Love the correct way you explained what could be going on and what needs to be done to diagnose this issue. I am a retired service writer from a Dodge Dealership and service wrote for Case IH Tractor Dealership. Same philosophy...different equipment. If I was younger I would have loved to worked with you in Service. Lots of Dealerships and independents really do not appreciate a GOOD Service writer. It takes a particular person to do it just like all the other positions as well. Love your channel. 👍🙏
@@44carbine91It’s amazing the incompetent people they hire now for service writers. Some know nothing about cars and don’t want to know. If you go to Tesla, they only hire arrogant punks that will never ever learn how to change their own tire.
@@jasonharrison601 FALSE. Range Rovers come with longer warranties. Off lease Rovers still have 2 years of warranty and are excellent buys. Learn how to care for their weak points, like any vehicle, and they are very cheap to own. Ask me how I know.
Rover/BMW/Mercedes/Jaguar/Audi….people stop the madness. This is what these vehicles do, they break down. Did you hear Dave, he almost said but he stopped himself…at 70k miles this is when these things start having issues. It’s all downhill after this point. Head gasket at 70K….are you freaking kidding me?? Why are people still buying this JUNK
All cars have their issues too, don’t fool yourself. I’m on my 7th BMW. It’s the devil I know. I know that once it hits around 60k, I need to start watching for leaks both oil and coolant. All manufacturers who use these plastic ended hoses are susceptible to this. I do all my own work and save a ton over money. This motor is Land Rover/Jaguar’s own creation. It might be susceptible to head gasket issues, who knows. Typically a motor has to be beaten hard before a head gasket goes.
They’re posting at peak times. I’m sure trying to find what time is best for their audience. Chill guys they just started this channel it’s a growing process.
You don’t need to go through shop class to know that. Common sense needs to be restored. Most people under a certain age have no clue how their cars work. Probably don’t even know their cars have coolant.
These guys did some work for me and provided absolute top notch communication and feedback. In my case it was costly, but fixing things correctly can cost.
That the thing. As an ex Tech these things cost $. The exp of an honest good tech/shop PAY THEM when u fi d em. I help ppl on sode who are poor but if you wana drive a 70k $ car but cant afford matinence maybe rethink ur life
80% of people who drive these over engineered pieces of u know what cant afford to maintain them. once the warranty is over get rid of it!!! I see and hear the same story everytime for over 30 years , "i'm selling it soon" yet they've been driving the same car for over 5 years @@captaintoyota3171
Dave, I worked at a Jag Rover dealer for about five years. The 3.0L and 5.0L Supercharged engines are notorious for having a failed head gasket. Not due to strictly failing because they are bad, but these motors when they have a leak and customers won't fix the issue or say, "ah.. I'llhave them look next oil change", they run them low on coolant and they FAIL. The heads warp easy too. They also burn holes in pistons. When removing the heads, really check out those pistons. Just cover your butt, look you usually do. Timing chains are usually in questions around 100,000 as well. This customer is approaching that mileage and if you have the heads off, that'd be the time to recommend it, in my opinion. - Zack
I sold them for about a year, I was always in the shop looking and asking questions when applicable, and it was all head gaskets on the V8s and the other half seemed to be chasing wire harnesses throughout the whole car. I saw too many engines pulled for what seems like dumb reasons lol
The stupid thing has plastic guides on the timing chain that break, at 112k miles it broke and we ended up buying a new engine. Also the supercharger has a component that cracks causing annoying knock sounds
After watching this I'm going out to the garage and giving a hug to my primitive 1980 Ford F-150 shortbed, carbureted with the original 300 inline 6 cylinder engine 😊. Seems like all new vehicles are over-engineered.☹️
EVERYTHING is over engineered today from vehicles, washers and dryers, your fridge, and etc…. which is why they don’t last. Too many electronic components and those components are coming from China and Mexico. It’s just the world we live in now.
Dave is THE MAN. What a great mechanic and human being. I’d drive 4 states away just to get Dave to work on my automobiles if I didn’t do the work myself. Top notch
@@aaronkoivu +1 .. Similar "#1 Vehicle Stolen" throughout the U.K. .. Here in Vail, CO there isn't week that goes by that a flatbed tow is carrying a Range Rover. .. Range Rover Denver is 100 miles..
What's funny is that's crossover pipe is a Ford part. The parts that shit the bed on Land Rovers are mostly Ford made. (It's a Porsche designed, Ford made, Jaguar engine). They need to stop using Ford and BMW parts
Dave, you left us hanging! Great content. I had a friend who was a Range Rover mechanic. He retired early with all the money he made working on them. He was super fast and always blew up the flat rate hours.
I have been a shop owner/ technician for over 40 years . I admire the professionalism of this shop. It has been my experience with any modern motor that has had a overheating event,damage has occurred. How much damage and how it will manifest itself is unknown. Modern motors are highly engineered precision machines and do not tolerate abuse,which I believe is a poor engineering choice,no room for error. A head gasket failure would be best case .
If you want a Rover, then buy a Pre-1983 and restore it. I'm a Rover mechanic and these things are meant for the first owner only. They are disposable vehicles. At 60K, replace every plastic and rubber piece under the hood and you'll have some good times. At 70K, replace all the timing chains and guides. Lastly, if you overheat ANY Rover engine, do the heads.
@@JetFire9 Double frequency oil changes are the bare minimum for any car. Switching to a lower pressure coolant is obvious for a plastic cooling system running 30psi.
The first Range Rovers had the Buick V8....only 3500cc but it was better than the current stuff they are putting in them. Rover used to be a quality marque...so sad to see this shit.
Just did this job on a 2016 Supercharged 5.0L a few months. Talk about a major pain the ass trying to get all of the connectors disconnected on the backside of the supercharger. Going back together is even more fun. I replaced most plastic with aluminum upgrades where I could and replaced the other plastic parts that I couldn’t get in aluminum. While I was in there I did the water pump and thermostat as well. The factory coolant crossover at the front of the engine has been updated with a new part number. It is now a single piece of plastic instead of two halves that are fused together. With the old part number, coolant would start leaking where the halves come together as a crack would form. In my experience, the break occurs at the O-ring flange that goes into the engine. I surmise that the plastic just can’t take the heat from the supercharger long term because the crossover pipe was breaking apart as I was taking it out as if it was Bakelite.
I'd rather have an old Lexus GX than any Range Rover. Back in 2004 , my dad had to have a Caddy AWD 6.0 LQ9 Escalade (GMT800 platform). I told him then to get a Lexus or Toyota. The front diff was replaced at 42K miles, then the dreaded AC blend doors where you take the dash out to get to it. But that's about the extent of repairs for the first 80K miles. The GMT800 platform is regarded as one of the best GM truck platforms. It's the LS based Vortec 4.8, 5.3 and 6.0 engines that make the GMT800 shine. You do see the old GMT800 quite often with 300K - 400K miles. . I inherited the 2004 Caddy. It always starts and 5 years ago we did a 4K mile trip in it with no problems. Still, the build quality goes to the Lexus. My elderly mom has a 2010 model with nothing ever done to it , except for regular maintenance . My ultimate truck would be a OLD one with a small block Chevy with Turbo 400 tranny . No touch screens, minimal electronics, with 1960s tech cable activated AC controls, with an engine bay you can climb into with room to spare.
