Thread: My first Rangey

Welcome aboard
The search function is a bit random but you seem to have got the idea. Try searching in the good oil section and diagnostics for more possible hits and dont be afraid to ask here.
Hopefully your water loss is a weeping head gasket, as you have no doubt read on no account let the car overheat as this could be very expensive.
Front crank oil seal leaks seem standard, mine marks its territory in the garage with a drip or two every day but it never impacts on the oil level so I live with it.
The EAS self levels when the car is left so random heights can occur. Check for leaks on the airsprings and valve block with soapy water.

Welcome aboard. It has not been mentioned yet, drop into the shop and by the Rave CD. A complete manual on CD and reading the thing on the shop, the sales help to offset the cost of running the site. I have had my P38 for a couple of years now and feel confident to bend spanners on some things now so have just ordered Rave for myself.

Rolo, its quite possible that the height is changing according to speed. More than 30s over 80km/h and it drops to Motorway. Under (I think) 55 for >30s and it goes to standard.

There are a LOT of interesting, informative and very unselfishly helpful people here. That said, read the owner's manual before you drive around too much. Otherwise, you will think it has a mind of it's own! There is logic to what's going on. I read mine cover to cover a couple of times and I still come up with some dumb questions. I've had mine 2 weeks now.

Hi Rolo, welcome to the forum, certainly a great place to find out all sorts of stuff about your Rangie.
Can you describe what the EAS is doing in a bit more detail?
The EAS sometimes does things that can appear to be a fault, when it may be working normally.
When parked, the EAS tries to level itself, sometimes you can hear it go round and round until it finally lowers itself to the ground.

I recently replaced a leaking airspring, (very easy job to do), it had a slight leak, but only when the spring was at certain heights. The rubber on the spring can perish over time and cause slow leaks. In the mornings, sometimes mine was down on the bump stops, other times it was still fully inflated. As soon as I replaced the sping, the problem was solved. If you do have a leaky spring, you only need to replace the leaky one, not the pair.
Here's a really good read about EAS:
Air Suspension Faults, Diagnosis and Repair

Good stuff there Rolo.
If the cooling system is in good order you will not have any issues at all.
I have had my P38 over 10yrs and never had any cooling issues.
Most of the EAS problems once identified are relatively easy to fix.
I see you are in Sydney if you are inner west im happy to have a look at things some time for you and offer up some advice.

Originally Posted by ROLO

Hi guys,

I'm losing coolant at a fair rate, about 1L per week (not doing many k's though), so keeping a close eye on that. It appears to be leaking from the back of the engine, left hand side I think, can't see properly.

Also EAS issues with the height going up and down whenever she's stopped. No pattern to it that I've cottoned onto so far.

The coolant leak could be the valley gasket - common on these LR V8s.

The EAS - try driving around with it locked in to standard ride height and see how you go.

I don't know what just happened. I typed a detailed reply to answer the many helpful responses and it appears to have disappeared into the ether after pressing the submit reply button. I obviously did something wrong. Will try again later.

In the mean time, thanks for all your helpful replies.

cheers
rolo

A hint - It's often safer to type up your post in 'Word" and then copy and paste it into the "Reply" panel on AULRO.