Was passed by one of these a few hours ago. I had the cruise set at 82 mph and RR passed me like I was standing still. A little while later I passed him. He was in the break down lane with a geyser of coolant pouring out from under the hood.
@@nabs3178 my neighbor owned a well respected import repair shop for almost 50 years. He said British French and Italian cars wear themselves out parked in the driveway. I felt kinda guilty passing the RR driver. It is a very humid day in the high nineties. He was red faced and sweating profusely while yelling to someone on the phone.
William Egler you’re right french cars are complete garbage aswell Renault Citroen Peugeot all pieces of rubbish🤣 break down so easily they should all be considered lemons when leaving the factory
@@nabs3178 My Citroen says otherwhise, its still running strong afer 26 Years and 470'000km, i doubt that a modern VW could go that far, or rather, i doubt it will go that far with the original unopened Engine.
Sam, I used to be a dealership technician at Chrysler for years plus many private shops. My experience is stay with the domestic cars a lot easier to work on. Now I’m currently in law enforcement for 21 years but still do a lot engine repair s on the side. Great well directed video, your buddy is calm cool collected nice to have someone like that next to you. I wish you all the best and maybe when I retire we ll link up
Same thing happened to me. My LR4 got busted by the dealer when doing “timing maintenance”, after a couple of lawsuits they replaced my engine with a new one.
If the dealer damages the cars they win by getting a new or pre-owned buyer, most people will not fight that hard(suing) because they either don't know enough about cars or don't want to get involved in a legal battle. Of course the crooked dealers know this and that is why they damage cars with impunity. I never take my cars to a dealer unless its for a recall. I service my own cars and if its to complicated I'll take it to an independent mechanic. You always gotta ask yourself if there is a conflict of interest.
I work for a ford main dealer and can confirm that mistakes do happen when your building up engines but at my dealership at least we've never done the dirty on customer and not fixed it. Even when we're pretty sure we didnt cause the failure we've still fixed it to avoid a massive problem. Hopefully the previous owner got looked after.
"I've been tugging on it for a couple hours now, and I just can't get this one off" tHaTs wHaT sHe sAiD It's ok though because he switched to using Nick's tool instead of his own 😁😄
possibly one of my favorite samcrac videos! i hate watching car rebuild videos that always show how easy stuff is. i started disassembling my car last year and kept running into issues. now i feel better about it
samcrac I love your videos mate, I'm a disability carer in Australia and just bought a turbo Audi 4wd 6speed and they're so relaxing to watch. There's nothing like kicking back and watching the boys fix some cars and I got Mum's friends in on it to, we have a BBQ and put it on the big screen and especially love it when you drive the tractor round. Keep up the amazing work.
Fantastic videos Sam. I discovered your channel a few days ago. There is so much great content! Amazing to see these elite machines in lots of shiny pieces
I really hope we hear from the previous owner and find out the engine broke while still at the shop for service and that the dealer did right by them and gave them full running trade value on it plus a killer deal to put them in a new model. Accidents happen, it's not the accident that matters, it's what you do to make it right that speaks to your credibility. Nobody is perfect, and last time I checked Jesus doesn't do mechanic work 💯
Sam you found what might be a good deal. Nick made it happen. Not many DIYers have a professional auto guy to help. Great job Nick and I know that Sam appreciates you.
Just found your channel,,, I did my apprenticeship at Porsche many years ago, then main dealers, then 2 garages myself.. Main dealers are absolutely rip off merchants... At Porsche they charged £210 an hour.. That was early 90's... Great video,, I didn't realise how many Subs you actually had... Wow.. 👍👍👍
@@derekuber even if they did that's bull crap they should have fixed their problem regardless of what happened to the engine. He wouldn't have to buy a new vehicle if they fixed there mistake basics
That really is a clean engine ,shame about the valves and stuck injectors ,but at least those pistons are still in good shape .Really enjoyed watching this .Thanks for sharing Sam and Nick ..
Looking at the half of an engine in that car is intimidating! Very good work guys! Love the videos man, I am slowly building the motivation to work on my '94 vr6 Jetta. Much love man keep it up
Enjoy the content, as usual. Thanks. I've personally witnessed wet cell batteries being shorted out and go into thermal runaway. When the short occurs, the resulting arcing can actually weld the tool to the terminal. When that happens, all you can do is walk away and watch the resulting destruction from a safe distance. From that day on, I'm very cognizant about working around batteries, and never rest conductive tools on them or close to them. (I see a wrench laying on top of the battery around the 15:00 mark.)
Samcrac your a geezer Dude 👍🏻 I'm British and love watching you lot pull our prestige motors to bits lol 😂 Great video and I'm sure as eggs are eggs this I'll be a super motor again especially as petrol is so cheap in the US and not like rip off Great Britain 🇬🇧 Looking forward to the next episode. Keep safe and well buddy cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧
Was speaking to “Sam” today. I’ve won a Ferrari, a hoodie and some stickers. I live in the UK and “Sam” told me that I would need to pay for postage, amazingly the total bill for sending the car and goodie’s was ONLY 199$, thanks so much Samcrac, I’ve obviously sent you the money, cash in a box addressed to a guy in California. Can’t wait to see the car, I hope it’s the one with loads of issues 😂 love the show!!
