Recent content by rickead2000

Well, crankcase filter has been replaced. It was totally clogged and the smoking issue seems to be much improved, although not totally gone when 3000rpm+. I'm hoping there's just still a lot of oil residue working its way through the induction system. One of the torx bolts holding on the...

Only had the car for about 9 months and service history is limited to the occasional batch of generic filters bought from local motor shops. No mention of a breather filter so there’s a chance it’s not been changed for a long time. It’s just rolled onto 150k. I’ll get some photos tonight...

Developed a sudden problem with the Freelander where if the engine has been idling for >~2minutes, when pulling off there is a very large amount of blueish smoke. Checked the oil 2 weeks ago as it is nearing being due a change and it was mid way between the low and full marks on the dipstick -...

Alpine have replied and said they do not get involved with OEM product unlocking. I did bite the bullet and pay for an online unlocking service, who were very helpful, but ultimately were unable to provide to code despite (as they said) "using many different decoding tools". Do I have any...

Thanks for the suggestion - have emailed them.

Hi, Does anyone know if there's any way to recover the radio code for an '02 P38 Alpine radio unit? I have gone to LR dealer - they say radio code for the car's reg (it's on its original reg plate) was "not recorded". They suggested I tried LR heritage, which I did. Also, "not recorded". I...

What was once an occurrence every 2 or 3 months now appears to be every 2 or 3 days. When driving along undulating country roads, my '15 L405 SDV8 is starting to go into limp with the red triangle. It always seems to be after a period of going downhill where the engine is either idling, or at...

Presumably because it doesn't work?

Thanks for all the advice - although I must say I'd love to know where all these sub-£1000 P38s are that everyone keeps referring to! £2000 on ebay gets you something that's been sat in a swamp for 5 years, doesn't start and has ABS/EAS/TC faults, needs head gasket, no MOT and an interior David...

Sorry guys didn't realise they had 2! It's the red one

Yeah that's the one. Bit more info, apparently there's a slight noise when turning the steering wheel at low speed. Sounds like it'll need a new steering box quite soon. Might be going off this one!!

It's at a garage called Approved Vehicles in Chesterfield. It's listed on their website if you want to take a look

It's an 02 run-off model on at 7k

Sorry I never updated everyone on this thread. Timing was fine as far I could see (I got the TD5 timing tool). Checking anything else is pretty much beyond my limited abilities - bearing in mind I'd already had 3 independent specialists try to diagnose it (and all failed at a combined cost of...

Thanks both for your helpful replies :) It's at a dealer and they're claiming to not know much about it - but are very keen to keep referring me to and marvelling at it's service history! The dealer seems very reputable based on their reviews, but interestingly are saying "due to the age of...