Sam: I quickly came to the realization that there's no such thing as a cheap Range Rover. Dude, I've been watching you for a couple of years now and I would have thought you learned that lesson well before now.
Well, just remember that pretty much any automobile is a Hyundai.... Hope You Understand Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive Of course, some vehicles are worse about that than others.
I love your Range Rover videos more so than any of your other fixes. It’s like this labyrinth of fault codes that keep you guessing till the last vid where you get fed up and send the car away!
Back in 2009 I was looking to buy a Suv with four wheel drive. The choices were 2000 4runner or 97 Range Rover. The Range Rover was selling for 3k and the 4runner for 6k. I'm lucky to have made the right decision as I'm still using the 4runner as my daily vehicle.
My 2001 LR2 Land Rover has 276,000 miles on it and still runs like a top! Might have done a 5.3 LS along with a t-56 trans swap at 110,000 miles. Might have gotten rid of the air ride and put 4" lift springs on it. Might have gotten rid of the hydraulic system, the diffs and transfer case, but it's still an LR2 on paper! The key to having a reliable Land Rover is to replace anything that Land Rover installed outside of the cab!
The problem is that Rangies are a 1950s vehicle with a 1970s body, built on the cheap with a bunch of design corners cut and a lot of poorly designed electronics slapped on top (from the cheapest supplier) from a manufacturer with only a passing acquiaintance in quality control and iterative design (ie: driving it until it breaks then working out what broke and fixing that in the design - Rover worked on the basis that if it went 10-15,000 miles it was ok for production They've ALWAYS been shitboxes. As a kid in the 1970s I was living in New Zealand high country and every single farmers who had one traded the things for FJ55 Landcruiser station wagons (farm landrovers got replaced with SWB FJ40 landcruisers for the same reason - if you had a landrover you needed to have 3 in order to ensure one was working at any given time) It's POSSIBLE to make a reliable Range Rover. It entails stripping the thing down to bare metal, redoing everything and replacing the OEM parts with much better quality items. It's NOT possible to make a reliable landrover as critical parts of the design are deficient Incidentally, a standard repair for government (ministerial) Jaguars was to replace the engines with an american smallblock V8. It was the only way to get a reliable one. They ended up all being replaced with Australian Ford Fairlanes In both Australia and New Zealand, when Toyota landcruisers became available Landrover/Rangerover went from 98% of the 4WD market to under 2% in less than 18 months
You are a brave man, here in the UK the Range Rover does not enjoy a good reputation and the reliability index is one of the worst. Yes they are a wonderful form of transport when they are working, but they never stay that way for long. Best of luck with repairing it.
A classic Samcrac purchase 😀 I watch a lot of Range Rover repair videos, as they are generally entertaining, but the main thing I learn from them is to not buy a Range Rover!
Agree....also if i may share my experience on it i can tell you in Saudi Arabian..this car you buy it brand new Starting fron 140,000 $..up to 230,000 $ The sad things only the Dealer can you do your regular maintenance..if you do it out...the warranty will be no longer available...to make a Oil change only in the Dealer shop it cost you easily aroun 2000 $ just for the oil Plus they told if there is anything else..so the car to reach 60,000 Miles..you may spend 25,000 $ only for the oil....after tow years...if you wanna sale it ...its maximum price would be 1/4 of the Original Price..... If there's issues with Gear or Engine... Easly over bere gonna cost you from 5000 up to 7000 $ No matter what was it minor or major problems..... To buy this car ..you need an open account 😁
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
Sam, you have come along way in your diagnostic abilities. Great deal on this unit even though you still have some issues! Looking forward to part 2 of this video. I am confident you will get this fixed and running fine!
I bought a range rover at an auction. I had to replace the breaks, rotors and alternator. I took it to the shop to see what else was wrong. They told me I needed about $8000 worth of work plus a new transmission. I change all fuses, including the relays. The trans was off by a mere .01 seconds when the rover tech ran a diag. So I didnt replace the trans. That was 2 years ago. Replacing the fuses saved me thousands in supposed repairs. Ive had no problem since.
@@TNGAntisocial While replacing the relays I remembered my dad would tell me to start small and branch out until the problems were solved, meaning sometimes a simple fuse replacement will go a long way.
@@TNGAntisocial Fire away man. I'm heading to bed soon but will answer as soon as I can in the morning. Just fyi, my rover is 2006. 2015 is different being its more electronics. I'd advise not to get any rover that has more than 75000 miles. They are great vehicles if you care for them which many people don't. I find that people let problems go until they affect other parts of the vehicle such as worn belts and cables. And always always always keep up the suspension. Hope that helps somewhat.
Best way with ABS is to open bleeder valve and then push pistons back. Debris will empty out the bleeder and not go back up into the ABS valve body. Otherwise great risk of causing one of the ABS isolation valves to stick open, keeping brake lightly applied to affected wheel all the time. Seen it hundreds of times and gets expensive real fast when having to replace entire ABS hydro unit.
Exactly you don't want to just force that nasty stuff that's down close to the caliper piston to spend scraping back and forth on that steel collecting dirt and bits of metal and rust because brake fluid is hydroscopic so between driving in the rain and condensation Cycles there's going to be a little bit of water in there and you'll just force all that back up the line and if you do it enough through components that it could affect its performance or operation and if you're reading this and you kind of done that already it's not too late maybe to fill up the reservoir to the top pump the pedal have someone go around each bleeder several times you may have to feel the reservoir four or five times but just do it a whole bunch with the engine on with the engine off until it's really clean and you feel confident that you reversed the backflow that you introduced into the system back out through the bleeders and out of the system completely
While not too prevalent, this is actually a known issue with some of the earlier JLR 5.0 engine where the injectors will fail and when one goes, the ECM will over pressure the other injectors in the same bank. I had this happen a few years ago with a 2011 XKR with the same engine. FCP Euro sells the OEM Bosch fuel injectors as a kit; 8 injectors for nearly the same price that the dealer charges for a single injector. Due to how much you need to take apart on the engine, I'd recommend replacing all of the injectors and do the supercharger service (oil and spring loaded supercharger coupler which is known to fail) while you have it all apart.
