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Dude, don’t listen to anybody. I am a fan of them also. I bought my LR three probably eight years ago and I love it. Like you, I fix my own vehicle and save myself probably tens of thousands of dollars doing so. Considering that most garages want $500 to replace $50 spark plugs. That take 10 minutes and while I’m at it I always replace my ignition coils at the same time. The point being that, as I said in another post… If you love these vehicles, they are a labor of love. But when they are running good, there is nothing else on the road like them. The air shocks in mine are heavenly. You don’t feel any bump on the road. It is the smoothest running vehicle I’ve ever felt Not to mention the 15 speaker surround sound system in it. If you love these vehicles, then you’re going to be willing to work on them to keep them running well. If you can’t bring yourself to go under the hood, then you’re going to spend tens of thousands of dollars fixing $1000 worth of parts that you could replace yourself in minutes, if not an hour or so. So keep enjoying it, like I enjoy mine. The naysayers, maybe they had some horrible experiences with theirs… And maybe, they took them to a garage and probably almost passed out at what they wanted to charge them to fix the stupidest and easiest of things. Hope you had a merry Christmas and have a wonderful new year.
I was 22 when I was tboned by a guy that ran a stop sign. Impact was so hard the whiplash messed my back up so bad it’s changed my life. The guy drove away, I didn’t think he would cause his car was so messed up. Well long story short, cops could t find him even tho I had the first three of his plate and many parts to his car. So I hired Morgan and Morgan they reassured me they would find him and make it right with all my bills that accrued from the hospital and physical therapy….poor communication and 6 months later I found out they didn’t do anything except go after my uninsured motorist insurance from my ins company…took 7k for them and left me with 3k and my rates went up and I was left with a totaled car and 15k in hospital bills. F$&@ m&m they only want the big money stuff they don’t care about the little guy.
Sad story. I guess that's what big law firms will always do in a Country that let them do this when there is no universal health care or state insurance when it comes to car crashes.
My friend and I changed the fuel injectors on my neighbors supercharged Jaguar. It took almost 2 days of driving for the cats to finally clear up and quit smoking.
I did not have that issue when I changed mine on a 2005 XJR. Also I have had very few issues with my 2013 Range Rover HSE. Its heavy on gas but I do not commute in it. The XJR was amazingly good with fuel economy. I did have a water/meth injection system on it.
Last year I spent $19K on a 2012 L322 with 60K miles. It had never left Miami, never seen a dirt road, and lived it's entire life in a garage. I took it for an inspection at Land Rover and they confirmed all scheduled maintenance had been completed in Miami, including the 100K service. I've had zero problems. I put some black L405 wheels on it and the car is SICK! I get compliments everywhere. I love NEW old things.
Pretty sure the heavy smoking is because the ECM had cranked down the long term fuel delivery because of the rich reading form the senor on the exhaust and now when the injectors actualy works the short term compensation have to adjust the delivery untill long term gets to a normal level again.
Always Am impressed how straight Sam's cars look parked around the cattle. Been raised in a Farm, saw plenty of times water tanks getting bent or even destroyed, due to the cattle scratching on it. And even bending panels on trucks, from rubbing on them.
My friends horses broke through from the pasture into his back yard and peeled the vinyl roofs off his MKV and Eldo. I tied my goat on a highline a little too close to my dodge pickup and he amused himself by ramming it for an hour until someone Said, what's that banging sound?
Now that you got the fuel system cleaned up I would highly recommend replacing the upstream O2 sensors. They are probably super fouled, and on supercharged or turbo vehicles I would say the service life on them is about 80k miles before needing new ones.
o2 sensors def. also would get a chinese clone cable (they come with original jlr software too :) ) do proper code/diag! there is unbelieveable amount of different proper info in the jlr cable/soft. generic obd devices cant access certain important codes/areas!
I'm the same just with Jaguars, currently on my third Jag being an XJ with the same Supercharged 5.0 as Sam's Range Rover. None were perfect but I've always been able to do my own repairs and maintenence making them relatively affordable to own/use and I wouldn't go with anything else.
Man alive. Now I realize why you are deservedly so popular buddy. This is incredible. Your patience is legendary. Continued success to you Sam. From Dublin Ireland ☘️.
