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Avoid anything with "wet cambelt" engines !! My son tells me the number of replacements for those was unbelievable over last few years. Essentially the oil contaminates the belt resulting in de-lamination, tooth sheeding etc. Much more...

On the basis that you already have socket wrench, etc. get a set of imperial sockets like these from halfords...

Imperial bolts. It would be a good idea to get some an imperial sockets. Most of the engine need them.

Take offside wheelarch liner out. Easier access then.

Do either of them meet the low emission zone requirements in Austria ? In London, the 4.4V8 generally meets ULEZ, but the diseasel does not.

When those manifold bolds are rusted & rounder, I found hammering on one of these spline sockets enables them to be removed.

The problem is the manufolds obscure the head bolts. When I did my engine rebuild, I cut away the flange to allow access to the bolts in future. The bit cut off doesn't make any difference. For the manifold they need a decent 12-point socket...

Given that both have similar M47 engines, does anyone know if the 320D injectors are the same as the FL1 TD4 ?

+1 on don't take the nut fully off. If you then wobble the wheel left-right it will loosen the splines easily.

Open Windows Device Manager. Expand the Ports section, and then open Properties. Then in the properties box it will show the cable hardware manufacturer.

Very clean. Dark blue I think with light interior & Vogue badge on the back. Driver didn’t even turn to acknowledge my wave.

Best to do it without & then with a drop.

Saw a rather clean looking RHD P38 on French plates on the A41 today.

£15 on Amazon.

Yes 10 studs per head, so 20 total. Do shop around just in case. Realsteel were cheapest genuine Arp when I bought mine a few years back, but you never know !

Both mine have one…… I think.

We used petrol on a TD4 cooler with no problems. A thick rubber glove on each end after putting in about a pint of petrol, and lots of shaking it around. Then drained it & did it again. Finally left it upright in the sunshine to dry out...

Just make sure the AI doesn't add something for it's own purposes !!

Exactly. A full HG kit is around £100 depending what you buy. Adding ARP studs & maybe a selection of other nuts & bolts is another £200. At least 10 times less than liners & essentially a full rebuild. If the liners are slipping they...

There's several things that will stop EASunlock talking to the car. 1) As Keith pointed out above, the USB-Serial driver install needs to be done in the correct sequence. you must uninstall the Microsoft windows driver first. (see below) 2)...

This one worked for me

I wondered that !!

How much pressure ? The tank should generally be from 120-140psi when it's full. If the compressor is tired (usually from feeding a leak somewhere), the tank will never fill, and you will get apparently random faults as the ECU tries to...

How does your fan mod spin the AC fans if you have removed them ?

Remember many of the nuts & bolts on the V8 heads & block are Imperial due to it's USA origin, so always check. The rest of the P38 is metric.

When I rebuilt one of mine, I found the prev owner had overtightened the stretch bolts & damaged the block threads. Got the block helicoiled, and used Arp Studs. Much easier to torque the heads properly. The only downside is the cost is...

As said above. unlike the K-series no cambelt to worry about, so easier.

Green P38 just passed MOT for another year with no advisories :):):)

Make sure the garage adheres to the LR specs. If you do need to have the heads skimmed, make sure they do both the block & inlet faces by the same amount. This will ensure the inlet manifold fit properly. Valley gasket needs to be done...

I did my son's one last year. Definitely a pain to align properly, but with patience & lots of careful measurement you will get there. Do it with the complete assembly on a bench or table, and get the slides moving from fully open to fully...