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
Time for a LS swap. And a custom ECU so most of the features keep working. Finally a Range Rover more reliable and with reasonable maintenance figures.
Well thats the engine sorted. What about the rest of the rubbish stuff? Wheels bearings electrical etc. Why not swap everything for a Land Cruiser and get a reliable vehicle right off.
It was a little hard to tell but I think the piston tool was in upside down. The curve of the tool is supposed to match the curve of the pad. Flip it around and it might have fit.
We have a Range Rover specialist garage near us and last time we passed my wife asked why the cars parked on the front never moved, naturally I told her it's because they don't like to stray too far as it's too risky.
My 2013 Range Rover Sport HSE is one of the best cars I have owned. Not THE best as my 2005 Jaguar XJR was THE best. I do all my own work on cars otherwise I could not afford them. I have dealt with a rear brake issue, rodent wire issues, and a failed screen issue. All solved relatively easily. The biggest issue on the Rover is gas mileage and the gas has to be premium. I am retired and do not commute .
Never a dull moment in Land Rover ownership, my l322 turned itself into a v6 by melting 2 pistons and my mother's l405 has had various issues with the hydraulic sway bar system.
Yeah. I get random failures with my sway-bar system, as well. It still happens so seldom, I haven't bothered to diagnose it properly, since it resets itself once I restart the engine.
@@miscbits6399 Well, I wish JLR would have just used the coyote 5.0 instead of making that aj133. They were owned by ford at the time. But I wish there was an easy swap for my l322 to get it running again.
Mercedes could learn from that with their ISM actuation countdown to failure system...I haven't had any problems with mine but it's kind of like SBC. Even if nothing breaks, after a pre-programmed number of actuations, it will force you to go to the dealer to replace.
@@Samcrac would you please stop trying to fix that trash and get a classic American car for once!!! You can have just as much headaches behind an old Buick as a Trash Rover
You and Hoovie should collaborate about making a You Tube living off buying the least reliable but nicest looking vehicles available in America. Your collections both LOOK awesome. Your show would be even more fun if you were in the rust belt. LOL
I think I know the reason why most luxury cars have such a nice interior it's a good place to wait for the tow truck lol The manufacturers wanna make sure it's comfortable while you're waiting
I hope you opened the master cycliner when your compressing those calipers in. You can ruin the seals in that brakes and cause job to cause more damage then just replacing your pads. Brakes will be spongy.
Awesome video! I have the same exact car and it’s been quite reliable from 40k-68k miles so far. Only one issue with the fuel pump dying and leaving me stranded 😂. Love the car to pieces tho. Enjoy and hope you are able to fix it!
I've had a disco 3 highest trim level 50K all service records doctor owned and didn't get to keep it too long because a friend of mine wanted it so bad I didn't get to get to the hate part I only had the love part of the relationship so I guess that's all right. I'm slightly knowledgeable I guess you can say with the the Mechanicals and electricals with all the Jaguars I own and have owned as well as my tr8 convertible with the Rover 3.5 L V8 with a offenheiser intake and Holley four-barrel. Because you're not the usual person commenting after the fact such as high miles or some missed preventive maintenance and then the person has an engine issue such as head gaskets and losing coolant. So with that in mind perhaps you would like to be proactive and let me know how it goes over the years but if your vehicle is at 65 or $70,000 miles do some research and if you want some input I'll be happy to give it to you but you should run across some different cooling system sealers that use different ingredients that will coat the inside of your cooling system including that little edge of your head gasket your heater core your radiator your plastic cooling components with basically Metalized and fibrous coating that creates a bond and a layer and if you did have a pinhole leak somewhere what have you it closes them off permanently. So the point is is that if you add this to the system and there's two kinds there's the kinds that works with antifreeze and then there's the kind you have to drain everything out do a little flush add their elixir and then you run it for the recommended time and mileage and then you only have water with it then you flush all that out and then just top back up with your 50/50 mixed as it would have came from the factory and personally I recommend the prior version because it's easier sublimate, effective and efficient the primarily because you're not losing the coolant that you have in there you're not having to spend time doing the other steps plus you leave it in there so that means that little bits of it can continually work Beyond the initial process. And then when you have passed another couple of years or 20,000 miles of driving then add the same stuff unless something is recommended or comes on the market that is better and do the process again I just do that every 2 years or 20,000 miles and see if those little Coatings you can continually add keeps what would have been eaten away from happening thereby making your engine almost Bulletproof outside of some other calamity like a timing chain issue or something we won't get into that right now the better is something you'll want to check or have checked at around 100k to confirm that all your tensioners and guides are good and there's no stretch on the chain or wear. I think if you maintain a proper timing setup and the proactive head gasket repair cooling system repair coatings you'll get over 200 probably even $250,000 MI on the vehicle without the usual headaches from now until that milestone sorry this is a long and I'm just talking so there's not a lot of commas and periods inserted
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
Love both my rovers, 2017 svr, 2019 supercharged v8 hse, sold my 2017 lwb with 160k miles and my 2015 had close to 140k, never had any severe issues besides 1 of them I bought back in 2017 it was a 2013 with 80k miles and after 10k miles it had the timing chain rattle, either way, I love them and will always keep one in my driveway.