There are updated Land Rover coolant y-pipes (cylinder outlet pipes), the updated pipes have no seams. been a tech a Land Rover for a few years up in Canada and its super common for those pipes to fail.
Going through a coolant leak now on my 2018 Discovery. Belt is slipping from Coolant when I picked up from the dealership after a 6 week windshield repair. I’m thinking water pump, but now I’m thinking going back to a Yukon or Escalade.
Never buy any LandRover/Jaguar. I heard this story a hundred times from people who bought a used Land Rover and ended up learning they bought someone else’s headache. The new ones spend more time at the dealership than in your driveway.
That's absurd advice. The issue here is the guy buying a problem and it getting worse. The issue is the motor, aj126 is known as bring extremely robust, and almost never an issue. I've seen comparable problems on far more Ford's. It means nothing valid. It's just good for a laugh.
@nickr8759 ya, no. Another one. It's not thier engine. It has common shared parts but was solely designed by JLR using the AJ architecture 20 years prior.
@boxxcarcadavers because those pos Ford plastic parts break all the time. Often they take the entire engine with them. Even with a new engine that plastic piece of shit will lokley break again. Aluminum stops it.
It's a tuff business being honest. Some shop's won't be because they will lose business being honest and just can't throw un nessasary parts on it to get extra monies from it, knowing the whole time it would only need the one nessasary part. Great job Dave, I wish we had a shop around us like yourself. Keep up the great work.
worked at a Jag/Rover dealer for a bit, had a 2023 full size come in with 3k miles and had a blown head gasket so, they sure make some quality vehicles
A very good honest but difficult conversation with your customer. I know from experience that it is hard to do good responsible repairs to a poor product. Respect.
@@Dave-bz4pbman on man. lips to lips. hands, one on the back of my head running fingers thru my hair, one near my butt/hip area. dave holds me close as he whispers into my ear, “never buy a range rover” “yes daddy dave”, i softly reply. we proceeded to make sweet tender love for the remainder of the night til the sunrise
ford explorer 2005 also have plastics...the thermostat is on top of yhe engine in a plastic piece... i mean wtf???? try living with that here in africa in traffic.... i changed that stupid piece 3 times before buying a toyots fj
Plastic is killing the industry IMO! That being said an engine nor running right does not help matters. Range Rovers and Land Rovers are so nice, but they can sure be expensive to take care of. Personally I would not own one even though they are super nice. Too many head aches for my taste I will stick with Toyota or Lexus.
The approach to doing things right the first time is always much better than fixing it a second time or worse a third time all because you didn't get it done right the first time. It is obvious that Dave likes it done correctly the first time, and that is who you want working on your equipment.
Great video! In the L405 5.0 SC engines there is that plastic y pipe and also a rear plastic crossover tube that connects between the heads by the firewall. That rear crossover tube also leaks the coolant often evaporates as it runs down the bell housing and onto the exhaust. Anytime that SC comes off the front plastic y pipe, rear crossover and the oil cooler gasket should be replaced as they will all fail at some point. There are aftermarket aluminum pipes for the front y hose parts as well. You can also pressure test the block before you put on the SC by capping off some of the open hoses and pumping compress air in, pulling the plugs and seeing if the coolant runs back into the cylinders but the eghaust gas test you recommended is definitive as well. Hope the head gaskets are fine for your customer!
Had one of those pieces of "SHIT", a 2017. Bought it New, $101,850. Drove it for 6 years, and only 36,000 miles. The engine started making a ticking sound, and started having electrical problems. So i dumped it, to CarMax for only $36,000. Would "NEVER" own one again. Don, CA. 3-18-2024.
These cars are engineered this way for one reason to keep the service department busy. They don’t make a lot of range rovers, but they can insure the dealers make a lot of money on the upfront sale, and all the maintenance that comes, especially after the warranty expires.
This is what happens when you buy these out of warranty vehicles with plastic parts. The repairs are very costly and most of the owners can’t afford to get the repairs made, so they drive the vehicles until they have catastrophic engine failures.
Some real boneheaded and ignorant comments in here. First off we don’t know how long this RR has been driven low on coolant. Secondly we don’t know if the customer overheated the engine. Third this shop did not do the job correctly. They did not install the updated part nor did they do all the parts you should do when the supercharger is off. The JLR 5.0 S/C is a great engine but needs to have its oil changed at least every 7.5k with the correct approved oil & make sure no coolant leaks. With proper maintenance the L405/ L494 are amazing SUV’s. They get a bad rap because most people don’t do the proper maintenance so they fail. This can happen with any vehicle. I see it every day with Mercedes.
Lots of vehicles get a bad rap because they require specific maintenance that customers aren't used to. For example, Jatco CVTs. Change the fluid and filters at the recommended intervals and they can last 200k miles+. Neglect those things and you're gonna need a trans sooner than anyone would like. Nobody is used to changing transmission fluid every 20k miles so it's not something people would normally think about. A huge problem with that is the miscommunication between Nissan dealerships and their customers though, because a lot of these people are being told by dealers that these CVTs require no maintenance. Sometimes they were told lifetime fluid even! Also that the filters are unserviceable. One of them is a paper filter. Lol. So there was initially a lot of confusion about it. Bottom line is that, as a consumer it's up to you to research the high dollar products that you purchase. If you care about them anyway.
A couple of questions 1. could the Radiator cap be over pressuring the system? 2. If the system is pressuring so much that it breaks the plastic parts, why is this excessive pressure not be relieved, by the Radiator cap? (pressure building up to fast from blown head gasket??)
Maximum pressure, high temp from overheating. bad plastic, 70k+ mileage and it's a RR at the end of expected trouble free (?) life. A friend in a 100 year old family car business won't touch them!
This plastic piece is the coolant flow control valve on the L405's. This meant it is the first casualty in the pressurized line. If you want to own a land rover, you have to be a dang good mechanic with a 2 post lift!
Why do people not research these short lived expensive cars. My 19 year old Lexus LS430 has just reached 93000 miles and has had clean MOTs every year. They tell me it will do many more trouble free miles for years to come. I cannot understand the logic of wasting money just to appear affluent.
better wake up. 96% of the people out there are going to be financially insolvent in the next few years as the gravy train is over. Mr. Repo and Mr. Foreclosure are working overtime now!