First time on your channel, really enjoyed it as I work with landys in the UK, next time try to manufacture a larger sliding hammer it may have saved the head removal on right hand bank, looking forward to next video lads keep up the good work
Ouch, that hits close to home. I regrettably bought an 2006 RX-8 about 10 years ago now. At the end of the first year of owning the car...engine goes out. Replaced it. Radiator cracked. Replaced it. All four low profile tires worn out. Replaced them. I immediately repaired my old 2001 Honda Civic and stuck the RX-8 into my moms garage and never touched it again. The RX-8 was so fun to drive but...wow...it sure cost a lot. And yes, I did check the oil every other fuel fill up as recommended.
@@TheDivineClasses Your tires wearing out was the last straw? You had me until that point... Most people don't know how to care for a rotary engine, that's more the engines fault than the owners imo. But tires being worn did it for ya? That happens on every car my dude.. You don't have to get super expensive low pro tires.
I think an investigation into the the dealership technician who did the timing wrong should be brought to light and the previous owner could be contacted as the owner would of been wrongly told his car was damaged but it was the dealership at fault cost the owner to buy a new car. Great work so far guys👍
I've already tried. If I can I always try to reach out as it always adds more to the story. Most of the time I do get a reply, in this case I did not. There is some sort of ethic to be followed as you get a title with the owners information but its not responsible to continue to try and contact them. They don't owe me anything, but I'd still love to chat with them. Who knows what was disclosed to them when they traded this in to the dealer???
@@TBezak timing chain adjustment engineer? you wish... the way the workshop is organized nowadays, is they have one guy that knows the stuff, and a bunch of subs that do the heavy lifting. Training mechanics takes money and time. I believe service departments have a lot of unskilled workers, or apprentices that are paid less.
@@wrenchmonger I understand what you are telling me. I am an old school guy. I was taught technology, metallurgy, thermal treatments, adjustments, pre-CNC machinery use (lathe, milling machine, rectifiers, and others), welding, copper-craft, hydraulics, pneumatic, electricity to work on battle tanks. Not only did I understand how it worked, but I could also put parts together by simply following blue prints. That's a job. Today, the guys that work the "Fast Lane" have no or very little understanding of what they do. So little, that during my last oil change, they managed to not tight the oil filter on my spouse's car. She did notice some oil drips underneath it, but thought it was normal, and was just wiping it clean. Eventually, as she was backing up, I noticed a small oil river underneath. Checked the level, it was not visible on the dip stick. The dealership apologized, and fixed it for free. I usually receive a survey following a service, but in this case, I did not. I can only imagine the consequences of running the engine until the oil warning lit. Long story short, knowing how to perform a particular job is fine. Understanding what you are doing is, at least to me, essential to do a good job. Over-tightening is just as bad as under-tightening. Each nut, screw, bolt has a specific torque. I bet most of our fast line guys have no idea what should be the torque of the sump plug, and the gasket needs to changed each time, because once it has been strain-harden, it no longer fulfill its task...
I know, right. Bought a new WRX, about 2 years into ownership and only allowing the dealer to maintain it, it developed a horrible ticking noise that was even noticed by the service desk employees. Their head technician then spent 3 days trying to “recreate” the noise, and he said he could not recreate the extremely loud and very, VERY, noticeable ticking. He then proceeded to tell me that “Subaru engines are made to tick” my friend that gave me a ride up there walked off cause he knew I was about to blow my top, which I did, and told him to run inside and grab a key to any new WRX on the lot and start it and we will compare the ticking, he refused to do that. He also told me he has been working on WRX’s 2 years before they were even an idea 😂. (I’m a certified mechanic, so I know what is an abnormal noise in a vehicle) well after I did some inspecting it was a exhaust leak from the exhaust header to the up pipe, thank goodness, but I just said forget it and forget the warranty after even contacting Subaru of America and they did nothing to help me. Needless to say I’m not very impressed with Subaru as a company and their ability to maintain customer satisfaction and fix an issue that’s as small as an exhaust gasket replacement. I also have access to lubrication analyses equipment and have multiple certifications in lubrication technology, and tested the oil in my car, they have been putting 0w20 oil in that car, even though the manual states to put nothing lower then 5w30 and if you drive the car hard the manual recommends 5w40 or 10w40. So since then they have not touched my car and they never will again and I will never give Subaru the courtesy of giving them my hard earned money by purchasing a new Subaru.
@@marv8481 Subaru is _by far_ the worst Japanese automaker in business today. They have lousy QC and lousy engineering standards. Subaru North America (like Honda North America, as I found out) are full of some very corrupt people.
Wow... poor thing. Bottom end should be fine just clean those piston tops off and check the damaged areas. I am going to do a similar job on a '10 VW CC 2.0L, where the tensioners are known to gum up and send the chain flying.