I wish I would've had the same experience my 2010 lasted 7k all kinds of elec trical issues replaced by rr with another 2010rr supercharged this was better lasted 30000 miles before issues started piling up specially not starting traded that in for the new 2014 rr supercharged this one turn out to be the worst rr the factory bought itback.never again
LS swap it . I bought a 2011 HSE Sport with a blown engine and dropped in a Ford 351 Windsor. All the reliability and no maintenance nightmares, even have the center console fridge working too 👍🏼🏁
Wouldn't be surprise if the way to fix the Range Rover, would be leaving it unlock in that parking lot. Somehow thieves get it to run almost surprisingly fast. Meanwhile breaking down in owner's hands.
Yeah you'll have to leave some Jordans on the floorboard, a couple C notes on the armrest ,couple 40's(as in beverages)in the door pocket and they'll steal it then for sure even with everything on the inside saying don't we're not even sure it'll make it down the street without getting hot or outlasting the Hot Pursuit vehicle Chase
I have a 2011 jaguar XJL. Yes it does breaks down once a while. .. my words are.. u have to pay to play.. jaguar and rovers are good cars. If u have money.
On my SQ7 (the diesel one), the regulator "pressure too high & too low" was just a fried regulator sensor on the HPFP... no code about the sensor. Just the high and low pressure warnings
It's fairly new so shouldn't be an issue but always a good habit to loosen the fill plug before loosening the drain plug. This is in case you can't get the fill plug open you don't want to be SOL. With this that won't be an issue cause you can suck it out from the top but many cars don't have that option so just a good habit to get into no matter the vehicle.
Another great video! Just as a note on that your generic brake piston tool...if you pause at 4:39, you can see the plate that pushes against the outside of the caliper from inside is upside down. The outer radius curve should be turned 180 degrees so it's toward the outside of the rotor arc (you have the curved area toward the inside). Turning that would allow the tool more room to be centered on the piston. I use this tool often and remember this happening to me when I first got it...until I realized the plate was positioned incorrectly. Anyway, looks like you got the piston compressed in the end so all is good.
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The older ones already have cheaper fixes for the fragile suspension. I'm waiting for Land Rover to throw in the towel has just sell re-badged Lexus SUV's.
I've owned Range Rovers for 10 years now with a total of 600,000 km on the clock, and I've only had one air-strut failure in that time. I've had more rusted out coil springs go out on previous vehicles I've owned. Additionally, you completely ruin the handling of the car by doing the conversion, both on road handling and especially off-road, since the air suspension is simulating a beam axle, which you lose, after a conversion. It's not complicated either. There is one control computer, which isn't especially expensive, there are two valve blocks. Not very expensive either, then there are the air lines, the compressor and struts front and bags rear. The front struts are, sort-of expensive. About $400 apiece, but they are dead simple to replace compared to a coil spring. 20 minute job, compared to a 2 hour job.
The older ones were the best, I had a D2 , 2000 model auto TD5 , never had any issues except normal wear and tear. Sold it after 5 years for about the same price as I had paid
Everyone talked shit on the 4.4 BMW engine Rover but it DOES NOT have these stupid Jag engine problems. 252k on my 2003 and still goin STRONG 💪🏻 transmission too after servicing all fluids
I love your vids. Sam, you work on rigs way above my pay scale or interest in buying.The vids however are very interesting, I love to learn about cars, I have been a car-a-hollic for more years than I'd like to say. Thank you for what you do!! (I'll stick to my Penstar junk;)
99% of time “Random misfire” is nothing but “bad” fuel meaning fuel contaminated with water o deteriorated ethanol, that’s the first thing you have tu address…you’re welcome !
In most cases, "lifetime" means the lifetime of the warranty. Manufacturers don't give a toss if the car fails catastrophically after the warranty is up. They just want to be able to brag about low maintenance costs.
To answer Sam’s question from another video re: thumbs down. He said why would someone give a downer after watching for just a few seconds. In my mind, correct me if I am wrong, the thumbs down tells the algorithm that something in that video or on that channel you no longer wish to see.
That ZF transmission has one temperature sending unit, and that unit most likely displays the temp inside the instrument panel. That temp will be the same temp displayed in the scan tool.
I love the diagnostic process with cars like this very interesting. You can see from the complexity of these engines why electric is the future! So simple in comparison.
A land rover made it over a 100k miles...that's like a lottery win. Perhaps the most unreliable vehicles ever built but high mileage used yup they're "cheap" provided you are or know a great mechanic to squeeze those last few miles out before it joins all its friends at the junk yard.
Welcome to the hell of Range Rovers. Mine has travelled further on a flatbed than I’ve actually driven it. It’s now sitting with its third Land Rover specialist (in Wales) waiting to see if they can figure it out. Out of commission for six months at this point. One of the main problems is that throwing parts at it to solve scanner-suggested problems is an extremely expensive solution. And even if you get the drivetrain sorted, the number of other potential bank account depleting issues (suspension, for example) is seemingly endless. As others have said, these vehicles seem so attractive… but unless you have your own fully equipped garage and endless time, knowledge, and money, just run away. Run away. If you ever waiver in your decision to not buy one, just watch these sorts of videos.
Meanwhile my daily driver 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie has had no breakdowns. You can choose to drive in comfort or sit on the side of the rode in elegance, I guess. For me, the choice was easy.
When I sold my House about 16 years ago, I almost bought a Range Rover, I really fancied one. Something in my mind held me back and I settled for a Volvo. I have never had an issue with a Volvo and would recommend them to anyone.
I sold one of these in 2010. 50,009 miles. The warranty cost for a 3 yr 36,000 miles was $14,960! If that doesn't tell you something I don't know what will...