I don't work on cars and don't know much about them, but your videos have given me the confidence to start learning and working on them. Working on my first fixer car now. Thank you!
After owning 5 Range Rovers of 3 different generations I understand your love for the Range. You really gotta drive them to understand them. Nothing drives like a Range Rover
My buddy just sold me his 05 hse for 500, runs amazing but won't move in drive or reverse, the gear lights work on the dash when shifting, I drained the tranny fluid and there's only 2 1\2 litres in it, Im going to fill it and hope for the best
@@jessebrown9046 with only 2.5 liters no wonder it won't move. Make sure you get the proper fluid though. Don't cheap out. These things are pretty touchy about their fluids. ALSO poke around there should be around 9 to 12 liters of fluid in there. Where did it go?
Same thing happened to my 335i, it was pouring fuel into the engine almost 1/4tank in a 10 mins of idling. Fixed the problem and she smoked bad like that for 15 mins then cleared up and runs perfect.
Glad the repair worked for you. I get what you say as I have owned 3 Rangerovers (87,2000,2006) The ride is awesome and the 1987 version is awesome off-road. Hope all goes well.
With all the blood sweat and tears you put into that car you deserve it. Awesome job love your videos keep up the good work can’t wait to see what your next project is.
Hi Samcrac! Thank you for a wonderfull show. I'm please to see you've gone the mile with this one and as always when you do your videos show how skillfull you truly are. You finalized this one! Wish you and your family all the best! Best regards from a big fan from Tromsø, Norway!
Tromso is an amazing place. it is beautiful there . 12 years ago I drove my old BMW all over Scandinavia and got there - I was delighted. You don't know how much I regret not choosing to work there.
A great resolution to a perplexing problem. Thanks Sam for another year of great content. A great year end video would be a flashback look at ALL the cars that have come and gone in 22. Anyway wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2023!
You are spot on about the ride of these trucks. Nothing is more comfortable than one of these and it feels like you are riding on air. My wife loved hers.
Congrats Sam on a stunner of a vehicle. I applaud you for explaining why you buy Rovers. It's refreshing when YTube is full of creators grabbing cheap, damaged, auctioned Rovers for content and hits. I have friends with Rovers and they maintain and look after them like spoiled children and almost never have major issues. Gremlins yes but nothing major. They have to be looked after well.
A modern vehicle shouldn't have to be cuddled like a Faberge egg. If a company like Hyundai can create a luxury division like genesis and have generally reliable vehicles from the start why can't Range Rover make reliable vehicles after all they have been making them for decades.
@@williamegler8771 Hyundai's are Korean Hyundai's that have horrible resale value. They are No way close to a Range Rover. Korean's copy every Euro car out there... I own 2009 RRS Supercharged and a 2018 RR LWB... they are wonderful cars that I drive all day..
The way you explain things makes so much sense. I’ve just discovered your channel through Facebook and you definitely don’t have to justify your Range Rover as I totally get the appeal! Keep making this amazing content! From Australia 🇦🇺
Good job on the fuel injectors, I was rooting for ya. I wonder if you turned the fuel rail bolts out of the head just enough to place a washer or a thin piece of steel over the bolt holes on the head. Keep the fuel rail attached to the injectors and turn the bolts evenly to back out all injectors on that rail at once? So, back out the first bolt on the fuel rail just enough to slide a washer in, the washer hole is too small for the bolt to pass through and it's a durable washer. Then turn the fuel rail bolt clockwise like you're going to tighten the fuel rail back to the head. Repeat this for all bolts, get them snug. Then start torquing them like you would a cam shaft to evenly pull out all injectors on that rail. The fuel rail looked like aluminum so it might take the force. IDK I use this technique to widen the clasp on a steering knuckle to fit a new strut base in sometimes. Merry Christmas!
I totally join you: I you haven't tried a RR, you can't understand the experience. I guess it's why so many people still dream of these cars and why RR is such a success. 3 years ago, I would have never imagined owning one, especially due to its bad reputation. The previous owner lent it to me for a month prior deciding whether buying or not. And boy, there was no more turning back !!! Definitely more expensive than driving a toyota, but don't forget the pleasure it awakens. It has become a passion and I follow you 1000% Samcrac, whatever you hapiness costs ;).