Sad. I’ve always been saying that these dealerships are rip offs. You expect to get high level work especially for an expensive car like that and you basically have to total a vehicle over a rookie mistake. This video was very informative
Very entertaining Sam love watching your vids, you are a brave man taking some of this stuff on, very informative always waiting for your next one , keep it up.
ohoooo, I love your milwauke tool for bolts and screws, so satisfying to watch. You're a very good narator, to tell stories. I like your rebuilds. It is so much better than the 'flute' chaotic videos from Rich. Sorry RichRebuilds.
Beautiful truck! I'm jealous of the deal you got. The 5.0L is an awful engine and I was too scared to buy one myself so my 4.2 will have to do but I sure do love the 2010+ facelift.
FYI, I've had several engines with skipped/shredded timing chains/gears and a couple of them had pistons that looked like this. I didn't change the pistons in either. One was perfectly fine. The other suffered from a compressed upper piston ring groove. This caused the engine to have slightly lower compression than it should have as well as burn oil (with lots of blowby - pulsing from the valve cover whenever that cylinder fired). It still had plenty of power at high rpms. I drove it for another 100,000 miles, adding a quart of oil every ~2000 from then on...
I'd not do this also. If you have a regular car just buy another engine. It's not worth your time and money. Used engine is the way to go. But with this Range rover it is the only logical option without going bankrupt. So don't buy Range Rover.
The 5.0 V8 in these is the AJ-Series and they are very reliable engines---installed in literally hundreds of thousands of Jaguars and Land Rovers over the past 15 years. The timing chain tensioner is a well-known issue with 2010-era ones, as well as water pumps that fail around 70K miles. 2012 and later ones have the new tensioners and a water pump replacement is $400 at an independent shop. Use good synthetic and change the oil regularly and these engines will give you 500+ HP for 150K miles easy.
What I've learned owning an "unreliable" car: 99% of unreliability is caused by 2 things. Dealer networks without a commitment to proper service, and independent shops afraid to work on cars they don't understand. Recently asked for some pretty basic service on my car, and have gotten two shops that gave me "We don't work on foreign jobs" answer, felt like I was back in the 1970s. The third shop came back with an astronomical quote, asking about 10 hours of labor on a job that's about 5 hours of labor according to alldata (and 3 hours according to the dealer). Job's not hard. It's just a mindset. Most reliability issues come back to bad service. And some brands just get the short end of the service stick.
Alvin Brinson at that point you might as well do it yourself or to the best of your ability luckily for me I don’t have much experience with modern cars as I drive a Land rover 110 with a rover 4.2 v8 shoehorned in to it and a Jeep 1946 cj2a you need to find a hobbyist mechanic to get it done because they tend to be more intensive and have an interest because theirs nothing worse than a cowboy mechanic that cuts corners.
I’ve owned 10 Range Rovers. Had problems with 2. The 2 I owned didn’t come from the dealer and were both used. All my other RR’s were bought brand new. I’ve never had one past 50K miles. Love the brand and have had no problems. Second hand from a non dealer is a nightmare.
@@wrenchmonger no worries Nick. Btw Ive subscribed to your channel cos I reckon you're gonna make it. Be yourself, use your contacts, use your expertise, find your niche, then build your brand. The subs will follow. Good luck Bigfella. You can do it.
@@wrenchmongerHurray! Btw the shirt is fine & will be proudly worn.... but you can forget the Rover parts, I'm English ! "Yo Th' Man! " as I believe you Americans say!
Good luck.... Btw i deal with such injectors sometimes and its always easy to use a couple of brake fluid drops and wait a couple of minutes and its like magic
Love watching this, getting nervous about my 2012 supercharged RR however. But only at 28K miles. Would love to hear how much Nick would charge for a timing chain job compared to a dealer.
I used to work for a Fiat dealers, when we got injectors that were so stuck you could lift the car with them, we called in a specialist. He had an ultrasound tool which pulled and at the same time transmitted high power ultrasound down them. They then came out like a knife out of butter unbelievably easy . HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS METHOD.
You should change the radiator hoses as well. They like to crack after not being circulated with coolant. Mine bursted on the way to the hospital after not driving it for 6 months....
Check the top of the pistons that made contact with the valves very very good. Worst case the top of the piston could get a hairline crack and cause lower than normal compression number and piston will eventually fail....ask me how I know. But you may be okay. Good luck💪🏼
Looking forward to the next episode....Love those Range Rovers, but, sadly, always a maintenance issue.....nice to see that the problem was caused by failure of a mechanic rather than mechanical failure!
Great video Sam, Gutted for the previous owner though 😢 If it was a dealer mistake let’s hope they made it right. If not expect Land Rover Solihull to be calling as they have a habit of finding out about this sort of stuff.
You can tell how much respect Nick has for these fine machines by the way he tosses parts over his shoulder.
It’s like the chef’s salt over shoulder thing - total respect and for good luck 👍😂
Thats only what that thing deserve 😅😜
He is channeling Derek from Vice Grip Garage!
Youd feel the same way if you've ever worked on one. Lol
That's how you know you have a good tech.
It it a universal law that slide hammers do not work unless you put your face in position to get hit when the part is finally yanked out.
sp1nrx ha,ha,ha
Clearly a man with embedded knowledge.