Owned a Range rover and at 122k going strong BUT cheap gas will mess the entire fuel systems up, pumps, rails, injectors. People have to USE premium ONLY.
Always aproblem to solvewith a R/R, but cutting corners is the usually problem. I did nor see the gears being cycled when the gerabox was being filled, hence the fault codes. If the supercharger drive has sheared, then the engine will overfuel when starting. Its also worth doing a supercharger overhaul at high mileage. New injectors might be in order. Its a Ford engine by the way, not BMW.
In the UK people who buy Range Rovers live in pristine villages or wealthy suburbs and use them for driving the kids to school and doing the shopping. They are generally discarded after a couple of years in favour of a new one. As soon as they are put into heavy use they go pop.
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Sam: I quickly came to the realization that there's no such thing as a cheap Range Rover.
Dude, I've been watching you for a couple of years now and I would have thought you learned that lesson well before now.
you would thank he would of learn by now.
He does it all for video content now, it is not hard to realize that.
Yup. Tesla also
Well actually the first one was cheap; the second one I lost my grAss and well, third time is a charm!
Well, just remember that pretty much any automobile is a Hyundai....
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Of course, some vehicles are worse about that than others.
I love your Range Rover videos more so than any of your other fixes. It’s like this labyrinth of fault codes that keep you guessing till the last vid where you get fed up and send the car away!
I literally lol'd when you said 'since the lifetime of most Jaguar/Range Rover products is 2/3 years'...! Fantastic
Back in 2009 I was looking to buy a Suv with four wheel drive. The choices were 2000 4runner or 97 Range Rover. The Range Rover was selling for 3k and the 4runner for 6k. I'm lucky to have made the right decision as I'm still using the 4runner as my daily vehicle.
Runners are amazing as are Land Cruisers
Toyota is the best
What’s the mileage on the Toyota then and now?
4 runners are expensive now. You could be in the positive. Like a house that appreciated 👍
Your Toyota probably will be running after all range rovers disappear from earth
My 2001 LR2 Land Rover has 276,000 miles on it and still runs like a top! Might have done a 5.3 LS along with a t-56 trans swap at 110,000 miles. Might have gotten rid of the air ride and put 4" lift springs on it. Might have gotten rid of the hydraulic system, the diffs and transfer case, but it's still an LR2 on paper! The key to having a reliable Land Rover is to replace anything that Land Rover installed outside of the cab!
Lmaooo that's the ticket! Simple fix!!
I genuinely get disappointed when your videos end. they are AWESOME! informative, accurate, funny and very well shot. HUGE respect!
Do you think Land Rover had youtubers in mind when this designed these things? They are endless content machines!
The problem is that Rangies are a 1950s vehicle with a 1970s body, built on the cheap with a bunch of design corners cut and a lot of poorly designed electronics slapped on top (from the cheapest supplier) from a manufacturer with only a passing acquiaintance in quality control and iterative design (ie: driving it until it breaks then working out what broke and fixing that in the design - Rover worked on the basis that if it went 10-15,000 miles it was ok for production
They've ALWAYS been shitboxes.
As a kid in the 1970s I was living in New Zealand high country and every single farmers who had one traded the things for FJ55 Landcruiser station wagons (farm landrovers got replaced with SWB FJ40 landcruisers for the same reason - if you had a landrover you needed to have 3 in order to ensure one was working at any given time)
It's POSSIBLE to make a reliable Range Rover. It entails stripping the thing down to bare metal, redoing everything and replacing the OEM parts with much better quality items.
It's NOT possible to make a reliable landrover as critical parts of the design are deficient
Incidentally, a standard repair for government (ministerial) Jaguars was to replace the engines with an american smallblock V8. It was the only way to get a reliable one. They ended up all being replaced with Australian Ford Fairlanes
In both Australia and New Zealand, when Toyota landcruisers became available Landrover/Rangerover went from 98% of the 4WD market to under 2% in less than 18 months
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Yeah 😂😂
They probably didn't but the near constant stream of disasters has probably contributed to their sales collapse in many markets.
Haven't been traumatized enough by the last range rover! Well at least it's a nice interior for when you're fed up working on it!
You are a brave man, here in the UK the Range Rover does not enjoy a good reputation and the reliability
index is one of the worst.
Yes they are a wonderful form of transport when they are working, but they never stay that way for long.
Best of luck with repairing it.
Rich people buy new Range Rovers, super rich people buy used ones
Super rich dont buy this shit they rent...
Super rich but Toyota’s Camry bro
@@RubyDaCherry261 agree
No rich people least them everyone else buys them
A classic Samcrac purchase 😀 I watch a lot of Range Rover repair videos, as they are generally entertaining, but the main thing I learn from them is to not buy a Range Rover!
never buy a potential headache
Agree....also if i may share my experience on it i can tell you in Saudi Arabian..this car you buy it brand new Starting fron 140,000 $..up to 230,000 $
The sad things only the Dealer can you do your regular maintenance..if you do it out...the warranty will be no longer available...to make a Oil change only in the Dealer shop it cost you easily aroun 2000 $ just for the oil Plus they told if there is anything else..so the car to reach 60,000 Miles..you may spend 25,000 $ only for the oil....after tow years...if you wanna sale it ...its maximum price would be 1/4 of the Original Price.....
If there's issues with Gear or Engine... Easly over bere gonna cost you from 5000 up to 7000 $
No matter what was it minor or major problems.....
To buy this car ..you need an open account 😁
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
@@colinsmith3938 20 years? that sounds like an expensive repair.
@@henrykim4230 Crippling anxiety every time you get in the car.
The notorious Sam is at it again….. And the audience loves it!