Sometimes the cheaper option it's to pay for a proper diagnose on the Dealership, and then cross reference the parts required, and do the repair by yourself. The time loss taken diagnosing an issue can be substantial.
@@dawnsmythe5773 Yea I really see those really "happy" dealers when you come in and ask them to diagnose your car, so you can fix it by yourself with cheaper OEM parts... 😀 It is like to come to a restaurant and ask chef for meal recipe so you can cook his meal at home cheaper LOL
I've used the injector trick with cranking over the enige. I've used it on diesel engines that had leaking seals for a while with loads of build up. Works like a charm.
@0:37 No, it is just realistic. Only a few people are able to turn a not so cracing deal into a cracing deal when it comes to Range Rovers. You need the skills, the knowledge and a RUclips channel. ☺ @4:30 That may be the case but the dealer will make sure he has a more than healthy profit margin in those parts. 🙂
Sadly the knock offs are so good “looking” I won’t buy any car parts off eBay unless I know it’s a dealer. This is a lesson hard learned by most people that buy parts off eBay. I bought a maf once to save $20. It almost left me stranded, but I learned my lesson well. In almost all cases go Oem on anything electrical, unless there is no other choice. Otherwise, name brand from reputable dealer- reputable dealer is the key. Not someone with just a bunch of sales. Plenty of people get taken, including me. Thanks Sam for encouraging me again to never consider buying one of these money pits. I always love your videos regardless.
The thing with these "fake" injectors is that they are probably from the same factory the real ones came from, but simply failed testing or were binned in a worse performing selection. The factory then makes some shady deal and the cheap injectors still reach the market and look identical while performing far worse.
I don't know where you get that idea. Real Bosch stuff is all made in the EU, not China. They have strict quality control, even if it is in Bulgaria or Greece.
i work in a factory that makes tpms sensors and a lot of marginal failed parts where going missing instead of being scrapped, turned out one of the shifts Q.A engineers was stealing them by the box load and selling them on ebay. police where involved and a lot of people where interviewed, end result was he got sacked but no charges where pressed against him... not sure why but probably the company didn't want the bad publicity. so yes a lot of parts flood the market that aren't just fakes but stolen property
Yeah, I'm sure the back seat was planned for owners like Sam to wait in comfort for the tow truck or enjoy the company of his step-mother! I still enjoy your Rover stories though, very fascinating.
Glad you fixed it man. I work for JLR in the uk building the evouqe and discovery sport. We've actually climbed up the rankings in JD powers, gone from bottom to middle so we are getting better.
I pulled injectors out of an AJ133 recently. I've done it on two different engines. It took some time, but never had to resort to anything other than the slide hammer tool that is made for it.
DO NOT TAKE THE CAP OFF THE INJECTORS BEFORE INSTALLATION, The teflon seal starts to expand once the cap is removed, which is how it seals itself to the cylinder head, you have about a 5-15 minute window to install the injector once the cap is removed
There is a seal tool part number JLR9899. Removal of teflon seal makes no difference, the tool is designed to be used in a two stage procedure, once performed you have 10 minutes to seat the injectors and rail per JLR procedure.
I don't understand this comment. The cap on the tip doesn't cover the teflon seal. The teflon seal is installed, and I didn't touch them. There is no install window. There is a tool to install NEW teflon seals on old injectors; the only way I could've removed these would've been to cut them off; this is how stupid information spreads.
@@Samcrac This was my bad, most GDI engine injectors have the cap going over the seal to keep the injector seal compressed until installation, this is the case with the N54 injectors for instance, I thought I saw the same here. The N54 installation time is 5-15 minutes once the cap is removed in order to allow for proper expansion into the head of the engine.
@@Samcrac Indeed. I was once told in all seriousness that engineers at the Cosworth F1 engine factory were so skilled they didn't need to use torque wrenches...
I was hoping that this would end with Sam loading up Uncle Rich, Stepmom, and the Caribbean mechanic and going Christmas caroling, but I guess the fact that the car runs now is enough of a Christmas miracle.
