The only items outside of all of the hoses and standard stuff that comes in the PCV service kits that got me : 4 x 12mmx16mm copper washers Throttle Body Gasket Thermostat Gasket YES absolutely get the 2020 upgraded banjo bolt. There are comprehensive threads that have entire shopping lists basicall...

While your headlights are out, it's a good time to check the condition of your alarm siren on your passenger side if you've never checked it out.


Today I changed the oil on both of our cars.

This video should help you. Basically the way it's oriented the battery pack will leak corrosive acid onto the PCB and fry your board. Then you get a message on the DIM, sunroof not working, and false alarms, or a mixture of all three. Some P2 nerds crack open their siren and pre-emptively replace t...

Post or pm your VIN to me and I can look it up in VIDA for you. Sent you a PM.. thank you so much! VIDA screenshot below. Chassis are the last six digits of your VIN. So that leads me to think your part number is 30658146 . You could verify with a dealership parts counter if you want, I've done it ...

Just adding my 2 cents. RackDoctor is not friendly. I called him and simply asked him if he offered a particular service (just wanted the pinion seal done), and he started foaming out the mouth swearing at me. And I was being a stereotypical polite Canadian about things. I had heard horror stories a...

And with one swoop the hammer of abscate falls upon another bannable victim

I think that is completely dependent on how early on the software was upgraded to remove the start stop feature, and also fluid service intervals; both are well documented.

DC Clamp meters are very safe as, you just clamp them around the wire that you're measuring current on. You could definitely put it on the alternator output wire and see how much it's drawing. Worst thing that could happen would be you would pop the meter's fuse if it went above the rated current of...

Ha ha.. you guys are nuts… the p2’s were really built to withstand some abuse !

Just a quick follow up: My Mongoose JLR Pro clone V160 is working flawlessly and MUCH better than my DICE ever worked. I really should have returned the dice as soon as I got it but I chalked it up to possibly a bad CEM causing it to have comm. issues. The main takeaway from this thread is to INSTAL...