I have a Jaguar with this motor. I find it funny how people shit in these things. Yes these plastic coolant hoses have issues. They sit under the supercharger and on the back of the motor behind the charger. Where most of the heat goes. They’re half and half pieces molded together and eventually break after so long of wear. There’s a kit for these motors less than 100$ where you replace the two different pipes with aluminum pipes. I did mine and it took me 3 hours maybe? Got a 17 Xe. Haven’t had a single issue since I bought it with 60,000 I’m at 90 now. I replaced these tubes as preventative maintenance. The tubes have been on for 20-22 thousand miles. Dave’s right in the fact that landrover Jaguar sucks at making plastic parts. They need to be upgraded
1:37 It’s time to slap the customer and tell him to do not buy that England plastic money pit 👀😳😜if you have a lot of money buy an American muscle classic car I know Dave will fix it right but come on man why people buy don’t do a research first to avoid this overpriced plastic luxury junks 😮
3.0L supercharged jaguar same plastic cooling system junk, I replaced all the plastic under the supercharger and new water pump, two weeks later overheated and pissed out all the coolant again, at this point I recommend to the customer a junkyard engine or new. Customer traded it in to the dealership
POS Ford made crossover pipe. This is why you don't use German (Porsche) designed engines made by Ford and used by Tata (JLR). It's a perfect POS. Ironically the AJ engines themself are pretty bullet proof, but the cost cutting plastic parts will grenade them.
@@mambofox4333 I found out the hard way with this plastic rear tubes from cylinders heads, transmission hoses, nipple on the water pump, only serviced with the pump assembly, bleader housing J tube that the dealer has 20 in stock lol
"Were gonna test that" wait a second, this isn't Project Farm ! Fixing modern cars cooling systems, so you can do a hydrocarbon test is all too common. A customer who says they ran it until it went reduced power, is rare honestly. I would handle it just the same way, Dave.
Replace evey plastic piece when you remove the supercharger. This is also true for audi/VW 3.0t supercharged engines (jaguars too). Its the only way not to have come backs with these supercharged systems that haven't cooling components underneath
Rovers have cool interiors and exteriors, but the engineering is so mixed. If you’re going for long term quality in an SUV, go Toyota / Lexus with few to no issues.
Just got a 2018, 51k petrol discovery sport, was stolen recovered. So I fixed the damaged parts then found missing on 3, on investigation someone has been looking before. Turns out head gasket failure. My guess is owner had it stolen and hidden to get the value from the insurance company. !!. Phoned 12 garages only 1 will touch it, £5,000 !!!. Tearing it down myself, not a job I wanted but the only way out, it will be sold when fixed, these cars are lovely shape comfort and styling but mechanically rolling piles of Junk.
People jumping to ignorant conclusions without knowing the history🤦♂️ What were the first 70k miles of history? Did someone attempt to swap out the coolant and it did not get properly bled? The only known facts are the current owner bought a vehicle that was having cooling system problems, we do not know what led to that problem. Head gasket failures on AJ133 is extraordinarily rare unless the vehicle has had a significant overheating event, same as most any all alloy engine. The AJ133 is a Ford engineered and produced motor, very similar to the Coyote motor with a few updates like Bosch direct injection. Many of the issues that owners have with JLR products is dealership service related. Many of the dealerships lack a master tech that has completed all of the JLR technical courses yet JLR does not enforce their service rules which require a master level certified tech to maintain the franchise. There’s VERY few qualified independent shops that are trained and capable of servicing these vehicles in US market. If Dave’s auto has the knowledge and tools to properly service a JLR product, SLC JLR owners are very fortunate. We have several JLR vehicles, all bought from new and properly serviced and maintained. My son’s LR4 has over 230k miles that’s had very few issues; front air struts, a high pressure fuel pump and an alternator besides routine maintenance. Our 2012 Range Rover is just over 165k miles, also no major issues. Maintain them properly, very sound vehicles and exceptionally safe and capable in mountain snow conditions.
@rlpatton1970 Yuup, first race in Austin, I could hearTHE ENGINE MELODIES far away frm the drop off spot during FP1..... Now , just embarrassment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People Buy Range/ Land Rover Look Successful/ Cool , It's Hard to Find Anyone to Work on Them, Cause, they are Overrated, Over Priced Junk, Expensive parts, No Resale value
@@erocksproduct Design constraints, cheap materials such as plastic for essential engine components such as Ford also use including plastic sumps, wet rubber timing belts running through red hot engine oil, plastic water pumps, etc, ...... all of these silly decisions are taken by directors looking for greater profits, decisions pushed through by the boardroom, the paymasters, the owners. No self respecting engineer, British or American or indeed of any nationality wants to choose these materials.
Dave, we all wish more mechanics took the time to walk us through exactly what we have going on with our vehicles. This customer is very blessed to have you working on his truck.
No one reads the owners manual tgst has maintenance that car needs . Look at CVT they need the fluid change every 20 too 30 miles they wounder why there transmission neef too be replaced replaced
Range Rover- best advice, fix the plastic and get the hell rid of it as fast as you can, or you will pay for your sins. Go get a Honda or Toyota SUV. If you want the luxury Then Acura MDX.
You can’t tell people enough not to buy a used Range Rover. They never listen. They think it won’t happen to them, that everyone is over reacting, ect, ect…These vehicles are lease only. And that’s if you have the free time to take them to the shop. Range Rovers are and always will be glorious junk. Don’t waste your time, energy, money, and sanity!
All European luxury brands suffer from this. In Jag-LR is the pipe which sends coolant to each bank, and BMW seems to make their cooling systems out of cotton candy. They insist on making them out of cheap plastic in a super hot environment, and I’m sure they do this on purpose so engines burn up.
The seller ( dealer or private party) knew about the problem even without destroying the plastic water pipe. The buyer got suckered. A friend loves his Range Rovers but doesn't keep them long enough to need their first oil change.
@@hokie9910 I am serious. He does very well financially and even though he is not in the auto industry he buys exotic cars and muscle cars and trucks, barely puts any miles on them. Keeps them super clean and very often sells them at a profit. Not so much since he sold his mansion with the large garage. The list of brands is unbelievable, foreign and domestic.
About 70k miles is when people start trading these things in or selling them. You’ll see a ton of pre owned European cars on dealer lots with 60k - 80k miles on them. The cooling components are absolute garbage on European vehicles and Land Rovers are notorious for blowing head gaskets no matter how you drive.
There is money to be made, you just gotta have the grit to stay calm talking to the misinformed/disgruntled customers. I'm a tech and a solid advisor is priceless.
These trucks are easy to work on. Change the oil no more than 5k with full synthetic. And make sure if you taking long trips or use it for a daily. Make sure to refill with Coolant. Remember, its supercharged, so it gets hot. Its normal. Now regarding replacing cross over pipe and the rear heater manifold flange. Its easy. Im not a mechanic or have experience. If I can do it, you can to. Never take your car where they charge you Gringo prices. Take it to a good mexican mechanic and he will charge you a reasonable price.
Yeah all those vehicles like that over charge because they are not worth their price. Maybe $15 to $20 grand maybe. But they love plastic pieces. My youngest son had one and the water pump needed replaced and it was the dumbest set up I’ve ever seen in 50 years. Small plastic piece on the backside of it with o rings on it. And guess what he moved to Colorado and boom the plastic piece failed again. So he got rid of it.