Sam it's your channel I enjoy every video you post. Swapping from cars, suv' s, trucks and exotics is awesome. I even wanted come down and turn a wrench because not every day a person can touch something like that. Keep it up and enjoy what you do that's my philosophy.
@@The_North0 Petrol is currently £1.55 a litre, which for US readers, converts to US$7.25 per US gallon at current exchange rates. The cost of diesel converts to US$8.18 per US gallon. So my guess here is there's no a great demand for big thirsty cars, and those that do want one don't want it in white.
I don’t dislike Range Rovers as I can appreciate how good they are ‘when’ they work. However as an engineer I’m appalled by the quality which still hasn’t been addressed after many years. I think I’ll just stick with my Landcruiser
They sell ALL of their products at a premium price. They have no reason to make them any better since their customers lease them. I don't know about repeat customers, but they still continue to sell without any adverse effect on their volume.
Amazing! Thank you Sam for sharing this video. Yes, that was a great bargain for a Range Rover. I love Range Rovers & I have 3 Classic Range Rovers & 2 Classic Jaguas that are not running now & they all need major rebuilt/restore and spray paint jobs. I understand to respray a Range Rover it loses its value from the factory? If I am going to buy a used & loved Range Rover or any car I rather buy that from you due to your honesty & througher checks of components you do especially if you are fixing a component you do a excellent job on repairs! Keep up the great work. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
I tried the run or turn over the engine to dislodge the glow plugs on a diesel. One shot across the shed, so if u do this, cover the plugs/injectors with a heavy towel or mat. The stuck glow plug required 45 mins of persuasion as it was stuck tight.
Sam I have a little receiver that has a little tiny tube thats 6 inches long. You can you plug it into the receiver and then it has earbuds you stick in your ear and you can hear if your fuel injector is working or not you can hear anything through this needle size tube and you want to get one because it’s helped me plenty. it would’ve saved you from having to pull all of them injectors and you would’ve heard which one was bad. So all you would’ve had to do is take one out.
I have enjoyed your Range Rover videos. You got a killer deal with the white Autobiography - awesome vehicle. I am a long term Rover owner and mine have been pretty much trouble free. Love them!
I had exactly the same problems and results once replacing the injectors on my 100k miles 2010 Jaguar XK 5.0, which has the same engine. Same smoke, same smooth run after the repair. In addition, I needed to replace the left bank downstream catalyst sensor, actually the whole catalyst, since its core had rotten away. Interesting thing: one of the spark plugs was completely clean, whereas the other 7 had the normal carbon deposit on them. This is a good indicator of a faulty injector, since it kept the spark plug in a nice bed of petrol for the carbon deposit to dissolve. So spark plug inspection is useful. As indeed the whole set of injectors is a ca. 800 US$ /EUR repair, it is best to swap each of them: if one failed, another may fail soon too.
The compression trick will work but there's potential damage when the ejector pops. Like a Champagne cork, you want to protect the cork flying out, the environment it might hit, and the stuff behind it that wasn't supposed to come gushing out (Champagne-fluid and cylinder gasses). As the whether to replace 8 or 4... the task of bisecting a repair is actually a good one and few mechanics have learned the difficult task of dividing by two. The analogy is trying to figure out which of your 32 electrical breakers at the house powers that one outlet you want to work on. You COULD go one by one (32 tests). You COULD bisect, which means, turn 1/2 off (16 breakers off, 16 breakers on, one test). If the power is still on, flip all the off breakers to on and half the remaining on---> off, or if it's off, restore 8 (8 breakers left either way, 2 tests done). Repeat the process and you'll find that target breaker in [math warning log(2)n=5] 5 tests. TO make that analogy work on the injectors, you have 8. Swap out 4. No change = put old ones in, use 2 on other bank of 4. No change? Move 2 to the ones you swapped and swap 1 of the remaining. No change? The one you didn't swap is the issue. Was there a change? The one you swapped was the issue. You're testing 1 (4) +1 (2) +1 (1) for a total of 3 tests. You use no more than 4 new injectors at any given time and if you're running them for a few seconds the cost is minimal. [Math. log(2)8=3, or 2^3=8... So if you have 8 items to test of which one is bad, 3 tests will take you to it. Even if two are bad, you'll find them in logarthimicaly less time and money and effort than just replacing them all... End math..] Glad you got this working the way you want. Took a LOT of tries, a LOT of your time, and some fails... but if you have the TIME, the KNOWHOW, and are willing to use it, well, there's your just as good as new Range Rover Reward :-)
Did you change the oil after completing the injector change? If not, that’s what caused your heavy smoke. I am a JLR tech and when these injectors stick they can put a ton of fuel in the crankcase. This will smoke your bearings so ensure you change that oil.