Truuuuuuu
If you use a meaty enough slide hammer, you don't got to worry about your teeth.
Use shitty little tools like that and you can take what comes.
🤣🤣🥳🤣 yeah, get a bigger hammer and mind your face
I still have nightmares of the way he reversed that RR off the recovery truck
If some idiot told you to jump off a cliff, would you listen to him? I would’ve told that guy to put a cork in his mouth.
@@ash3rr cork. But the r is a c
Nick said it’s going to be a great daily driver but I think he meant it will drive great for a day.
Greatest comment ever
Lol!!! 😂😂
@@alexsanchez8406 you exaggerating bro. I'd give it a 7/9.5
🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅How Prophetic.
A day! Common you know it's a long time, stop being optimistic 😝
Was passed by one of these a few hours ago.
I had the cruise set at 82 mph and RR passed me like I was standing still.
A little while later I passed him.
He was in the break down lane with a geyser of coolant pouring out from under the hood.
😂😂😂😂 a Range Rover above 100mph is going to break down anytime anyday
@@nabs3178 my neighbor owned a well respected import repair shop for almost 50 years.
He said British French and Italian cars wear themselves out parked in the driveway.
I felt kinda guilty passing the RR driver.
It is a very humid day in the high nineties.
He was red faced and sweating profusely while yelling to someone on the phone.
William Egler you’re right french cars are complete garbage aswell Renault Citroen Peugeot all pieces of rubbish🤣 break down so easily they should all be considered lemons when leaving the factory
@@williamegler8771 In Europe it is American cars that are considered unreliable. The RR you passed probably had the Ford V8!
@@nabs3178 My Citroen says otherwhise, its still running strong afer 26 Years and 470'000km, i doubt that a modern VW could go that far, or rather, i doubt it will go that far with the original unopened Engine.
Sam, I used to be a dealership technician at Chrysler for years plus many private shops. My experience is stay with the domestic cars a lot easier to work on. Now I’m currently in law enforcement for 21 years but still do a lot engine repair s on the side. Great well directed video, your buddy is calm cool collected nice to have someone like that next to you. I wish you all the best and maybe when I retire we ll link up
Same thing happened to me. My LR4 got busted by the dealer when doing “timing maintenance”, after a couple of lawsuits they replaced my engine with a new one.
Did they pay your legal costs too?
SPLIFiTeD if they lost the suit then they have too I’m pretty sure?
Damn, it only takes a couple of lawsuits to fix a RR!
If the dealer damages the cars they win by getting a new or pre-owned buyer, most people will not fight that hard(suing) because they either don't know enough about cars or don't want to get involved in a legal battle. Of course the crooked dealers know this and that is why they damage cars with impunity. I never take my cars to a dealer unless its for a recall. I service my own cars and if its to complicated I'll take it to an independent mechanic. You always gotta ask yourself if there is a conflict of interest.
LandRover products are generally good vehicles that's reputations are ruined by incompetent dealerships and services.
I work for a ford main dealer and can confirm that mistakes do happen when your building up engines but at my dealership at least we've never done the dirty on customer and not fixed it. Even when we're pretty sure we didnt cause the failure we've still fixed it to avoid a massive problem. Hopefully the previous owner got looked after.
To quote an old Australian joke. "If you want to visit the Outback, take a land rover. If you want to make it back alive, take a land cruiser."
1972 LandCrusher always made it back.
Haha I have a Land cruiser with 282,000 miles and it has not had a single issue ,23 have had it since new lol
@@805NAVE cap
@@805NAVE I've seen one of those with 600,000 miles on it. It was just starting to burn a little oil
Mate as a 60 year old Aussie I've never heard anyone say that,, but good on Toyota advertising for convincing you
Killed me with the "Like my Ferrari parts" while showin a screw for the 100 bucks🤣🤣🤣
Immediately followed by his favorite cheap pizza place being Pizza Hut, because we know its not the other cheap pizza delivery place.
Rick Cintron we don’t mention that particular pizza place as they SUCK
You know you are screwed when you pay $ 100 for a screw.
Stealth yes because it means you don’t know where to go to get the screws for a reasonable price 🤣
But it's true.!!!
I feel like we should all send a gift basket to the previous owner.
Yeah, that poor dude got burned. I just bet the dealership told him his car was unrecoverable and he took it on the chin...
Maybe Sam will find him and sell it back or give it to the guy .. I could see him doing that.
I sure hope someone is screaming bloody murder at a dealership by the end of today.
Agree
Did it actually need the injectors on the good bank removing?
Your backyard is starting to look like one of those "Abandoned Exotic Cars in Dubai" videos.
Yup. They look good from afar, yet they're far from good looking
the pizza car with no pizza car door(or any door) is a nice touch.
"I've been tugging on it for a couple hours now, and I just can't get this one off"
tHaTs wHaT sHe sAiD
It's ok though because he switched to using Nick's tool instead of his own 😁😄
My neck hurts, can we please swap holes now? That's what She said.
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"Its gonna pop off and hit me right in the face" we're all 5th graders at heart.