Great communication by Mr Dave,probably 1st time customer thought he wudb ok wid fix no need to tell coolant burning issues but as we learn from mistakes, he came vry clear dat da day he has rover cooling is always problem
Its very nice when a customer understands what’s going on and not causing a lot of drama considering the last customer Dave spoke to almost had a shit fit thanks Dave great job 👍
Let me guess, plastic coolant pipe, plastic thermostat housing gasket, warpped waterpump, and radiator bleed off hose leaking. On top of that, there is a specific way to bleed all the air from the cooling system (4 plastic bleeder screws) and if not done correctly it'll overheat the plastic again. We get these as used car all the time at the dealer. Told them to stop taking them in. These are guarantees come back no matter what. Thats why they sell them as is now. No warranty. Good luck
These are junkies for rich who wanted to show off money by leasing every few years. And all this junk comes back into market and innocent people who had no idea what piece of junk they bought. Ridiculous over engineering to make money off repairs.
Designed to fail. Personally i think late 90's vehicles were the best in terms of quality and reliability. In the UK we destroyed them all with a government scrappage scheme and replaced them with the next gen of over engineered, plastic trash that tends to last less tha 100k.
Cash for junkers really screwed the market. These manufacturers were competing with the longevity of older vehicles and con the government into cash for junkers
I always tell my fam when they think of buying a luxury car/suv "Either you can afford to fix or know how to fix" those should be the only two type of people that should own these cars. Otherwise you will suffer
I have a few customers with Range Rovers. None of them are wealthy, in fact I'm guessing they have a negative net worth due to their tendency to make bad financial decisions - buying a Range Rover chief among them.
The coolant crossover pipes have been an issue for these motors. The smart owners upgraded to the aluminum version for a couple hundred bucks vs replacing head gaskets and engines. But like that country song "its a little too late to do the right thing now".
Why the hell would anyone buy one of those suvs knowing you can do a quick search and find out how bad the suvs are. People just want to think they are rock stars driving them but usually rock stars have money to fix them.
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Dave very good communication with the customer .
I think he purchased someone else's problem !!
Love the correct way you explained what could be going on and what needs to be done to diagnose this issue. I am a retired service writer from a Dodge Dealership and service wrote for Case IH Tractor Dealership. Same philosophy...different equipment. If I was younger I would have loved to worked with you in Service. Lots of Dealerships and independents really do not appreciate a GOOD Service writer. It takes a particular person to do it just like all the other positions as well. Love your channel. 👍🙏
@@44carbine91It’s amazing the incompetent people they hire now for service writers. Some know nothing about cars and don’t want to know. If you go to Tesla, they only hire arrogant punks that will never ever learn how to change their own tire.
100% those buggers KNEW it was failing and passed it off onto him. Talk about getting screwed.
I would never purchase a second hand Rover. They are only good for the length of the lease. If that long.
@@jasonharrison601 FALSE. Range Rovers come with longer warranties. Off lease Rovers still have 2 years of warranty and are excellent buys. Learn how to care for their weak points, like any vehicle, and they are very cheap to own. Ask me how I know.
Rover/BMW/Mercedes/Jaguar/Audi….people stop the madness. This is what these vehicles do, they break down. Did you hear Dave, he almost said but he stopped himself…at 70k miles this is when these things start having issues. It’s all downhill after this point. Head gasket at 70K….are you freaking kidding me?? Why are people still buying this JUNK
And Honda, Toyota, Subaru, and older Suzuki and Isuzu aka Japanese cars are the exact opposite!
Dont let the rover fanboys see this
You must be new to the channel! Dave built his audience on the crap US auto makers have built. It's rare he has a european vehicle in the shop.
Sheeple buy those brands because they are status symbolic vehicles.
All cars have their issues too, don’t fool yourself.
I’m on my 7th BMW. It’s the devil I know. I know that once it hits around 60k, I need to start watching for leaks both oil and coolant. All manufacturers who use these plastic ended hoses are susceptible to this. I do all my own work and save a ton over money.
This motor is Land Rover/Jaguar’s own creation. It might be susceptible to head gasket issues, who knows. Typically a motor has to be beaten hard before a head gasket goes.
Cmon Dave, quit leaving us hanging. 😢
Yea, that Really sucked !!! i want to know if it's got hydro carbons or not. not cool dave !
10 minute money maker
They’re posting at peak times. I’m sure trying to find what time is best for their audience. Chill guys they just started this channel it’s a growing process.
it does would alomost bet everything i got on it@@OcRefrig
Lol, I hate cliffhangers! ;)
Great content Dave thank you :)
And that is why high schools need shop classes restored. One should know that if your vehicle is eating coolant you have an issue.
Shop class has be replaced by WOKE bullshit 101
You don’t need to go through shop class to know that. Common sense needs to be restored. Most people under a certain age have no clue how their cars work. Probably don’t even know their cars have coolant.
@@JonBecker81 understood but it could not hurt.
The guy clearly understood there was an issue with his vehicle losing coolant
@@adam_helmsmasher8543 agreed and fail to communicate that to Dave’s team. Denial or stupidity. Same end result.
What a good customer. He understood everything Dave was saying. He really showed respect to Dave!
These guys did some work for me and provided absolute top notch communication and feedback.
In my case it was costly, but fixing things correctly can cost.
That the thing. As an ex Tech these things cost $. The exp of an honest good tech/shop PAY THEM when u fi d em. I help ppl on sode who are poor but if you wana drive a 70k $ car but cant afford matinence maybe rethink ur life
80% of people who drive these over engineered pieces of u know what cant afford to maintain them. once the warranty is over get rid of it!!! I see and hear the same story everytime for over 30 years , "i'm selling it soon" yet they've been driving the same car for over 5 years @@captaintoyota3171
Yes, whenever they take the time to sit you down to speak at length, you know you’re going to be bamboozled!
@@JetFire9 it's a gasket failure. Popping plastic parts that act as a fuse. Fact.
This is just an independent shop being honest.
Well said
That car has a range of costs
All of them Rover budget.
@@KillaninjaFC :)
Anything plastic has a finite and short lifespan!
Ya high and extra high
In Dutch the word "rover" means robber.
Dave, I worked at a Jag Rover dealer for about five years. The 3.0L and 5.0L Supercharged engines are notorious for having a failed head gasket. Not due to strictly failing because they are bad, but these motors when they have a leak and customers won't fix the issue or say, "ah.. I'llhave them look next oil change", they run them low on coolant and they FAIL. The heads warp easy too. They also burn holes in pistons. When removing the heads, really check out those pistons. Just cover your butt, look you usually do.
Timing chains are usually in questions around 100,000 as well. This customer is approaching that mileage and if you have the heads off, that'd be the time to recommend it, in my opinion.