Merry Christmas,Sam. FINALLY winning with a Range Rover. I would stay away from expensive cars if I were you. Cheap stuff is easier to sell and cheaper to fix.
Range Rover is like Jaguar… awesome drivability… I restored a 1978 XJ6L putting a 700R4 transmission in and it drove like a dream… I sold it after 400,000 miles i put on it when I moved to Germany. 26 yrs later I still miss it.. BUT now have an Audi Q5… luv it… but it’s apples and oranges… so I get your passion for Range Rover… I love the quirky challenges they come with . Two funny ones I experienced. Water splashing down on my feet on right turns… water splashing down on the passenger side on left turns. Issue: leaking wiper stem grommets into small indentations under the dash pad, then spilling out upon turning. Took me for ever to figure that one out… my fix was featured in E-Jag Mag. Jags drink water… when the water rail on top with 3 sensors is down, they don’t function.. and it won’t start. Just add water and BANG! Starts right up… typical British issues. Oh and moved to Germany and a guy on my street could not get his Jag to start. Told his wife standing there to go get her house plant water bucket with water… she did.. then she told her hubby to add water.. he laughed… kept trying with jumper cables.. she told him again.. he opened the cap to see it was low.. added the water and BANG! It started right up… I laughed and said: Cats drink water !!!!!
Using fuel injector cleaner frequently can help prevent injector problems by removing deposits that build up over time, ensuring proper spray pattern and flow, and improving engine performance and fuel economy.
Hope you and you family have a happy and wonderful holiday, wish you and your a great new year also. Thank you for the videos and information you have given all of us this year.
Great Job Sam!! I have 2 Range Rovers and have gone down the dark hole with the both of them. There's always a cost effective solution to repair them reasonably. You still got a good deal.
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My early Christmas present... a Samcrac video . Merry Christmas everyone
Merry Christmas to you and your family Sam!
Keep up the great work the vids are helpful merry Christmas
Whats the best fuel system cleaner
Good Job Sam, wonder what will break on it next .. get it sold lol
Dude, don’t listen to anybody. I am a fan of them also. I bought my LR three probably eight years ago and I love it. Like you, I fix my own vehicle and save myself probably tens of thousands of dollars doing so. Considering that most garages want $500 to replace $50 spark plugs. That take 10 minutes and while I’m at it I always replace my ignition coils at the same time. The point being that, as I said in another post… If you love these vehicles, they are a labor of love. But when they are running good, there is nothing else on the road like them. The air shocks in mine are heavenly. You don’t feel any bump on the road. It is the smoothest running vehicle I’ve ever felt
Not to mention the 15 speaker surround sound system in it. If you love these vehicles, then you’re going to be willing to work on them to keep them running well. If you can’t bring yourself to go under the hood, then you’re going to spend tens of thousands of dollars fixing $1000 worth of parts that you could replace yourself in minutes, if not an hour or so.
So keep enjoying it, like I enjoy mine. The naysayers, maybe they had some horrible experiences with theirs… And maybe, they took them to a garage and probably almost passed out at what they wanted to charge them to fix the stupidest and easiest of things.
Hope you had a merry Christmas and have a wonderful new year.
And how do we know how to change out the parts? RUclips?
I was 22 when I was tboned by a guy that ran a stop sign. Impact was so hard the whiplash messed my back up so bad it’s changed my life. The guy drove away, I didn’t think he would cause his car was so messed up. Well long story short, cops could t find him even tho I had the first three of his plate and many parts to his car. So I hired Morgan and Morgan they reassured me they would find him and make it right with all my bills that accrued from the hospital and physical therapy….poor communication and 6 months later I found out they didn’t do anything except go after my uninsured motorist insurance from my ins company…took 7k for them and left me with 3k and my rates went up and I was left with a totaled car and 15k in hospital bills. F$&@ m&m they only want the big money stuff they don’t care about the little guy.
