avoid any engine immobilisation, a new battery was attached without disconnecting a power source (ie. hooked up to a smaller battery... if I am explaining it well). However, the error codes mentioned on the dash are still there. Took it a place...

Thanks so much. I will see what shows up when they take a good look at Land Rover Service on Monday. Have just been to see the LPG technician - no faults shown up on computer and changed a filter. It is a multi-point system. Seems less shuddery at lower speeds in town now. Need to test on open...

Could you recommend a battery? I see that we had a Bosch battery previously. Again, I will need to shop around as I don't trust the people here to supply a good, or genuine, battery. Unfortunately, I had trouble importing batteries in the past for science equipment and can imagine it would be...