- Zack
I sold them for about a year, I was always in the shop looking and asking questions when applicable, and it was all head gaskets on the V8s and the other half seemed to be chasing wire harnesses throughout the whole car. I saw too many engines pulled for what seems like dumb reasons lol
The stupid thing has plastic guides on the timing chain that break, at 112k miles it broke and we ended up buying a new engine. Also the supercharger has a component that cracks causing annoying knock sounds
No, the head gaskets just fail don't need to overheat them. It deteriorates and is designed to fail at the engineering level.
@@nathanokioga Pretty sure most timing chains which are tensioned use plastic guides.
Range rovers have a good motor. It is the owner that don't maintain them properly.
After watching this I'm going out to the garage and giving a hug to my primitive 1980 Ford F-150 shortbed, carbureted with the original 300 inline 6 cylinder engine 😊. Seems like all new vehicles are over-engineered.☹️
There is no black box to report back to the cops and insurance company either.
@@who_wantsityup, also no ECM, no door alarms, no airbags.
EVERYTHING is over engineered today from vehicles, washers and dryers, your fridge, and etc…. which is why they don’t last. Too many electronic components and those components are coming from China and Mexico.
It’s just the world we live in now.
more like under-engineered, over complicated.
Inline 6 just gave me a Chubb.
Worked as a dealer Mercedes tech for 7 yrs. Sure do love my Honda.
I don't think you'll ever see a master tech at any of those euro makes driving their cars lol. HG at 70k is inexcusable.
Some do but older models that they tinker with. I know a BMW top tech and his daily is a Toyota Corolla.@caleb7674
This is what I always tell people. Look at the trucks and cars that Techs drive. The last thing they want to do is fix their own cars. Lol
@@artm5583who wants to work on cars all day and then go home and still have to work on yours feels like you never left work
2915 Honda sport no turbo 2 liter yummmy vehicle
If only every customer was as cool and understanding as this one.
if only shop owner was as good as Dave
When you have a little extra $ in your pocket
..life isn't too bad
Dave is THE MAN. What a great mechanic and human being. I’d drive 4 states away just to get Dave to work on my automobiles if I didn’t do the work myself. Top notch
I think he must call nazi man Putin, he will have a chock!
Do NOT buy a Range Rover! 😅
I couldn’t agree more. My wife wants one, and I tell her get ready to drain your bank account on repairs.
Says someone who has never owned one or never will. They are some of the most amazing cars you can buy
Jaguar/Rover
@@RenoBusdriver Range Rover #1 vehicle stolen in Toronto/Brampton
@@aaronkoivu +1 .. Similar "#1 Vehicle Stolen" throughout the U.K. .. Here in Vail, CO there isn't week that goes by that a flatbed tow is carrying a Range Rover. .. Range Rover Denver is 100 miles..
Love seeing how you handle the calls with the customers.
Buy a Lexus if you want a high end SUV.
What about Porsche or Benzo😂😂😂
Nah some customers are very picky when it comes to their cars lol
Why do people buy these SUVs? A three second search will find a LIST of reliability issues.
Because they look cool and they're comfortable. That's it.
because its a status symbol for them.... its look at me , look at what i drive
They make ppl feel fancy!😂
What's funny is that's crossover pipe is a Ford part. The parts that shit the bed on Land Rovers are mostly Ford made. (It's a Porsche designed, Ford made, Jaguar engine). They need to stop using Ford and BMW parts
Consumer Reports still pimps this garbage. They consistently pick the worst vehicles.
Dave, you left us hanging! Great content.
I had a friend who was a Range Rover mechanic. He retired early with all the money he made working on them. He was super fast and always blew up the flat rate hours.
I have been a shop owner/ technician for over 40 years . I admire the professionalism of this shop. It has been my experience with any modern motor that has had a overheating event,damage has occurred. How much damage and how it will manifest itself is unknown. Modern motors are highly engineered precision machines and do not tolerate abuse,which I believe is a poor engineering choice,no room for error. A head gasket failure would be best case .
If you want a Rover, then buy a Pre-1983 and restore it. I'm a Rover mechanic and these things are meant for the first owner only. They are disposable vehicles. At 60K, replace every plastic and rubber piece under the hood and you'll have some good times. At 70K, replace all the timing chains and guides. Lastly, if you overheat ANY Rover engine, do the heads.
If I ever have the money that these crap boxes sell for, I would spend it on appreciating assets!
Or be smart and change the oil twice as often and switch to waterless coolant that has no pressure. Yes, I am next level smarter than you.
@@JetFire9 Double frequency oil changes are the bare minimum for any car. Switching to a lower pressure coolant is obvious for a plastic cooling system running 30psi.
@@JetFire9 Oh your just a peach. You can change the oil and coolant types all you want, a shit box is a shit box.
The first Range Rovers had the Buick V8....only 3500cc but it was better than the current stuff they are putting in them.
Rover used to be a quality marque...so sad to see this shit.
Just did this job on a 2016 Supercharged 5.0L a few months. Talk about a major pain the ass trying to get all of the connectors disconnected on the backside of the supercharger. Going back together is even more fun. I replaced most plastic with aluminum upgrades where I could and replaced the other plastic parts that I couldn’t get in aluminum. While I was in there I did the water pump and thermostat as well.
The factory coolant crossover at the front of the engine has been updated with a new part number. It is now a single piece of plastic instead of two halves that are fused together. With the old part number, coolant would start leaking where the halves come together as a crack would form. In my experience, the break occurs at the O-ring flange that goes into the engine. I surmise that the plastic just can’t take the heat from the supercharger long term because the crossover pipe was breaking apart as I was taking it out as if it was Bakelite.
I just did a.2017 range rover sport. Too easy
Sounds like this guy bought someone else’s problem unknowingly. Great video Dave. Looking forward to part 2. Take care and stay safe.
I'd rather have an old Lexus GX than any Range Rover. Back in 2004 , my dad had to have a Caddy AWD 6.0 LQ9 Escalade (GMT800 platform). I told him then to get a Lexus or Toyota. The front diff was replaced at 42K miles, then the dreaded AC blend doors where you take the dash out to get to it. But that's about the extent of repairs for the first 80K miles. The GMT800 platform is regarded as one of the best GM truck platforms. It's the LS based Vortec 4.8, 5.3 and 6.0 engines that make the GMT800 shine. You do see the old GMT800 quite often with 300K - 400K miles. . I inherited the 2004 Caddy. It always starts and 5 years ago we did a 4K mile trip in it with no problems.
Still, the build quality goes to the Lexus. My elderly mom has a 2010 model with nothing ever done to it , except for regular maintenance .
My ultimate truck would be a OLD one with a small block Chevy with Turbo 400 tranny . No touch screens, minimal electronics, with 1960s tech cable activated AC controls, with an engine bay you can climb into with room to spare.
People who buy range rovers don’t usually care about reliability.
I have owned two Range Rovers. Once they start to have problems it never ends. Have one sitting in my driveway right now broken down. Piece of crap!