Wow thank you for sharing this. Good to know.
They all like that. Money instead of people. They run a business which we shall know
Anytime a law firm has to advertise via YT, billboards or radio avoid at all costs!
Wow, thanks man
Sad story. I guess that's what big law firms will always do in a Country that let them do this when there is no universal health care or state insurance when it comes to car crashes.
My friend and I changed the fuel injectors on my neighbors supercharged Jaguar. It took almost 2 days of driving for the cats to finally clear up and quit smoking.
Well done. I’d love to own that car! 😊
I did not have that issue when I changed mine on a 2005 XJR.
Also I have had very few issues with my 2013 Range Rover HSE. Its heavy on gas but I do not commute in it. The XJR was amazingly good with fuel economy. I did have a water/meth injection system on it.
Last year I spent $19K on a 2012 L322 with 60K miles. It had never left Miami, never seen a dirt road, and lived it's entire life in a garage. I took it for an inspection at Land Rover and they confirmed all scheduled maintenance had been completed in Miami, including the 100K service. I've had zero problems. I put some black L405 wheels on it and the car is SICK! I get compliments everywhere. I love NEW old things.
Pretty sure the heavy smoking is because the ECM had cranked down the long term fuel delivery because of the rich reading form the senor on the exhaust and now when the injectors actualy works the short term compensation have to adjust the delivery untill long term gets to a normal level again.
I agree, I think resetting the system by reconnecting the battery might have helped here. Assuming that resets the ECU on a land rover, not sure.
I was like, oh man another head gasket / cracked block.
Im sure the smoke was just unburnt fuel in the exhaust/cats
I love that you buy these broken, used and abused vehicles and show us how you fix them. ❤️
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Always Am impressed how straight Sam's cars look parked around the cattle. Been raised in a Farm, saw plenty of times water tanks getting bent or even destroyed, due to the cattle scratching on it. And even bending panels on trucks, from rubbing on them.
I always find my mirrors flipped the opposite way because the cows use them to scratch their backs😆
My friends horses broke through from the pasture into his back yard and peeled the vinyl roofs off his MKV and Eldo. I tied my goat on a highline a little too close to my dodge pickup and he amused himself by ramming it for an hour until someone Said, what's that banging sound?
Now that you got the fuel system cleaned up I would highly recommend replacing the upstream O2 sensors. They are probably super fouled, and on supercharged or turbo vehicles I would say the service life on them is about 80k miles before needing new ones.
o2 sensors def. also would get a chinese clone cable (they come with original jlr software too :) ) do proper code/diag! there is unbelieveable amount of different proper info in the jlr cable/soft. generic obd devices cant access certain important codes/areas!
Love your tenacity in land rovers range rovers. Having 3 myself including series 3 they are a amazing to drive until they break!
And they seem to break a lot! 😉
I'm the same just with Jaguars, currently on my third Jag being an XJ with the same Supercharged 5.0 as Sam's Range Rover. None were perfect but I've always been able to do my own repairs and maintenence making them relatively affordable to own/use and I wouldn't go with anything else.
It's a love n hate relationship but the range remains beautiful
I'd love Range Rover but, there dependably is not one of their best features. This is why I drive a Lexus.
@@ReLCorsa some people never learn
Man alive. Now I realize why you are deservedly so popular buddy. This is incredible. Your patience is legendary. Continued success to you Sam. From Dublin Ireland ☘️.
Great entertainment! Sam, I don't care what you buy. I love and always learn alot watching your vids.
Glad you like them!
@@Samcrac Just fix a Trabant 601 next time, since he doesn't care what you buy. These leg humpers are always funny. 😂
what a fucking sad lot you really are !!
Merry Christmas to you, family, and Stepmom. I'm sure she has created the happiest home in Florida.
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I don't work on cars and don't know much about them, but your videos have given me the confidence to start learning and working on them. Working on my first fixer car now. Thank you!
Sam is hands-down one of the best car-enthusiast channels on RUclips. I think this Range Rover was a home-run.