John Buck lol
Just before that he said he was pulling out
possibly one of my favorite samcrac videos! i hate watching car rebuild videos that always show how easy stuff is. i started disassembling my car last year and kept running into issues. now i feel better about it
"go to my Ferrari where i keep my fire extinguisher". LOL
Ferrari is the first company to make Transformers. They go from 355 to 1800 degrees in seconds
That is still unfinished. Gave me an ulcer just by looking at it.
I thought only me noticed that
Can we talk about Samcracs property? having all the cars out there is really something. can't wait for the next video
The Dancing Coin Guy is in a great mood even in 2020 lol!!!... Big, Big, Big facts, Thanks Sam... I/we needed that!!!
samcrac I love your videos mate, I'm a disability carer in Australia and just bought a turbo Audi 4wd 6speed and they're so relaxing to watch. There's nothing like kicking back and watching the boys fix some cars and I got Mum's friends in on it to, we have a BBQ and put it on the big screen and especially love it when you drive the tractor round. Keep up the amazing work.
The starting is priceless it was so good ahaha
Fantastic videos Sam. I discovered your channel a few days ago. There is so much great content! Amazing to see these elite machines in lots of shiny pieces
I really hope we hear from the previous owner and find out the engine broke while still at the shop for service and that the dealer did right by them and gave them full running trade value on it plus a killer deal to put them in a new model. Accidents happen, it's not the accident that matters, it's what you do to make it right that speaks to your credibility. Nobody is perfect, and last time I checked Jesus doesn't do mechanic work 💯
Actually in our town Jesus is a great mechanic, I think his last name is Gonzalez.
@@lykinsmark123 The Jesus in my neighborhood works for UPS and delivers my car parts.
markythearky markythearky the Jesus in our town makes me pancakes at the local diner
Im betting thats exactly what happened, and the previous owner had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, hence the no reply to the reach out.
@@earlscheib7754 You still painting cars? 😆🤷♂️
Sam you found what might be a good deal. Nick made it happen. Not many DIYers have a professional auto guy to help. Great job Nick and I know that Sam appreciates you.
"I'm pulling out"
"I've been tugging at it for a couple of hours now... And I just can't get this one off"
-samcracccc 2020
Its an age thing.
"I thought that my tool may be the issue"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Then it's gonna come out and pop me right in the face...
Don't you love it when a mechanic can both speak confidently AND be right? What a good guy.
Congratulations on the 1million sub!
Long time subscriber
Always enjoy your content!
Thank you very much!
@@Samcrac keep up the good work Sam, it's funny how many channels mention you lately. You have become a trademark 😄
Just found your channel,,, I did my apprenticeship at Porsche many years ago, then main dealers, then 2 garages myself.. Main dealers are absolutely rip off merchants... At Porsche they charged £210 an hour.. That was early 90's... Great video,, I didn't realise how many Subs you actually had... Wow.. 👍👍👍
Really interested to know if the original owner was told why the engine failed.
Hope he’s watching this
Right, I'm wondering if the dealer took the blame and gave them credit on a new car or if they sold it as something unrelated to the timing job.
@@derekuber even if they did that's bull crap they should have fixed their problem regardless of what happened to the engine. He wouldn't have to buy a new vehicle if they fixed there mistake basics
Lawsuit has already been filed!!!!
"They all do that"
That really is a clean engine ,shame about the valves and stuck injectors ,but at least those pistons are still in good shape .Really enjoyed watching this .Thanks for sharing Sam and Nick ..
Yes, the "dealer" ruined it 😜
I am exited to see this range rover run again, even if only briefly, haha! You are so fun to watch Sam!
FCPEuro is the best! Living next to them has made owning a BMW less of a headache
There's a Land Rover mechanic chilling out, enjoying a cold beer after a tough day, watching this, then suddenly thinking..."Oops."
Love that the range rover expert pulls up in a ford pick up 😆😆😆
Is this not a ford sourced engine? Sure looks like it.
If you work on the most unreliable cars you sure as hell wouldn’t buy one right
Well he doesn't want to get trapped there and forced to survive on Fresh cow milk and Pizza Hut
@@kevinc7632 pretty sure it's mentioned in the video and even the tensioner has the FoMoCo badging (ford motor company)
Yes, it is hilarious. From one Lemon to another.
Looking at the half of an engine in that car is intimidating! Very good work guys!
Love the videos man, I am slowly building the motivation to work on my '94 vr6 Jetta. Much love man keep it up
congrats on 1mil 🥳
Enjoy the content, as usual. Thanks. I've personally witnessed wet cell batteries being shorted out and go into thermal runaway. When the short occurs, the resulting arcing can actually weld the tool to the terminal. When that happens, all you can do is walk away and watch the resulting destruction from a safe distance. From that day on, I'm very cognizant about working around batteries, and never rest conductive tools on them or close to them. (I see a wrench laying on top of the battery around the 15:00 mark.)
Sam! Congrats on your 1M subs! Glad to be one of yours!
I'm happy to have ya!
Loved this video, lucky your mechanic is super experienced and super good humoured about it!