Yep. I don't have one but I know someone who did. Same problem. Once it starts, it never ends
Good old British engineering
Landrovers come from the assembly line with a check engine light on.
It’s the only dashboard light that works and doesn’t go out 😂
@@Generalkenobi325 Haha you are right!
@@Generalkenobi325, still better than a Jeep
@@outland4 Probably not. I’m no fan of modern Jeeps but I’ve seen Hemi’s with 300,000 miles with just oil changes.
There are updated Land Rover coolant y-pipes (cylinder outlet pipes), the updated pipes have no seams. been a tech a Land Rover for a few years up in Canada and its super common for those pipes to fail.
Hi jlr tech here also. I have seen the new pipes split and leak, the only safest way to bulletproof the outlet pipes is to go aluminum
Should’ve been metal from the factory@@IIlVipeRlII
If the issue is pressure from a failed head gasket, aluminum crossover pipes won’t help that.
Going through a coolant leak now on my 2018 Discovery. Belt is slipping from Coolant when I picked up from the dealership after a 6 week windshield repair. I’m thinking water pump, but now I’m thinking going back to a Yukon or Escalade.
2017 ftype, every coolant hose and gasket in the car started leaking almost exactly at 62k miles
Never buy any LandRover/Jaguar. I heard this story a hundred times from people who bought a used Land Rover and ended up learning they bought someone else’s headache. The new ones spend more time at the dealership than in your driveway.
That's absurd advice. The issue here is the guy buying a problem and it getting worse. The issue is the motor, aj126 is known as bring extremely robust, and almost never an issue. I've seen comparable problems on far more Ford's. It means nothing valid. It's just good for a laugh.
@timk.537 this is basically a ford its their engine
All facts!
I bought a mechanically totaled Land Rover at a salvage auction. That was 20k miles ago and it's still going strong. 🤷🏼♂️
@nickr8759 ya, no. Another one. It's not thier engine. It has common shared parts but was solely designed by JLR using the AJ architecture 20 years prior.
There's an aluminum upgrade for all plastic parts on the range
Why bother if the head gasket is blown?
@boxxcarcadavers because those pos Ford plastic parts break all the time. Often they take the entire engine with them. Even with a new engine that plastic piece of shit will lokley break again. Aluminum stops it.
The aluminum parts are Chinese and don't fit correctly.
As expensive as these things are there should be no plastic parts. It's amazing these things are so poorly built.
@@donlarson3884 , that´s a Ford engine ! also the mains reason LR gave up on them in 2023
It's a tuff business being honest. Some shop's won't be because they will lose business being honest and just can't throw un nessasary parts on it to get extra monies from it, knowing the whole time it would only need the one nessasary part. Great job Dave, I wish we had a shop around us like yourself. Keep up the great work.
worked at a Jag/Rover dealer for a bit, had a 2023 full size come in with 3k miles and had a blown head gasket so, they sure make some quality vehicles
that was a gift reminder from Ford. back in the days with old 4.2 jaguar.
The way Dave articulates to make regular people understand mechanical jargon is impressive.
I wish I could be well spoken. Like Dave
A very good honest but difficult conversation with your customer.
I know from experience that it is hard to do good responsible repairs to a poor product.
Respect.
Dave is so unbelievably professional. Impressive. Shame he's 4000 miles away from me 😢
Every city needs a Dave!
This is why I do not buy junk like Land Rover
I'm a Toyota dealership tech and I would love to work for/with Dave at his shop. The things I could learn. Man on man.
Man on man?
@@Dave-bz4pbman on man. lips to lips. hands, one on the back of my head running fingers thru my hair, one near my butt/hip area. dave holds me close as he whispers into my ear, “never buy a range rover”
“yes daddy dave”, i softly reply.
we proceeded to make sweet tender love for the remainder of the night til the sunrise
Lmao!
@@Dave-bz4pbGuy might be better off getting an internship for P Diddy.
@@thedalillamalmao!!!
ford explorer 2005 also have plastics...the thermostat is on top of yhe engine in a plastic piece... i mean wtf???? try living with that here in africa in traffic.... i changed that stupid piece 3 times before buying a toyots fj
Plastic is killing the industry IMO! That being said an engine nor running right does not help matters. Range Rovers and Land Rovers are so nice, but they can sure be expensive to take care of. Personally I would not own one even though they are super nice. Too many head aches for my taste I will stick with Toyota or Lexus.
I agree but even worse plastic is killing the planet
Those buggers SOLD IT KNOWING the head gasket was ALREADY FAILING.
this type of service is unmatched 👍
The approach to doing things right the first time is always much better than fixing it a second time or worse a third time all because you didn't get it done right the first time. It is obvious that Dave likes it done correctly the first time, and that is who you want working on your equipment.
Great video! In the L405 5.0 SC engines there is that plastic y pipe and also a rear plastic crossover tube that connects between the heads by the firewall. That rear crossover tube also leaks the coolant often evaporates as it runs down the bell housing and onto the exhaust. Anytime that SC comes off the front plastic y pipe, rear crossover and the oil cooler gasket should be replaced as they will all fail at some point. There are aftermarket aluminum pipes for the front y hose parts as well. You can also pressure test the block before you put on the SC by capping off some of the open hoses and pumping compress air in, pulling the plugs and seeing if the coolant runs back into the cylinders but the eghaust gas test you recommended is definitive as well. Hope the head gaskets are fine for your customer!
Had one of those pieces of "SHIT", a 2017. Bought it New, $101,850. Drove it for 6 years, and only 36,000 miles. The engine started making a ticking sound, and started having electrical problems. So i dumped it, to CarMax for only $36,000. Would "NEVER" own one again. Don, CA. 3-18-2024.
These cars are engineered this way for one reason to keep the service department busy. They don’t make a lot of range rovers, but they can insure the dealers make a lot of money on the upfront sale, and all the maintenance that comes, especially after the warranty expires.
This is what happens when you buy these out of warranty vehicles with plastic parts. The repairs are very costly and most of the owners can’t afford to get the repairs made, so they drive the vehicles until they have catastrophic engine failures.
Looks like an opportunity for a machinist to hack out some aircraft grade aluminum replacement parts.
Some real boneheaded and ignorant comments in here. First off we don’t know how long this RR has been driven low on coolant. Secondly we don’t know if the customer overheated the engine. Third this shop did not do the job correctly. They did not install the updated part nor did they do all the parts you should do when the supercharger is off. The JLR 5.0 S/C is a great engine but needs to have its oil changed at least every 7.5k with the correct approved oil & make sure no coolant leaks. With proper maintenance the L405/ L494 are amazing SUV’s. They get a bad rap because most people don’t do the proper maintenance so they fail. This can happen with any vehicle. I see it every day with Mercedes.