Your money, you buy what you want. Just enjoy the content. Good to learn with you on your challenges and how you always come out on top.
After owning 5 Range Rovers of 3 different generations I understand your love for the Range. You really gotta drive them to understand them. Nothing drives like a Range Rover
fucking 110% agree thank god we have a human on this fucked channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to play! Haha! I lack fear of the trial! I love the way the range rover sport looks!
My buddy just sold me his 05 hse for 500, runs amazing but won't move in drive or reverse, the gear lights work on the dash when shifting, I drained the tranny fluid and there's only 2 1\2 litres in it, Im going to fill it and hope for the best
@@jessebrown9046 with only 2.5 liters no wonder it won't move. Make sure you get the proper fluid though. Don't cheap out. These things are pretty touchy about their fluids. ALSO poke around there should be around 9 to 12 liters of fluid in there. Where did it go?
Exactly 💯 I've owned a 2011 Range Rover Sport 5ltr, V8 since 2022...
It's my 5th Child.... Never want to drive anything else....
Same thing happened to my 335i, it was pouring fuel into the engine almost 1/4tank in a 10 mins of idling. Fixed the problem and she smoked bad like that for 15 mins then cleared up and runs perfect.
Glad the repair worked for you. I get what you say as I have owned 3 Rangerovers (87,2000,2006) The ride is awesome and the 1987 version is awesome off-road. Hope all goes well.
Happy Christmas Sam and team. Big thank you from UK 🇬🇧 for your high quality audio on your videos. Being deaf clear sound is so important.
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With all the blood sweat and tears you put into that car you deserve it. Awesome job love your videos keep up the good work can’t wait to see what your next project is.
Hi Samcrac! Thank you for a wonderfull show. I'm please to see you've gone the mile with this one and as always when you do your videos show how skillfull you truly are. You finalized this one! Wish you and your family all the best! Best regards from a big fan from Tromsø, Norway!
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Tromso is an amazing place. it is beautiful there . 12 years ago I drove my old BMW all over Scandinavia and got there - I was delighted. You don't know how much I regret not choosing to work there.
A great resolution to a perplexing problem. Thanks Sam for another year of great content. A great year end video would be a flashback look at ALL the cars that have come and gone in 22. Anyway wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2023!
Happy new year!
You are spot on about the ride of these trucks. Nothing is more comfortable than one of these and it feels like you are riding on air. My wife loved hers.
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Congrats Sam on a stunner of a vehicle. I applaud you for explaining why you buy Rovers. It's refreshing when YTube is full of creators grabbing cheap, damaged, auctioned Rovers for content and hits. I have friends with Rovers and they maintain and look after them like spoiled children and almost never have major issues. Gremlins yes but nothing major. They have to be looked after well.
A modern vehicle shouldn't have to be cuddled like a Faberge egg.
If a company like Hyundai can create a luxury division like genesis and have generally reliable vehicles from the start why can't Range Rover make reliable vehicles after all they have been making them for decades.
@@williamegler8771 Hyundai's are Korean Hyundai's that have horrible resale value. They are No way close to a Range Rover. Korean's copy every Euro car out there... I own 2009 RRS Supercharged and a 2018 RR LWB... they are wonderful cars that I drive all day..
Hyundai has horrible resale value?!?! Have you checked how much a used Range Rover goes for? Lmao
The way you explain things makes so much sense. I’ve just discovered your channel through Facebook and you definitely don’t have to justify your Range Rover as I totally get the appeal! Keep making this amazing content!
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Good job on the fuel injectors, I was rooting for ya. I wonder if you turned the fuel rail bolts out of the head just enough to place a washer or a thin piece of steel over the bolt holes on the head. Keep the fuel rail attached to the injectors and turn the bolts evenly to back out all injectors on that rail at once? So, back out the first bolt on the fuel rail just enough to slide a washer in, the washer hole is too small for the bolt to pass through and it's a durable washer. Then turn the fuel rail bolt clockwise like you're going to tighten the fuel rail back to the head. Repeat this for all bolts, get them snug. Then start torquing them like you would a cam shaft to evenly pull out all injectors on that rail. The fuel rail looked like aluminum so it might take the force. IDK I use this technique to widen the clasp on a steering knuckle to fit a new strut base in sometimes. Merry Christmas!