I'm glad you love it because I'm getting tired smelling all these fumes over here...
all i want for christmas is for sam to finish one of these builds xD
Got himself another Hooptie
He needs to get his Stepmom over to help him ‘yank his injector’ me thinks. It doesn’t look like a DIY job to me 😂😂
DeRanged Rover content > Insert exotic car built
Sam, you have come along way in your diagnostic abilities. Great deal on this unit even though you still have some issues! Looking forward to part 2 of this video. I am confident you will get this fixed and running fine!
We should not assume there will be a Part 2 video.
@@tennesseepride5255 You think he will give up that fast?
I bought a range rover at an auction. I had to replace the breaks, rotors and alternator. I took it to the shop to see what else was wrong. They told me I needed about $8000 worth of work plus a new transmission. I change all fuses, including the relays. The trans was off by a mere .01 seconds when the rover tech ran a diag. So I didnt replace the trans. That was 2 years ago. Replacing the fuses saved me thousands in supposed repairs. Ive had no problem since.
Why did you change the fuses ?
@@TNGAntisocial While replacing the relays I remembered my dad would tell me to start small and branch out until the problems were solved, meaning sometimes a simple fuse replacement will go a long way.
@@AnonYmous-tg4hs are you in LA ? Might buy a 2015 tomorrow would love some advice
@@TNGAntisocial Fire away man. I'm heading to bed soon but will answer as soon as I can in the morning. Just fyi, my rover is 2006. 2015 is different being its more electronics. I'd advise not to get any rover that has more than 75000 miles. They are great vehicles if you care for them which many people don't. I find that people let problems go until they affect other parts of the vehicle such as worn belts and cables. And always always always keep up the suspension. Hope that helps somewhat.
Best way with ABS is to open bleeder valve and then push pistons back. Debris will empty out the bleeder and not go back up into the ABS valve body. Otherwise great risk of causing one of the ABS isolation valves to stick open, keeping brake lightly applied to affected wheel all the time. Seen it hundreds of times and gets expensive real fast when having to replace entire ABS hydro unit.
Exactly you don't want to just force that nasty stuff that's down close to the caliper piston to spend scraping back and forth on that steel collecting dirt and bits of metal and rust because brake fluid is hydroscopic so between driving in the rain and condensation Cycles there's going to be a little bit of water in there and you'll just force all that back up the line and if you do it enough through components that it could affect its performance or operation and if you're reading this and you kind of done that already it's not too late maybe to fill up the reservoir to the top pump the pedal have someone go around each bleeder several times you may have to feel the reservoir four or five times but just do it a whole bunch with the engine on with the engine off until it's really clean and you feel confident that you reversed the backflow that you introduced into the system back out through the bleeders and out of the system completely
Thanks, never thought of that.
Lots of death traps on RR. Best stay away from it.
While not too prevalent, this is actually a known issue with some of the earlier JLR 5.0 engine where the injectors will fail and when one goes, the ECM will over pressure the other injectors in the same bank. I had this happen a few years ago with a 2011 XKR with the same engine. FCP Euro sells the OEM Bosch fuel injectors as a kit; 8 injectors for nearly the same price that the dealer charges for a single injector. Due to how much you need to take apart on the engine, I'd recommend replacing all of the injectors and do the supercharger service (oil and spring loaded supercharger coupler which is known to fail) while you have it all apart.
FCP also offers lifetime warranties on most of their parts. Used it for my N54 and still do for my N52 bmw.
Thank you Brian 👍🏻🙏
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
@@colinsmith3938😂
Diagnosedan had this issue turned out as leaky injector,your on the right track Sam 👍
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What sort of ant?
Time for a LS swap. And a custom ECU so most of the features keep working. Finally a Range Rover more reliable and with reasonable maintenance figures.
It’s literally the first thing I thought, people always Ls swap it
Well thats the engine sorted. What about the rest of the rubbish stuff? Wheels bearings electrical etc. Why not swap everything for a Land Cruiser and get a reliable vehicle right off.
@@ndlovulwazi in this case is probably needing a new injector.
Na, Coyote and a Whipple. Be different.
That thing needs a 2UZ with a TRD supercharger. Basic and reliable.
It was a little hard to tell but I think the piston tool was in upside down. The curve of the tool is supposed to match the curve of the pad. Flip it around and it might have fit.
Sam definitely does an excellent job making the complexity of LR RR vehicle malfunctions seem so simple and easy to diagnose.
Any land rover with 100,000 miles is ready for the junkyard
5 to many noughts
Spoken like a man who’s never owned a single one 🤦🏻♂️
It's a miracle it got to that many miles.
True dude.any British made vehicles sucks.
Nonsense - people in America don’t seem to understand quality and sophistication.
absolutely nothing wrong with that old discs literally as good as new from, a operational/performance perspective
There's nothing more natural than a Range Rover on a flatbed. Great closing, very very funny.
We have a Range Rover specialist garage near us and last time we passed my wife asked why the cars parked on the front never moved, naturally I told her it's because they don't like to stray too far as it's too risky.
Always nice seeing a LR RR in its natural habitat. On the back of a breakdown truck.
That's where most them stay was thinking bout getting one at one time glad I didn't
My 2013 Range Rover Sport HSE is one of the best cars I have owned. Not THE best as my 2005 Jaguar XJR was THE best.
I do all my own work on cars otherwise I could not afford them. I have dealt with a rear brake issue, rodent wire issues, and a failed screen issue. All solved relatively easily. The biggest issue on the Rover is gas mileage and the gas has to be premium. I am retired and do not commute .
Never a dull moment in Land Rover ownership, my l322 turned itself into a v6 by melting 2 pistons and my mother's l405 has had various issues with the hydraulic sway bar system.