Samcrac your a geezer Dude 👍🏻 I'm British and love watching you lot pull our prestige motors to bits lol 😂 Great video and I'm sure as eggs are eggs this I'll be a super motor again especially as petrol is so cheap in the US and not like rip off Great Britain 🇬🇧 Looking forward to the next episode. Keep safe and well buddy cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧
Great job Sam, good luck with the build.
I would think Samcrac has had so much practice with that movement that pulling out those injectors would be a breeze.
Was speaking to “Sam” today. I’ve won a Ferrari, a hoodie and some stickers. I live in the UK and “Sam” told me that I would need to pay for postage, amazingly the total bill for sending the car and goodie’s was ONLY 199$, thanks so much Samcrac, I’ve obviously sent you the money, cash in a box addressed to a guy in California. Can’t wait to see the car, I hope it’s the one with loads of issues 😂 love the show!!
Beware of emails from samcrac samcrac33. Obviously not Sam
I recommend a valve job on the other head as long as you have it off the car. That will give you the best reliability.
First time on your channel, really enjoyed it as I work with landys in the UK, next time try to manufacture a larger sliding hammer it may have saved the head removal on right hand bank, looking forward to next video lads keep up the good work
Why do Land Rover drivers not wave at each other? They already met that morning at the Dealership service station.
Why wave ... Just see you same time tomorrow?
This channel is a lot of fun for me. I know NOTHING about engines, etc. and I learn every time I watch. Is this an engine "rebuild"?
Samcrac: no car should have terminal engine failure at 94k miles
RX-8: (looks to the other side)
Ouch, that hits close to home. I regrettably bought an 2006 RX-8 about 10 years ago now. At the end of the first year of owning the car...engine goes out. Replaced it. Radiator cracked. Replaced it. All four low profile tires worn out. Replaced them. I immediately repaired my old 2001 Honda Civic and stuck the RX-8 into my moms garage and never touched it again. The RX-8 was so fun to drive but...wow...it sure cost a lot. And yes, I did check the oil every other fuel fill up as recommended.
@@TheDivineClasses Your tires wearing out was the last straw? You had me until that point... Most people don't know how to care for a rotary engine, that's more the engines fault than the owners imo. But tires being worn did it for ya? That happens on every car my dude.. You don't have to get super expensive low pro tires.
@@danielnelson4881 o.O that's how you interpreted that? You must be wild to talk to in person lol...
@@TheDivineClasses you just smashed my willingness of at some point of my life owning an RX-8 although I appreciate it
Mine made it to 92,000 miles before it needed a rebuild, it's really easy to do yourself, the rebuild kit is around 3k though.
Thanks Sam your struggles is our entertainment plus so that we dont have to. 1 million subscribers congrats Sam
I like the almost seamless shilling, arguably the best I've seen to date 😁
That poor previous owner... I’d be so pissed if I saw this
samcrac you are the smartest car guy. I love that you get your hands dirty and you just figure it out every time. thumbs up man
Love FCP Euro!!!!! That is where I get all my parts!
I think an investigation into the the dealership technician who did the timing wrong should be brought to light and the previous owner could be contacted as the owner would of been wrongly told his car was damaged but it was the dealership at fault cost the owner to buy a new car. Great work so far guys👍
That fresh Ferrari paint absolutely caked in dust, she need some love!
Very cool collaboration, I would like to see more videos of you two guys working together.
Would you be able to contact the previous owner and tell them what you've found out Sam?
I've already tried. If I can I always try to reach out as it always adds more to the story. Most of the time I do get a reply, in this case I did not. There is some sort of ethic to be followed as you get a title with the owners information but its not responsible to continue to try and contact them. They don't owe me anything, but I'd still love to chat with them. Who knows what was disclosed to them when they traded this in to the dealer???
@@Samcrac this is so mystery car, if you find out, let us know. Looks like timing belt adjustment/engineer f.. ed up
@@TBezak timing chain adjustment engineer? you wish... the way the workshop is organized nowadays, is they have one guy that knows the stuff, and a bunch of subs that do the heavy lifting. Training mechanics takes money and time. I believe service departments have a lot of unskilled workers, or apprentices that are paid less.
@@p6x2 it says slash engineer lol not the belt adjustment engineer, context clues are important.
@@wrenchmonger I understand what you are telling me. I am an old school guy. I was taught technology, metallurgy, thermal treatments, adjustments, pre-CNC machinery use (lathe, milling machine, rectifiers, and others), welding, copper-craft, hydraulics, pneumatic, electricity to work on battle tanks. Not only did I understand how it worked, but I could also put parts together by simply following blue prints. That's a job.
Today, the guys that work the "Fast Lane" have no or very little understanding of what they do. So little, that during my last oil change, they managed to not tight the oil filter on my spouse's car. She did notice some oil drips underneath it, but thought it was normal, and was just wiping it clean. Eventually, as she was backing up, I noticed a small oil river underneath. Checked the level, it was not visible on the dip stick.
The dealership apologized, and fixed it for free. I usually receive a survey following a service, but in this case, I did not. I can only imagine the consequences of running the engine until the oil warning lit.