Lots of vehicles get a bad rap because they require specific maintenance that customers aren't used to. For example, Jatco CVTs. Change the fluid and filters at the recommended intervals and they can last 200k miles+. Neglect those things and you're gonna need a trans sooner than anyone would like. Nobody is used to changing transmission fluid every 20k miles so it's not something people would normally think about. A huge problem with that is the miscommunication between Nissan dealerships and their customers though, because a lot of these people are being told by dealers that these CVTs require no maintenance. Sometimes they were told lifetime fluid even! Also that the filters are unserviceable. One of them is a paper filter. Lol. So there was initially a lot of confusion about it. Bottom line is that, as a consumer it's up to you to research the high dollar products that you purchase. If you care about them anyway.
A couple of questions 1. could the Radiator cap be over pressuring the system? 2. If the system is pressuring so much that it breaks the plastic parts, why is this excessive pressure not be relieved, by the Radiator cap? (pressure building up to fast from blown head gasket??)
Sounds very reasonable. Cap should be rated under pressure to split plastic components open.
Maximum pressure, high temp from overheating. bad plastic, 70k+ mileage and it's a RR at the end of expected trouble free (?) life. A friend in a 100 year old family car business won't touch them!
This plastic piece is the coolant flow control valve on the L405's. This meant it is the first casualty in the pressurized line.
If you want to own a land rover, you have to be a dang good mechanic with a 2 post lift!
Why do people not research these short lived expensive cars. My 19 year old Lexus LS430 has just reached 93000 miles and has had clean MOTs every year. They tell me it will do many more trouble free miles for years to come. I cannot understand the logic of wasting money just to appear affluent.
better wake up. 96% of the people out there are going to be financially insolvent in the next few years as the gravy train is over. Mr. Repo and Mr. Foreclosure are working overtime now!
I have a Jaguar with this motor. I find it funny how people shit in these things. Yes these plastic coolant hoses have issues. They sit under the supercharger and on the back of the motor behind the charger. Where most of the heat goes. They’re half and half pieces molded together and eventually break after so long of wear. There’s a kit for these motors less than 100$ where you replace the two different pipes with aluminum pipes. I did mine and it took me 3 hours maybe? Got a 17 Xe. Haven’t had a single issue since I bought it with 60,000 I’m at 90 now. I replaced these tubes as preventative maintenance. The tubes have been on for 20-22 thousand miles. Dave’s right in the fact that landrover Jaguar sucks at making plastic parts. They need to be upgraded
1:37 It’s time to slap the customer and tell him to do not buy that England plastic money pit 👀😳😜if you have a lot of money buy an American muscle classic car I know Dave will fix it right but come on man why people buy don’t do a research first to avoid this overpriced plastic luxury junks 😮
Clear and concise communication…..I wouldn’t mind spending money at his shop
Hi Dave . I’m a Jaguar Land Rover specialist, Those motors are problematic. It’s v8 supercharged . It takes seconds to blow the head gasket
3.0L supercharged jaguar same plastic cooling system junk, I replaced all the plastic under the supercharger and new water pump, two weeks later overheated and pissed out all the coolant again, at this point I recommend to the customer a junkyard engine or new. Customer traded it in to the dealership
POS Ford made crossover pipe. This is why you don't use German (Porsche) designed engines made by Ford and used by Tata (JLR). It's a perfect POS.
Ironically the AJ engines themself are pretty bullet proof, but the cost cutting plastic parts will grenade them.
@@mambofox4333 I found out the hard way with this plastic rear tubes from cylinders heads, transmission hoses, nipple on the water pump, only serviced with the pump assembly, bleader housing J tube that the dealer has 20 in stock lol
You couldn’t pay me to own a Range Rover.
"Were gonna test that" wait a second, this isn't Project Farm !
Fixing modern cars cooling systems, so you can do a hydrocarbon test is all too common. A customer who says they ran it until it went reduced power, is rare honestly. I would handle it just the same way, Dave.
Replace evey plastic piece when you remove the supercharger. This is also true for audi/VW 3.0t supercharged engines (jaguars too). Its the only way not to have come backs with these supercharged systems that haven't cooling components underneath
This makes me happy not owning a Range Rover 😂
Rovers have cool interiors and exteriors, but the engineering is so mixed. If you’re going for long term quality in an SUV, go Toyota / Lexus with few to no issues.
Just got a 2018, 51k petrol discovery sport, was stolen recovered. So I fixed the damaged parts then found missing on 3, on investigation someone has been looking before. Turns out head gasket failure. My guess is owner had it stolen and hidden to get the value from the insurance company. !!. Phoned 12 garages only 1 will touch it, £5,000 !!!. Tearing it down myself, not a job I wanted but the only way out, it will be sold when fixed, these cars are lovely shape comfort and styling but mechanically rolling piles of Junk.
Tell the customer to tell his wife he’s scraping it and buying her something that will last for 800,000 miles.An old crown Vic police car.
People jumping to ignorant conclusions without knowing the history🤦♂️
What were the first 70k miles of history? Did someone attempt to swap out the coolant and it did not get properly bled?
The only known facts are the current owner bought a vehicle that was having cooling system problems, we do not know what led to that problem. Head gasket failures on AJ133 is extraordinarily rare unless the vehicle has had a significant overheating event, same as most any all alloy engine. The AJ133 is a Ford engineered and produced motor, very similar to the Coyote motor with a few updates like Bosch direct injection.
Many of the issues that owners have with JLR products is dealership service related. Many of the dealerships lack a master tech that has completed all of the JLR technical courses yet JLR does not enforce their service rules which require a master level certified tech to maintain the franchise. There’s VERY few qualified independent shops that are trained and capable of servicing these vehicles in US market.
If Dave’s auto has the knowledge and tools to properly service a JLR product, SLC JLR owners are very fortunate. We have several JLR vehicles, all bought from new and properly serviced and maintained. My son’s LR4 has over 230k miles that’s had very few issues; front air struts, a high pressure fuel pump and an alternator besides routine maintenance. Our 2012 Range Rover is just over 165k miles, also no major issues. Maintain them properly, very sound vehicles and exceptionally safe and capable in mountain snow conditions.
love the F1 sounds intro
....SOUND before stupid hybrid era.....😂😂😂😂😂
@@mbaktari8194 absolutely.. first I ever seen I person was early 2000s and was the most violet sound to ever come out of a car and transmission
@rlpatton1970 Yuup, first race in Austin, I could hearTHE ENGINE MELODIES far away frm the drop off spot during FP1.....
Now , just embarrassment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People Buy Range/ Land Rover Look Successful/ Cool , It's Hard to Find Anyone to Work on Them, Cause, they are Overrated, Over Priced Junk, Expensive parts, No Resale value
If it is one thing the Brit’s know to do, make unreliable cars.
Range Rovers ain't British, haven't been for years.
@@Handlebar-MustDash ownership is different, majority of high end are still developed ,design and made in England by the Brits.
@@erocksproduct Design constraints, cheap materials such as plastic for essential engine components such as Ford also use including plastic sumps, wet rubber timing belts running through red hot engine oil, plastic water pumps, etc, ...... all of these silly decisions are taken by directors looking for greater profits, decisions pushed through by the boardroom, the paymasters, the owners. No self respecting engineer, British or American or indeed of any nationality wants to choose these materials.