Yeah. I get random failures with my sway-bar system, as well. It still happens so seldom, I haven't bothered to diagnose it properly, since it resets itself once I restart the engine.
Factory V8 landies are awful but most aftermarket conversions work just fine. That should be a clue about landrover designers
@@miscbits6399 Well, I wish JLR would have just used the coyote 5.0 instead of making that aj133. They were owned by ford at the time. But I wish there was an easy swap for my l322 to get it running again.
I thought by this time they would figure it out. Seems like still nothing has changed.
That must be one of the most convenience neutral emergency release, at least they know you will be using it very often
Mercedes could learn from that with their ISM actuation countdown to failure system...I haven't had any problems with mine but it's kind of like SBC. Even if nothing breaks, after a pre-programmed number of actuations, it will force you to go to the dealer to replace.
*Samcrac* What a hoot, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along with you. GOD Bless.
You bet
@user-tq2zb5sc2c grow up
@@Samcrac would you please stop trying to fix that trash and get a classic American car for once!!!
You can have just as much headaches behind an old Buick as a Trash Rover
How much did Sam pay for the Land ROVER 🚗 🚘 🚔 🏎 🚓 🚕 🚗
The old model Land Rovers..were great machines. Also the Nissan Patrol no longer sold here was unbreakable.
You and Hoovie should collaborate about making a You Tube living off buying the least reliable but nicest looking vehicles available in America. Your collections both LOOK awesome. Your show would be even more fun if you were in the rust belt. LOL
I think I know the reason why most luxury cars have such a nice interior it's a good place to wait for the tow truck lol The manufacturers wanna make sure it's comfortable while you're waiting
😂😂😂 I mean as u think about it
nice work on the diagnosis Sam, looking at the CAN data to figure out it was indeed fuel related was very clever
I hope you opened the master cycliner when your compressing those calipers in. You can ruin the seals in that brakes and cause job to cause more damage then just replacing your pads. Brakes will be spongy.
Doesn't the auto-retract also auto-unscrew the cap then?
You have a great way with explaining complex topics. Very logical and fun to watch.
Awesome video! I have the same exact car and it’s been quite reliable from 40k-68k miles so far. Only one issue with the fuel pump dying and leaving me stranded 😂. Love the car to pieces tho. Enjoy and hope you are able to fix it!
I've had a disco 3 highest trim level 50K all service records doctor owned and didn't get to keep it too long because a friend of mine wanted it so bad I didn't get to get to the hate part I only had the love part of the relationship so I guess that's all right. I'm slightly knowledgeable I guess you can say with the the Mechanicals and electricals with all the Jaguars I own and have owned as well as my tr8 convertible with the Rover 3.5 L V8 with a offenheiser intake and Holley four-barrel. Because you're not the usual person commenting after the fact such as high miles or some missed preventive maintenance and then the person has an engine issue such as head gaskets and losing coolant. So with that in mind perhaps you would like to be proactive and let me know how it goes over the years but if your vehicle is at 65 or $70,000 miles do some research and if you want some input I'll be happy to give it to you but you should run across some different cooling system sealers that use different ingredients that will coat the inside of your cooling system including that little edge of your head gasket your heater core your radiator your plastic cooling components with basically Metalized and fibrous coating that creates a bond and a layer and if you did have a pinhole leak somewhere what have you it closes them off permanently. So the point is is that if you add this to the system and there's two kinds there's the kinds that works with antifreeze and then there's the kind you have to drain everything out do a little flush add their elixir and then you run it for the recommended time and mileage and then you only have water with it then you flush all that out and then just top back up with your 50/50 mixed as it would have came from the factory and personally I recommend the prior version because it's easier sublimate, effective and efficient the primarily because you're not losing the coolant that you have in there you're not having to spend time doing the other steps plus you leave it in there so that means that little bits of it can continually work Beyond the initial process. And then when you have passed another couple of years or 20,000 miles of driving then add the same stuff unless something is recommended or comes on the market that is better and do the process again I just do that every 2 years or 20,000 miles and see if those little Coatings you can continually add keeps what would have been eaten away from happening thereby making your engine almost Bulletproof outside of some other calamity like a timing chain issue or something we won't get into that right now the better is something you'll want to check or have checked at around 100k to confirm that all your tensioners and guides are good and there's no stretch on the chain or wear. I think if you maintain a proper timing setup and the proactive head gasket repair cooling system repair coatings you'll get over 200 probably even $250,000 MI on the vehicle without the usual headaches from now until that milestone sorry this is a long and I'm just talking so there's not a lot of commas and periods inserted
@@lyleg.9192 Thanks man!
"m an Englishman who has been driving Land Rovers products for over twenty years and can honestly say there is no place more comfortable to be.... ....whilst waiting for a tow truck!"
Well it’s still brand new, you’re in for a whole
Hero of trouble after 100k shit you still got a factory warranty for Christ sake
The Toyota Camry of all LandRovers @0.56sec of video😂 Toyota will be sending you a cease and desist letter shortly Sam📫
Faster than Ferrari 😂
Overpriced Junk
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I always wish Landrover can throw 4 cylinder honda engines in their car. So you can enjoy the “crab” while still moving from point A to point B .
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Fun fact: 99% of all Rovers ever made are still on the road today! (The other one percent actually made it back to the shop...)
Love both my rovers, 2017 svr, 2019 supercharged v8 hse, sold my 2017 lwb with 160k miles and my 2015 had close to 140k, never had any severe issues besides 1 of them I bought back in 2017 it was a 2013 with 80k miles and after 10k miles it had the timing chain rattle, either way, I love them and will always keep one in my driveway.
