Range Rover P38 4.0 SE Auto Thor V8 - LPG ULEZ - £SOLD - RG2

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Range Rover P38 SE Automatic

4.0 V8 THOR Engine

** LPG Conversion - Registered with DVLA / ULEZ Compliant **

2000 'W' Registration

Bordeaux Red Metallic with Cream Piped Leather

175k Miles

MOT until April 2020

Mechanically sound, starts first time. The 4.0 litre V8 sounds epic when it starts up, and has a nice V8 woofle when moving along. No overheating, even yesterday whilst sitting in M3 traffic and the outside temperature was over 28 degrees. Has a slight weep of oil from the rocker gaskets, common on these. But it's not flowing out, and leaves a couple of drops on the drive. What old, high mileage P38 doesn't?! Red oil light flickers now and then when on idle, but disappears as soon as you touch the throttle. Never comes on when driving, and two independent Land Rover specialists have advised this is most likely a faulty oil level sensor / oil pressure switch.

Prinz 80 Litre LPG Conversion. This works as it should. The car starts on petrol, then after a few minutes, it seamlessly switches over to LPG. It costs less than £50 for a full tank of LPG - which is around 60 pence per litre! The LPG tank is in the spare wheel section of the boot.

Registered with the DVLA as being LPG - confirmed on the V5 Logbook!

Coil Spring Conversion, therefore none of the usual suspension woes to worry about!

The gearbox is good and gear changes are as they should be. Not tested the low range, as not had the need to.

Off Road tyres all round, with meaty tread on all corners. These do cause a bit or road noise due to their nature, but have solid grip.

Externally, marks, blemishes and scratches to be expected. NSF door has a blemish / rust on paint.  Bottom of tailgate has a few marks.  A few rust blisters here and there, but this is not the usual P38 rot box! Still looks ok and has the menacing Range Rover presence.

Leather is in good condition, as are all the door cards. All seats adjust fine. Everything appears to work as it should.

Unlike most P38s I have owned, this has no warning lights, apart from saying 'EAS Inactive', due to the air suspension being removed.

Actually a really nice old bus to waft in, wallowy and boat-like, but quite soothing to drive in a weird way. And those seats are so damn comfortable, no back ache or discomfort at the end of the journey. They support you really well.

Comes with: One Key, Land Rover Leather Folder, User Manuals, A Few Bills and the V5 Logbook (in my name and address).

We have had our use out of it, now time to move it on. Ideal tow car, work horse, farm vehicle, etc.

Sold as seen, all inspections are welcome. No warranty given or implied.

Located in Shinfield, Berkshire, RG2 post code.

Please call me on 07984 395400 for any further information or to arrange a viewing.

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Will be getting a new front prop shaft fitted at some point next week, as it has broken off.

Advert will be updated once this work has been completed.

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Replacement Front Prop Shaft has now been fitted and all working as it should be.  

I have ordered a genuine Land Rover Oil Pressure Switch, which will be fitted later this week when it arrives. This will hopefully fix the flickering oil light at idle.

Back up for sale. If not much interest, might keep her, as it's a handy old tool to have around.

Did a 400 mile round-trip prior to the prop shaft fault, and it didn't miss a beat.

And there is nothing like a 'Range Rover picnic'. Tail gate down, sitting on there, good weather, great scenery and decent food makes for a pleasant afternoon.

LPG makes it very affordable to run, and in some outlets, you can fill the tank up for £30!

[Fossilfish]

Love the car, I'm not in the market but if you down mind clarify something, the LPG is it exempt from the ULEZ?

[wlad]

That's a LOT of car...

What sort of MPG do you get on LPG? / How much fuel did you use on that 400 mile run?

In your ad, you say "Spares or Repairs, only due to , " -- what's the missing word(s)?

Is the aircon blowing cold?

Thanks :-)

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Jul 30, 2019 15:40:54 GMT Fossilfish said:

Love the car, I'm not in the market but if you down mind clarify something, the LPG is it exempt from the ULEZ?

I have checked on the TFL website, and the car is exempt from the LEZ Charge, but will need to be registered with them for ULEZ exemption.  I think once the car is successfully registered and updated on their systems, it will then become exempt and no charge will need to be paid for ULEZ.

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Jul 30, 2019 17:34:35 GMT wlad said:

That's a LOT of car...

What sort of MPG do you get on LPG? / How much fuel did you use on that 400 mile run?

In your ad, you say "Spares or Repairs, only due to , " -- what's the missing word(s)?

Is the aircon blowing cold?

Thanks :-)

I would roughly guess it is returning around 25mpg on LPG.  It does about 13mpg on petrol in everyday driving.  I think it used about £80 of LPG.  As a general guide, it will do between 160 and 180 miles on a full tank of LPG, and it used just over two tanks for the trip.  It also all depends on driving style - if you are heavy footed, then LPG gets used quite quickly and you'll see less of a return from the tank.

Spares or repairs was for the eBay advert and was supposed to read due to age and mileage, but I removed the listing when the prop shaft gave way.  Updated the RR advert now.

The A/C is not very cold, so would at least need a re-gas.  It has large glass all-round. so opening the windows is sufficient to get a good breeze and keep cool!

Hope this helps.

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Had her cleaned yesterday and took some more photos.  Drives much better now with the new prop shaft fitted.

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[pieeater]

Clean up nicely and looks the nuts in that colour and with the pipes.