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Thanks Wammers, I too am usually the optimist! Although recent experiences with my P38 have dented this outlook, having just replaced the entire cooling and air suspension system. Usual stuff I guess but only done 80k miles! Ho hum!

Ha! I might have Kippel Feil Syndrome Klippel–Feil syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and go commando! I will look up RAVE but sounds like I might need a new BECM?

Before I join the hornets in Benidorm (couldn't they go somewhere more exotic?) I will go and re-check the fuses and relays. I couldn't find anything obviously wrong when I looked before. Would RR be so cunning as to place a relay inaccessibly under the battery tray or would that be the washer...

A couple of days ago I thought there was a hornet (out early) under the bonnet of my P38. I courageously opened the bonnet to discover there was no hornet but a loud buzzing noise emanating from under the battery tray. The car started but warned of low washer fluid so I topped this up. No...

Wow! Thanks Wammers. I bit the bullet and bought a new compressor today and replaced the old one as the old liner was very badly scored in one area and lipped in one place deeply, so I reckoned maybe the piston was not running symmetrically in the new cylinder as in the old and caused the...

Thanks again Wammer. I have dismantled the pump again and will clean the valves. My piston does not have a groove for an O ring beneath the seal as I am told by the Dutch guy that this groove is only on aftermarket pumps and not original as is my case. Can you tell me if you think an...

Thank you very much for the reply Wammers. I have contacted the Dutch guys today and thay say it must be my valve block or diaphragm and cant be their kit! Odd you should have had the same problem and cured it! I will give it a go, much appreciated. Robin.

Hello. Can anyone please offer an explanation to the following EAS problem before I rush out and buy a new pump please? My 2000 4.0 P38 was not pumping up quickly back in September this year and so I replaced all the air bags. It was a little better then reverted to slow, then failed to rise at...

Thanks `Fanatic` I did that, a strange plug but to no avail. Still wont even turn over!! However, having put the battery on charge I began to hear a weird intermittent groaning from around the front left radiator region and then the horn came on permanently? So to recap. There are no warning...

Not a great deal but essentially the superficial hosing and left engine area bay as you look at the car. I guess the timing suggested to me an association as nothing else had changed or happened before. Water had erupted with the Kseal copper content from the expansion chamber when I stupidly...

Do I take it the advice here is to "torch it"?

Looks like we both have the same ****ty Christmas problems with our P38`s! Is it the time of year? What`s the betting yours is W reg, in dark blue with 74k on the clock? You have my sympathy, mine wont even turn over now! (See transmission failure post) Regards, Robin.

Having been through and still ongoing saga of my P38 `overheating` (see earlier post), yesterday afternoon I attempted to flush the radiator through. This seemed to be going ok with the engine running at idle and temperature reaching centre on the gauge after about 5 minutes. I decided to spray...

Evening all. I had the afternoon off and thought I would have another go at flushing the radiator through. Oh dear, what have I done!! Well, I got off to a good start and some drainage was occurring, so I put some radiator flush in and topped the system up. Ran the engine at idle for 5 minutes...

Firstly, many thanks for all of the useful guidance and advice on my earlier overheating post. I will let you know the outcome. The possibility of a slipped liner being a potential cause has concerned me as I bought a later 4.0 litre model, (May 2000) to try and avoid the notoriety of the...

At the very base, central about 21mm and made of plastic. Well i`ve undone something that lets out water, albeit slowly? I was going to test the thermostat so will see if this drains any extra. Regards, Robin.

Afternoon all. I haven't gotten on too well today with my list of tasks. Nipped to Halfords to buy some radiator flush and new anti-freeze, then took out drain plug from radiator and a disappointing amount of fluid drained out with seemingly very little Kseal in it. I put a hose pipe initially...

Thank you. This was the AA`s diagnosis, so I will whip it off whilst preparing to flush the radiator. I has anticipated a new one being good for longer than a few weeks!!

The viscous fan was replaced along with the thermostat 5 weeks ago. This was considered to be the original problem. It seemed to cure things but only for a few weeks, then the temperature fluctuations began and have worsened dramatically since the Kseal. Although running late yesterday seemed ok...

Good advice, thanks. I have taken the pipe to the header tank and blown through. Certainly a dribble at tick-over but more of a spurt with revs, so hopefully enough. Awake early this morning, saddened at the possibility of a slipped liner in a car I was just getting to know and like, albeit my...