Robert Alley said:Were the gems P38 any better or worse than the Bosch? I know the Bosch ones had problems, but never really hear much about the GEMS. I'm really trying to fight the urge, but I kind of want a P38.
I have 160K miles on my 97 GEMS, including a fair number of trail miles.
Would I recommend one to anyone else, probably not but I do have a love / hate relationship with mine.
It serves as a reliable (if maintained) daily driver, comfortable interstate freeway cruiser and as a capable trail truck for 3 or 4 passengers plus dog.
http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj89/CelticRover/Land Rover Trail Photographs/
Air suspension only ever failed once replaced with coils.
Only seen a flatbed once ( Not while I was driving, water pump failure, trashed the original 4.0 )
Tired of replacing the O rings on the heater core, stupid design, replaced my heater core with one from an Audi, fits in the factory housing, and eliminates the "O" rings.
Only needed diagnostics ( so far) for resetting adaptive values, changing security settings to Australian market, did not help with my transfer case Hi / Lo issues, (the Bosch versions have more transmission diagnostic options)
http://www.discoweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34136
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