I wish I would've had the same experience my 2010 lasted 7k all kinds of elec trical issues replaced by rr with another 2010rr supercharged this was better lasted 30000 miles before issues started piling up specially not starting traded that in for the new 2014 rr supercharged this one turn out to be the worst rr the factory bought itback.never again
LS swap it . I bought a 2011 HSE Sport with a blown engine and dropped in a Ford 351 Windsor. All the reliability and no maintenance nightmares, even have the center console fridge working too 👍🏼🏁
Adding oil the Ocky way! I might be 7 months late, but I got it!
Sam is a Range Rover masochist and needs help 😂
Or a YT content genius
Now, now, Gentlemen. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
I would say ferarri...but ok...
@@RatusMax let's just boil it down to "he's a masochist" period lol.....
Sam is the #1 Range Rover Ambasador on youtube
I like the ocky way reference😂
Wouldn't be surprise if the way to fix the Range Rover, would be leaving it unlock in that parking lot. Somehow thieves get it to run almost surprisingly fast. Meanwhile breaking down in owner's hands.
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Yeah you'll have to leave some Jordans on the floorboard, a couple C notes on the armrest ,couple 40's(as in beverages)in the door pocket and they'll steal it then for sure even with everything on the inside saying don't we're not even sure it'll make it down the street without getting hot or outlasting the Hot Pursuit vehicle Chase
@@lyleg.9192 The keyboards showed the world who yall were. A bunch of Hating cowards.
Great video. Did not know about Pennzoil Platinum warranty. For me that's the golden nugget I got from the video. Thanks.
Yes! Bargain price with luxury sized never ending repair bill.
“And since the lifetime of your average Jaguar Land Rover product is 2-3 years” IM DEAD 💀
Didn't actually think it was as long as that!
I have a 2011 jaguar XJL. Yes it does breaks down once a while. .. my words are.. u have to pay to play.. jaguar and rovers are good cars. If u have money.
That car is oozing luxury, and will be a great tow luxury rig. If anyone can fix it, it's Samcrac. Thanks for taking us along for your wild rides Sam!
In the meantime it's a luxury car that'll look great on the back of a tow truck...
Instead of towing, it will be a luxury towed vehicle.
@@Kevin-go2dw🤣🤣🤣 nice!
As luxurious as they are, I’ve heard nightmares about range rovers. Amazing content man I’ll be following you from now on for sure! Keep it up
In the UK you need to budget for £3k - £5k per year normal wear and tear running costs and just hope nothing major goes wrong!
I have a 2016 RR diesel. I love it. So far, one plus years, no problems.
The biggest problem i think is the dealer i do not intend to use them we have quality independent shops here
On my SQ7 (the diesel one), the regulator "pressure too high & too low" was just a fried regulator sensor on the HPFP... no code about the sensor. Just the high and low pressure warnings
It's fairly new so shouldn't be an issue but always a good habit to loosen the fill plug before loosening the drain plug. This is in case you can't get the fill plug open you don't want to be SOL. With this that won't be an issue cause you can suck it out from the top but many cars don't have that option so just a good habit to get into no matter the vehicle.
Another great video! Just as a note on that your generic brake piston tool...if you pause at 4:39, you can see the plate that pushes against the outside of the caliper from inside is upside down. The outer radius curve should be turned 180 degrees so it's toward the outside of the rotor arc (you have the curved area toward the inside). Turning that would allow the tool more room to be centered on the piston. I use this tool often and remember this happening to me when I first got it...until I realized the plate was positioned incorrectly. Anyway, looks like you got the piston compressed in the end so all is good.
Thanks for bringing us along during your diagnostic. My blood pressure would rise every time I drove a Range Rover.
I'm on my second Range Rover and I take prescription medicine for high blood pressure.
my boy sam doing things the ocky way
(Range) Rover still remains world champion for unreliability and problems
Sometimes I have headaches for Sam, just looking at the complexity to get to the fuel injectors 😢😢
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Sam can’t help himself buying unfixable junk that he himself won’t fix. Won’t lie, I do love watching his Ls
Ooh those wheels!! I can literally hear the grinding everytime the previous owner parked it by a kerb⚠️😲😳🤔
3 days before it broke down? You did better than i expected.
Someone could make a fortune creating an LS swap kit and an air suspension conversion kit for these things.
The older ones already have cheaper fixes for the fragile suspension. I'm waiting for Land Rover to throw in the towel has just sell re-badged Lexus SUV's.
I've owned Range Rovers for 10 years now with a total of 600,000 km on the clock, and I've only had one air-strut failure in that time. I've had more rusted out coil springs go out on previous vehicles I've owned. Additionally, you completely ruin the handling of the car by doing the conversion, both on road handling and especially off-road, since the air suspension is simulating a beam axle, which you lose, after a conversion. It's not complicated either. There is one control computer, which isn't especially expensive, there are two valve blocks. Not very expensive either, then there are the air lines, the compressor and struts front and bags rear. The front struts are, sort-of expensive. About $400 apiece, but they are dead simple to replace compared to a coil spring. 20 minute job, compared to a 2 hour job.
everyone: how may land rover lessons do you want?
Samcrac: yes....
My buddy's 1966 Land Rover 88 ran forever and never broke down. Something to be said for simplicity.
The older ones were the best, I had a D2 , 2000 model auto TD5 , never had any issues except normal wear and tear. Sold it after 5 years for about the same price as I had paid
Everyone talked shit on the 4.4 BMW engine Rover but it DOES NOT have these stupid Jag engine problems. 252k on my 2003 and still goin STRONG 💪🏻 transmission too after servicing all fluids
A wise man said a Range rover can take you any where,but it's a land cruiser that gets you back.