Long story short, knowing how to perform a particular job is fine. Understanding what you are doing is, at least to me, essential to do a good job. Over-tightening is just as bad as under-tightening. Each nut, screw, bolt has a specific torque. I bet most of our fast line guys have no idea what should be the torque of the sump plug, and the gasket needs to changed each time, because once it has been strain-harden, it no longer fulfill its task...
Sam is good at working other guys tools! His enthusiasm and positive attitude is great too!
"I've been tugging at it for a couple of hours, and I just cant get it off..."
*I FEEL YOU BRO!*
I am sorry
RANDY 'FUCKING' MARSH has entered the comments! XD
You needed to heat the head to expand the hole to get the injector out. Heating the injector itself just makes it tighter.
Looks like the dealer took the customer for a ride!! Probably gave him nothing for it, and sold him / her a new car... Wow.
Who cares consumers are all fuckwit stupid cunts anyway , useless with no mechanical aptitude who gives a fuck about them
Great Job! I learn a lot about cars in every one of your videos! Keep Going! Greetings from Ecuador
I WOULDN'T LET A CAR DEALER "TECH" WORK ON A LAWN MOWER.
I know one who is about to start working on an old riding lawn mower that doesn't run. I should video tape it. Lol
I know, right. Bought a new WRX, about 2 years into ownership and only allowing the dealer to maintain it, it developed a horrible ticking noise that was even noticed by the service desk employees. Their head technician then spent 3 days trying to “recreate” the noise, and he said he could not recreate the extremely loud and very, VERY, noticeable ticking. He then proceeded to tell me that “Subaru engines are made to tick” my friend that gave me a ride up there walked off cause he knew I was about to blow my top, which I did, and told him to run inside and grab a key to any new WRX on the lot and start it and we will compare the ticking, he refused to do that. He also told me he has been working on WRX’s 2 years before they were even an idea 😂. (I’m a certified mechanic, so I know what is an abnormal noise in a vehicle) well after I did some inspecting it was a exhaust leak from the exhaust header to the up pipe, thank goodness, but I just said forget it and forget the warranty after even contacting Subaru of America and they did nothing to help me. Needless to say I’m not very impressed with Subaru as a company and their ability to maintain customer satisfaction and fix an issue that’s as small as an exhaust gasket replacement. I also have access to lubrication analyses equipment and have multiple certifications in lubrication technology, and tested the oil in my car, they have been putting 0w20 oil in that car, even though the manual states to put nothing lower then 5w30 and if you drive the car hard the manual recommends 5w40 or 10w40. So since then they have not touched my car and they never will again and I will never give Subaru the courtesy of giving them my hard earned money by purchasing a new Subaru.
@@marv8481 Subaru is _by far_ the worst Japanese automaker in business today. They have lousy QC and lousy engineering standards. Subaru North America (like Honda North America, as I found out) are full of some very corrupt people.
Marvin Wilson if your a certified mechanic you should have been able to realize it’s an exhaust leak.
Unless it's a John Deere, in which case you don't really have a choice
Wow... poor thing. Bottom end should be fine just clean those piston tops off and check the damaged areas. I am going to do a similar job on a '10 VW CC 2.0L, where the tensioners are known to gum up and send the chain flying.
Hell yeah Sam! That's how you do it, brother! 😎
You know it!
Man that engine looks NICE! You scored big on that one 👍
Sad. I’ve always been saying that these dealerships are rip offs. You expect to get high level work especially for an expensive car like that and you basically have to total a vehicle over a rookie mistake. This video was very informative
The $100 for a Ferrari bolt is worth a thumbs up.
Very entertaining Sam love watching your vids, you are a brave man taking some of this stuff on, very informative always waiting for your next one , keep it up.
Sam "I've been tugging at if for a couple hours now" Crac
Everyone needs a friend like Nick!
ohoooo, I love your milwauke tool for bolts and screws, so satisfying to watch. You're a very good narator, to tell stories. I like your rebuilds. It is so much better than the 'flute' chaotic videos from Rich. Sorry RichRebuilds.
please don't get that broken tychan Porsche... no response needed
You asked for it. You got it. "Land Rover, turning regular people into mechanics for the last 60 years." Good thing you're way ahead of the curve. :)
"I've been tugging at it for a few hours now"
I'll just go ahead and leave this here.
I went straight to the comments after I heard it to confirm someone had posted it! Thanks!
And he just can't get it off
Beautiful truck! I'm jealous of the deal you got. The 5.0L is an awful engine and I was too scared to buy one myself so my 4.2 will have to do but I sure do love the 2010+ facelift.
The 4.2 is the closest to bullet proof reliability wise
"Super cheap range rover that works"
I saw a unicorn walk past him as he said that
FYI, I've had several engines with skipped/shredded timing chains/gears and a couple of them had pistons that looked like this. I didn't change the pistons in either.
One was perfectly fine. The other suffered from a compressed upper piston ring groove. This caused the engine to have slightly lower compression than it should have as well as burn oil (with lots of blowby - pulsing from the valve cover whenever that cylinder fired). It still had plenty of power at high rpms. I drove it for another 100,000 miles, adding a quart of oil every ~2000 from then on...
This kind of jobs on an engine make me want to buy an electric car.
Yes, because fucked up electronics are so much more fun.
