Thread: What not to do with a p38

Any chance you may have partly dislodged the front airbag during your recent "vigorous exercise" ..it may be just a matter of re-seating it... I hope

Originally Posted by Hoges

Any chance you may have partly dislodged the front airbag during your recent "vigorous exercise" ..it may be just a matter of re-seating it... I hope

Good idea......Definitely worth a look!

Gary

Gary

This is along the lines of my "Are p38s Psychic"

And I agree !

Steve

Good news at last, I pumped up the bag and listened, no noise coming from around the bag, so I wandered over to the valve block, still nothing, then a faint hiss was heard coming from the EAS bypass.....one of the valves had come loose, tightened it up and the car is staying at the correct height woohoo.

Now for the VC or whatever is causing the loss of 4wd

Gary

I fell foul of the psychic side of the car recently after saying that everything was fine.

Since then I have rebuilt the EAS valve block, replaced two thermostats, water pump, top and bottom hoses, viscous hub and the radiator.

Then the fan destroyed itself meaning a new fan, fan shroud, top hose, belt, belt tensioner and another radiator.

Filled it up with coolant and the oil was milky so off it went to have the head gaskets replaced and the heads skimmed.

Around six weeks and $5k+ later and I am not going to tempt fate by telling anyone that it is running well.
I may just tell everyone that it isn't running then anything more will be a bonus, or maybe I'll buy a t****a.

Originally Posted by mtb_gary

Around 2 weeks ago I made a fatal mistake with the car..........I made mention to a friend that I did not have any problems with it and that it was going really well!

Since then, I've snapped a drive shaft, destroyed a CV joint, will probably need to replace the VC and have an EAS error come up on the dash (Nanocom is indicating that there is something wrong with the LHR sensor) then this morning I have gone out through the garage to find the front right of the car down on the bump stop. Pumped it up manually through the bypass and it was back down again in 30 minutes.

You've really gotta love these cars

Moral of the story... never, never, never say that the car is running problem free

Gary

Mate, I talk to my "Rangella" like a human! I'm convinced she has real personality. definitely a female, way to temperamental to be a fella!

Yes, I'm convinced the p38 is definitely female! Looks good, builds up your confidence then bang, just when you think it's all going well she's in a bad mood and not even a trip to the florist is going to help....it's going to take $$$ to repair the relationship

Gary

Chocolates don't help either......