I love your vids. Sam, you work on rigs way above my pay scale or interest in buying.The vids however are very interesting, I love to learn about cars, I have been a car-a-hollic for more years than I'd like to say. Thank you for what you do!! (I'll stick to my Penstar junk;)
Could I get my car fixed the Samcrac way?
Do you have an extended version of you yanking on those injectors ;)
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As soon as you pulled the oil drain plug and the thin oil came out so fast I thought it was full of gas.
It ran for 3 days?
Impressive
That's 2 days more than I thought
I'm sure once its fixed you'll love it again. Its hard not to love a Range Rover !!
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Can't deny it's a good looking vehicle, get it fixed and I'll take it off your hands Sam, let me use it for a few years and I'll give it back to you.
Don't forget the extended warranty. Never, Never, Never!!
** Neva Neva neva
The happiest day for a Range Rover owner is like a boat owner when you buy it and then when you get rid of it
99% of time “Random misfire” is nothing but “bad” fuel meaning fuel contaminated with water o deteriorated ethanol, that’s the first thing you have tu address…you’re welcome !
Sage, with a progressively dirtier face each scene: "Yeah, it was easy."
Brakes man!
The retractable caliper system blows my freaking mind. Videos are always 🔥.
Just another thing that could go wrong.
Lifetime means it'll last the life of the car. The car lasts less than 100k miles 🤣
Exactly! People thinks "lifetime" means the owner lifetime 😂
In most cases, "lifetime" means the lifetime of the warranty. Manufacturers don't give a toss if the car fails catastrophically after the warranty is up. They just want to be able to brag about low maintenance costs.
To answer Sam’s question from another video re: thumbs down. He said why would someone give a downer after watching for just a few seconds. In my mind, correct me if I am wrong, the thumbs down tells the algorithm that something in that video or on that channel you no longer wish to see.
That ZF transmission has one temperature sending unit, and that unit most likely displays the temp inside the instrument panel. That temp will be the same temp displayed in the scan tool.
I love the diagnostic process with cars like this very interesting. You can see from the complexity of these engines why electric is the future! So simple in comparison.
I drive 2005 Rav4. Its easier to repair than a bicycle. I cant get enough of this plain simplicity. Just starts and drives every time.
There's a reason this range rover was on auction. You found out!
looks like a job for stepmom to get them fuel injector's out 🙂🤣🤣🤣
I’ve had friends with these and they spent a lot of time in the shop so it’s not unusual for them to have a lot of service history.
A land rover made it over a 100k miles...that's like a lottery win. Perhaps the most unreliable vehicles ever built but high mileage used yup they're "cheap" provided you are or know a great mechanic to squeeze those last few miles out before it joins all its friends at the junk yard.
Hoovie: Welcome to Hoovie's Garage, the dumbest automotive channel in all of TH-cam!
Samcrac: Hold my beer.
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This is a chicken farming channel.
*Hold my Range Rover.
Ohhh Sam a Range Rover Again 🤣🤣🤣
This one WAS nice. And I mean REALLY Nice. WAS
I doubt anything could possibly go wrong with a Range Rover, right?
@@georgemartin1436 almost unheard off....
@@Samcrac Until it wasn't :D Typical Range Rover Adventures... Greetings from Germany :)
Welcome to the hell of Range Rovers. Mine has travelled further on a flatbed than I’ve actually driven it. It’s now sitting with its third Land Rover specialist (in Wales) waiting to see if they can figure it out. Out of commission for six months at this point. One of the main problems is that throwing parts at it to solve scanner-suggested problems is an extremely expensive solution. And even if you get the drivetrain sorted, the number of other potential bank account depleting issues (suspension, for example) is seemingly endless. As others have said, these vehicles seem so attractive… but unless you have your own fully equipped garage and endless time, knowledge, and money, just run away. Run away. If you ever waiver in your decision to not buy one, just watch these sorts of videos.
Meanwhile my daily driver 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie has had no breakdowns. You can choose to drive in comfort or sit on the side of the rode in elegance, I guess. For me, the choice was easy.
When I sold my House about 16 years ago, I almost bought a Range Rover, I really fancied one. Something in my mind held me back and I settled for a Volvo. I have never had an issue with a Volvo and would recommend them to anyone.
I sold one of these in 2010. 50,009 miles. The warranty cost for a 3 yr 36,000 miles was $14,960! If that doesn't tell you something I don't know what will...
Ranges & jags are endless money pits
Owned a Range rover and at 122k going strong BUT cheap gas will mess the entire fuel systems up, pumps, rails, injectors. People have to USE premium ONLY.
Always aproblem to solvewith a R/R, but cutting corners is the usually problem. I did nor see the gears being cycled when the gerabox was being filled, hence the fault codes. If the supercharger drive has sheared, then the engine will overfuel when starting. Its also worth doing a supercharger overhaul at high mileage. New injectors might be in order. Its a Ford engine by the way, not BMW.
You should purchase an 06' BMW M5 next with the SMG transmission with over 100,000 miles. That would be entertaining to watch as well.
Beautiful .but no good if broken
In the UK people who buy Range Rovers live in pristine villages or wealthy suburbs and use them for driving the kids to school and doing the shopping. They are generally discarded after a couple of years in favour of a new one. As soon as they are put into heavy use they go pop.
The Pistons on the brake calipers are the same on Jeeps except you just access it through the touch screen.
MOBLE 1! All the way man.
4:19 for a moment I thought that was some kind of intricate artwork on the brake pad there, like a picture of Jesus.
Wow, What a lemon. If I had 150K, I think I would go with a different car, maybe a Toyota Camry.