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  1. steveshone

    P38A 1996 p38 4.6 converted to bmw 2.5

    thanks again for the advice, I will try swopping the receiver from my other car to see if it makes a difference, and I will have a better idea regarding the hevac once its been gassed, and I seem to remember a fix for binding doors in the heater box with a self tapper, the latest challenge its...
  2. steveshone

    P38A 1996 p38 4.6 converted to bmw 2.5

    Thanks for the advice and input, in reply to Grrrrrr, yes the door key will lock and unlock the car, and I think the fact I cant see any digital for EKA and FOB CODES and just dashes with nanocom may be because the BECM is locked and the security codes cant be accessed through the old portal a...
  3. steveshone

    P38A p38 brakes pulling to o/s?

    sorry its been a while with regard to the issue I had with my severely pulling brakes the fault was the brake master cylinder unit, when trying to bleed the system I was not getting any fluid from one of the bleed nipples on the master cylinder. I fitted a replacement unit and the car pulls up...
  4. steveshone

    P38A 1996 p38 4.6 converted to bmw 2.5

    Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong section, I posted on here a few years ago regarding my 96 p38 4.6, having bought the car 10 years ago and doing only 1 mile in it after which for most of the time it has sat locked away in my garage, I decided to remove the v8 which was an unknown...
  5. steveshone

    key fob passive reader on ignition barrel

    Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong section, I posted on here a few years ago regarding my 96 p38 4.6, having bought the car 10 years ago and doing only 1 mile in it after which for most of the time it has sat locked away in my garage, I decided to remove the v8 which was an unknown...
  6. steveshone

    testbook t4

    hi Mark, sorry what did you mean in your message?
  7. steveshone

    P38A p38 brakes pulling to o/s?

    hi, it was all bled to the letter of rave, rear slide pins and pistons free as they should be thank you for your input though
  8. steveshone

    P38A p38 brakes pulling to o/s?

    hi, I have found no issue with the rear brakes, callipers and the slides. are in very good order with the corners jacked up and wife applying footbrake they ably and release with no binding, tonight I drove it at 20mph and applied light braking and the pulling could be felt, feels like...
  9. steveshone

    P38A p38 brakes pulling to o/s?

    I did the work myself no clamps left on flexi hoses, and it has been bled twice as per rave I am happy and confident its air free I may be wrong but the master cylinder assy is also abs unit containing solenoid valves, I'm wondering if the valve relating to the nearside front is not holding the...
  10. steveshone

    P38A p38 brakes pulling to o/s?

    Hi all, my p38 2.5 has brake problem, pulling hard to o/s when braking, all new ball joints and bushes throughout , new discs and pads all round, new front callipers, new front flexi hoses, rear calliper and slides free and working, the system has been bled with fresh fluid as per rave bleeding...
  11. steveshone

    testbook t4

    Hi all, hoping someone out there may be able to help, I lent my testbook 4 mobile kit to a guy who was having non starting issues with his p38 and he has returned it with the software disc damaged, apparently his young son ejected it took it outside and the pet jack Russell took a fancy to it...
  12. steveshone

    lights on warning chime

    i have had a look with rovacom, but cant see it, maybe it depends on the software level of the becm
  13. steveshone

    key fob passive reader on ignition barrel

    the battery issue was caused by the nearside rear airbag leaking, i don't use the car on a day to day basis and as it was slowly leaking the eas would be trying to compensate for the drop until the battery went flat, thats now sorted with a set of arnott bags fitted, which i must say have...
  14. steveshone

    lights on warning chime

    does anyone know if i can turn on the lights on warning chime??, seem to recollect reading the american market p38's have this function
  15. steveshone

    1999 p38 Engine Disabled

    you can have the immobilizer function disabled but you need someone with t4 , rovacom or similar, i had same prob with mine, if battery went flat i would get keycode lock out and engine disabled messages, since i disabled the function with rovacom iv'e had no problems
  16. steveshone

    key fob passive reader on ignition barrel

    thanks for the input, is the feature something i could enable using t4 or rovacom?,
  17. steveshone

    key fob passive reader on ignition barrel

    hi, can anybody tell me if the passive reader on the ignition barel is coded to the key fob, mine has been disconnected, everything works ok but if the battery goes flat i have to resync the keyfob using the key in doorlock and pressing the buttons method, would be much easier if i could just...
  18. steveshone

    testbook t4

    hi all, just an update, car starting and running really well now, just a problem with the distribution door in the heater sticking, will look at that when i have time, also bought multipoint gas system for it, its got single point at moment which looks past its sell by date, the multipoint was...
  19. steveshone

    testbook t4

    problem now sorted! did away with the white connector behind the drivers side kick panel and solder spliced the wires together sealed them with heatshrink tubing, repaired splices on red and pink wires and on the light green and yellow wires, checked 12v and both ground wires, continuity was...
  20. steveshone

    testbook t4

    thanks for the replys, i have used the testbook on my 2.5 dhse and have no problem on that car which i think eliminates a problem with the t4, i have the pin out information for the dlc, would i be correct is saying the other end of those wires are in connector c225 under the becm fuse box
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