Not all cars.
Yeah! I guess electric cars would just be a chuck and replace type of repair $$$$
But it would be craZy expensive
I'd not do this also. If you have a regular car just buy another engine. It's not worth your time and money. Used engine is the way to go. But with this Range rover it is the only logical option without going bankrupt. So don't buy Range Rover.
Enjoyed this video, all hands on and showing what’s what and explaining 🤙 keep it up bud
Scotty Kilmer “land rovers are endless money pits”
dont!
The 5.0 V8 in these is the AJ-Series and they are very reliable engines---installed in literally hundreds of thousands of Jaguars and Land Rovers over the past 15 years. The timing chain tensioner is a well-known issue with 2010-era ones, as well as water pumps that fail around 70K miles. 2012 and later ones have the new tensioners and a water pump replacement is $400 at an independent shop. Use good synthetic and change the oil regularly and these engines will give you 500+ HP for 150K miles easy.
What I've learned owning an "unreliable" car: 99% of unreliability is caused by 2 things. Dealer networks without a commitment to proper service, and independent shops afraid to work on cars they don't understand.
Recently asked for some pretty basic service on my car, and have gotten two shops that gave me "We don't work on foreign jobs" answer, felt like I was back in the 1970s. The third shop came back with an astronomical quote, asking about 10 hours of labor on a job that's about 5 hours of labor according to alldata (and 3 hours according to the dealer). Job's not hard. It's just a mindset.
Most reliability issues come back to bad service. And some brands just get the short end of the service stick.
If the "jobs not hard, only the mindset" then fix the car yourself dummy nigga, just fix your mindset.
Alvin Brinson at that point you might as well do it yourself or to the best of your ability luckily for me I don’t have much experience with modern cars as I drive a Land rover 110 with a rover 4.2 v8 shoehorned in to it and a Jeep 1946 cj2a you need to find a hobbyist mechanic to get it done because they tend to be more intensive and have an interest because theirs nothing worse than a cowboy mechanic that cuts corners.
I’ve owned 10 Range Rovers. Had problems with 2. The 2 I owned didn’t come from the dealer and were both used. All my other RR’s were bought brand new. I’ve never had one past 50K miles. Love the brand and have had no problems. Second hand from a non dealer is a nightmare.
Nick is one cool guy..... Seems like a great buddy to have.
@@wrenchmonger no worries Nick. Btw Ive subscribed to your channel cos I reckon you're gonna make it. Be yourself, use your contacts, use your expertise, find your niche, then build your brand. The subs will follow. Good luck Bigfella. You can do it.
@@wrenchmonger just give me a shout out when you reach your first 100k subs that's all I ask! 👍
@@wrenchmongerHurray! Btw the shirt is fine & will be proudly worn.... but you can forget the Rover parts, I'm English !
"Yo Th' Man! " as I believe you Americans say!
Congratulations by hitting 1 000 000 subscribers! Stay safe and keep up with the great videos.
Good luck....
Btw i deal with such injectors sometimes and its always easy to use a couple of brake fluid drops and wait a couple of minutes and its like magic
Sam I don't have a lot of time left on this earth but you, my friend make the time i have left enjoyable. Thank you
Love watching this, getting nervous about my 2012 supercharged RR however. But only at 28K miles. Would love to hear how much Nick would charge for a timing chain job compared to a dealer.
I used to work for a Fiat dealers, when we got injectors that were so stuck you could lift the car with them, we called in a specialist. He had an ultrasound tool which pulled and at the same time transmitted high power ultrasound down them. They then came out like a knife out of butter unbelievably easy . HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS METHOD.
You should change the radiator hoses as well. They like to crack after not being circulated with coolant. Mine bursted on the way to the hospital after not driving it for 6 months....
Totally amazing, SamKrackhead finally brought in a qualified technician to fix his butcher job.
Do you actually watch the videos asswipe? He didnt fuck the engine up, the dealer did...
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SamKrackhead Butchers Everything He Touches.
Great video Sam and congrats with your 1 milion subscribers to your channel. Keep going with those nice videos.
Nice double sponsor hit there. FCP and Honey in one shot👌🏾
Check the top of the pistons that made contact with the valves very very good. Worst case the top of the piston could get a hairline crack and cause lower than normal compression number and piston will eventually fail....ask me how I know. But you may be okay. Good luck💪🏼
I can watch these Range Rover repair videos all day
Nick has it going on! Great mechanic!! Props!
What a great video, this is already my favorite of all your rebuilds.
Serious and excellent work Samcrac!! Thanks for the video!
Looking forward to the next episode....Love those Range Rovers, but, sadly, always a maintenance issue.....nice to see that the problem was caused by failure of a mechanic rather than mechanical failure!
About time Sam got the obligatory TH-camr Bendpak lift fitted to his field, would make working on his fleet so much easier.
Nice to see Sam get in about it and congrats on 1m subs that's awesome Sam 👍
Great video Sam, Gutted for the previous owner though 😢 If it was a dealer mistake let’s hope they made it right. If not expect Land Rover Solihull to be calling as they have a habit of finding out about this sort of stuff.