Recent content by greyray

Regarding the EKA code: I managed to activate the alarm system recently and after figuring out that I needed to enter the EKA code to get back on the road, I looked it up in the handbook and proceeded to enter the code (I have a 2001 left hand drive diesel - as I do live in Spain). After getting...

On my p38, (looking from the front of the car), take off the battery cover and you have a wide plastic box (black) behind the battery > If I look inside this box (2 screws to remove the lid), there is a super-chip module wired into the other equipment in this box - I was showed this when I...

I'm about to do the same on my P38, but I wondered what you use to pull the tensioner back. Is their a tool generally available or do you have to make something up for it. My tensioner-ram was seized, which is the reason I was looking at the belt in the first place (the fan-belt was very loose &...

I have had this happen twice now. I got around it by pressing the cd-cassette in a bit harder using just my fingers & holding it in > I could then hear the cd's loading and it all worked fine again. When it happened the second time, I repeated this and it's again working fine. I have no idea...

I have had this happen twice now. I got around it by pressing the cd-cassette in a bit harder using just my fingers & holding it in > I could then hear the cd's loading and it all worked fine again. When it happened the second time, I repeated this and it's again working fine. I have no idea...

I was recently working on & around the battery. Next time I started the car, I got a 'traction failure' message. I looked at this site and was told to re-check battery connections 'etc'. I did this and have never been 'warned' since regarding 'traction failure'. So, I sugest you tighten your...

I had the unlocking/locking problem on my p38 > i was advised to change the drivers door lock - which I did and it has worked fine ever since.

Yes - I had the same problem > it was also locking/unlocking itself as I drove along. I changed the drivers door lock myself with one I found in the breakers. There are 2 different types of lock > the difference being the way the wiring is attached. Unfortunately, the only one I could find was...

Yes, Have the same 20 inch wheels on my P38. General driving & cornering are improved and it looks like a much nicer vehicle >> but if you hit bumps at speed, it is made much more noticeable. The first time it happened to me I thought I'd run someone or something over > now i'm used to it...

Hopefully I'm wrong, but have you thought about having your hearing checked > sounds like your right ear may be 'playing up' a bit. On a serious side though, I would imagine there to be a loose connection or bad connection somewhere on the wiring. You may also have conversion plugs fitted to...

I have a set of 20 inch L322 wheels on my 2001 P38. they fit fine and look real good. You do need the nuts from the L322, but they fit a p38 perfectly well. You will also need a set of 'spiggott' rings as well, which should be fitted initially to the wheel > not the hub. The only problem...

I have had a 'ticking' noise coming from my P38 for some time now. First of all I thought it could be tappets or cam-chain and was dreading it. Last night however, when I started the motor, it sounded like a tin of bolts being thrown about and the 'alternator fault' light flashed on & off (+...