..it´s a FORD AJ engine. American
Its a LR, of course its the Headgasket................. Ask me how I know? I was stupid enough to buy a second one. and they both failed around 100k,
Dave, we all wish more mechanics took the time to walk us through exactly what we have going on with our vehicles. This customer is very blessed to have you working on his truck.
No one reads the owners manual tgst has maintenance that car needs . Look at CVT they need the fluid change every 20 too 30 miles they wounder why there transmission neef too be replaced replaced
Unrelated question here: Do you think you could do a video on tuners/tuning?
Thanks for the feedback, we will add that to our video list. Appreciate you watching our channel.
Range Rover- best advice, fix the plastic and get the hell rid of it as fast as you can, or you will pay for your sins. Go get a Honda or Toyota SUV. If you want the luxury Then Acura MDX.
ALL Vehicle's NEED to be Maintained on a REGULAR basis. Also, the Owner should be alwaya aware of the Sounds the Vehicke is giving them.
So what happened?
A plastic piece. IN A SUPERCHARGER. THAT HANDLES COOLANT. Land Rover, what the actual hell are you thinking!?
You can’t tell people enough not to buy a used Range Rover. They never listen. They think it won’t happen to them, that everyone is over reacting, ect, ect…These vehicles are lease only. And that’s if you have the free time to take them to the shop. Range Rovers are and always will be glorious junk. Don’t waste your time, energy, money, and sanity!
..that a AJ FORD engine !
All European luxury brands suffer from this. In Jag-LR is the pipe which sends coolant to each bank, and BMW seems to make their cooling systems out of cotton candy. They insist on making them out of cheap plastic in a super hot environment, and I’m sure they do this on purpose so engines burn up.
Great interaction with your customer.
WHAT’S THE OUTCOME!!!???!!! UUUUUGGGGGHHHHH
The seller ( dealer or private party) knew about the problem even without destroying the plastic water pipe. The buyer got suckered. A friend loves his
Range Rovers but doesn't keep them long enough to need their first oil change.
Are you serious? Is this person deranged? Why would anyone buy a new car every 5-10k miles? That is very odd.
@@hokie9910 I am serious. He does very well financially and even though he is not in the auto industry he buys exotic cars
and muscle cars and trucks, barely puts any miles on them. Keeps them super clean
and very often sells them at a profit. Not
so much since he sold his mansion with the
large garage. The list of brands is unbelievable, foreign and domestic.
About 70k miles is when people start trading these things in or selling them. You’ll see a ton of pre owned European cars on dealer lots with 60k - 80k miles on them. The cooling components are absolute garbage on European vehicles and Land Rovers are notorious for blowing head gaskets no matter how you drive.
I’m thinking of being a service advisor learning a lot from the way Dave communicates
There is money to be made, you just gotta have the grit to stay calm talking to the misinformed/disgruntled customers. I'm a tech and a solid advisor is priceless.
Dave you have great people and communication skills, able to translate the technical jargon into language the average person can understand.
These trucks are easy to work on. Change the oil no more than 5k with full synthetic. And make sure if you taking long trips or use it for a daily. Make sure to refill with Coolant. Remember, its supercharged, so it gets hot. Its normal. Now regarding replacing cross over pipe and the rear heater manifold flange. Its easy. Im not a mechanic or have experience. If I can do it, you can to. Never take your car where they charge you Gringo prices. Take it to a good mexican mechanic and he will charge you a reasonable price.
Scrap it!
Yeah all those vehicles like that over charge because they are not worth their price. Maybe $15 to $20 grand maybe. But they love plastic pieces. My youngest son had one and the water pump needed replaced and it was the dumbest set up I’ve ever seen in 50 years. Small plastic piece on the backside of it with o rings on it. And guess what he moved to Colorado and boom the plastic piece failed again. So he got rid of it.
Master Class Dave!
Unfortunatly they dont make cars like they used to.
Have a 1983 Range Rover still goes.
Had to replace the 3 rubber wiper blades last month😊
We’re in a new era of RUclips finally, Theirs like 5-6 NEW car Chanel’s that are actually entertaining and informative
Dave Auto Center, The Back Speed Boys, Tom’s refurb, BlackCarGuru, Ari&Cars, OG schefchen
Don't forget the OLD car channels: South Main Auto, The Car Care Nut, Car Wizard and ScannerDanner.
Just buy the old L322 TDV8 .. has a Ford v8 diesel twin turbo engine 👍🏻
Great communication by Mr Dave,probably 1st time customer thought he wudb ok wid fix no need to tell coolant burning issues but as we learn from mistakes, he came vry clear dat da day he has rover cooling is always problem
Ummm.... It should be OE quality, or OEM. Sounds like they bought the piece on eBay and nobody wanted the smoke.
Its very nice when a customer understands what’s going on and not causing a lot of drama considering the last customer Dave spoke to almost had a shit fit thanks Dave great job 👍
Let me guess, plastic coolant pipe, plastic thermostat housing gasket, warpped waterpump, and radiator bleed off hose leaking. On top of that, there is a specific way to bleed all the air from the cooling system (4 plastic bleeder screws) and if not done correctly it'll overheat the plastic again. We get these as used car all the time at the dealer. Told them to stop taking them in. These are guarantees come back no matter what. Thats why they sell them as is now. No warranty. Good luck
Bro wtf. Why the cliff hanger?! Man tell us!!!
We put out videos in real time, as we are working on them. Don't mean to give you a cliffhanger. 👍. Don't want to do cliffhangers.
These are junkies for rich who wanted to show off money by leasing every few years. And all this junk comes back into market and innocent people who had no idea what piece of junk they bought. Ridiculous over engineering to make money off repairs.
Sounds like head gaskets for sure. Good customer service!
Designed to fail. Personally i think late 90's vehicles were the best in terms of quality and reliability. In the UK we destroyed them all with a government scrappage scheme and replaced them with the next gen of over engineered, plastic trash that tends to last less tha 100k.
Cash for junkers really screwed the market. These manufacturers were competing with the longevity of older vehicles and con the government into cash for junkers
Love Rover, but love my Toyota for day to day driving... what a shame you pay big bucks and you still get crap!
I always tell my fam when they think of buying a luxury car/suv "Either you can afford to fix or know how to fix" those should be the only two type of people that should own these cars. Otherwise you will suffer
I have a few customers with Range Rovers. None of them are wealthy, in fact I'm guessing they have a negative net worth due to their tendency to make bad financial decisions - buying a Range Rover chief among them.
The coolant crossover pipes have been an issue for these motors. The smart owners upgraded to the aluminum version for a couple hundred bucks vs replacing head gaskets and engines. But like that country song "its a little too late to do the right thing now".
Why the hell would anyone buy one of those suvs knowing you can do a quick search and find out how bad the suvs are. People just want to think they are rock stars driving them but usually rock stars have money to fix them.