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Compressed air blow out the well around injector or spark plug Before removal that way nothing falls in
I bought a mark 1 Range Rover in 1977 and that taught me a valuable lesson to not buy another one ever
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I thought those models were ok. I never owned one though. I don't like petrol motors in heavy vehicles, their too thirsty. Diesel all the way mate
Or sell it before warranty is off 🤣
go and get a life you re tard had 8 and the best car I have ever had so go and get a life for fuck sake !!
I thought the older ones where better? (Excluding the P38 because.... Well)
Sam, you cracked the code again. You are amazing. Sorry I gave up on the last video.
I totally join you: I you haven't tried a RR, you can't understand the experience. I guess it's why so many people still dream of these cars and why RR is such a success. 3 years ago, I would have never imagined owning one, especially due to its bad reputation. The previous owner lent it to me for a month prior deciding whether buying or not. And boy, there was no more turning back !!! Definitely more expensive than driving a toyota, but don't forget the pleasure it awakens. It has become a passion and I follow you 1000% Samcrac, whatever you hapiness costs ;).
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Sometimes the cheaper option it's to pay for a proper diagnose on the Dealership, and then cross reference the parts required, and do the repair by yourself. The time loss taken diagnosing an issue can be substantial.
I have them diagnose. Get my own parts and pay them for the labor
the problem is the dealer isn't always right. Diagnosis is the hard part.
@@dawnsmythe5773 Yea I really see those really "happy" dealers when you come in and ask them to diagnose your car, so you can fix it by yourself with cheaper OEM parts... 😀
It is like to come to a restaurant and ask chef for meal recipe so you can cook his meal at home cheaper LOL
Dump it a complete heap of rubbish
I've used the injector trick with cranking over the enige. I've used it on diesel engines that had leaking seals for a while with loads of build up. Works like a charm.
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@0:37 No, it is just realistic. Only a few people are able to turn a not so cracing deal into a cracing deal when it comes to Range Rovers. You need the skills, the knowledge and a RUclips channel. ☺
@4:30 That may be the case but the dealer will make sure he has a more than healthy profit margin in those parts. 🙂
Sadly the knock offs are so good “looking” I won’t buy any car parts off eBay unless I know it’s a dealer. This is a lesson hard learned by most people that buy parts off eBay. I bought a maf once to save $20. It almost left me stranded, but I learned my lesson well. In almost all cases go Oem on anything electrical, unless there is no other choice. Otherwise, name brand from reputable dealer- reputable dealer is the key. Not someone with just a bunch of sales. Plenty of people get taken, including me. Thanks Sam for encouraging me again to never consider buying one of these money pits. I always love your videos regardless.
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The thing with these "fake" injectors is that they are probably from the same factory the real ones came from, but simply failed testing or were binned in a worse performing selection. The factory then makes some shady deal and the cheap injectors still reach the market and look identical while performing far worse.
Looking at the spray patterns and the fact two were DOA leads me to believe you're right.
Based on experience with manufacturing in China this is 100% true.
They are made by Bosch, I don’t think they would do that. It’s Chinese just copying it with poor quality
I don't know where you get that idea. Real Bosch stuff is all made in the EU, not China. They have strict quality control, even if it is in Bulgaria or Greece.
i work in a factory that makes tpms sensors and a lot of marginal failed parts where going missing instead of being scrapped, turned out one of the shifts Q.A engineers was stealing them by the box load and selling them on ebay. police where involved and a lot of people where interviewed, end result was he got sacked but no charges where pressed against him... not sure why but probably the company didn't want the bad publicity. so yes a lot of parts flood the market that aren't just fakes but stolen property
Yeah, I'm sure the back seat was planned for owners like Sam to wait in comfort for the tow truck or enjoy the company of his step-mother! I still enjoy your Rover stories though, very fascinating.
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Glad you fixed it man. I work for JLR in the uk building the evouqe and discovery sport. We've actually climbed up the rankings in JD powers, gone from bottom to middle so we are getting better.
They must be getting better. In my part of uk they seem to disappearing off driveways at about one per night!
How are the Defenders doing ?
Dear Mr Samcrac !! .........Great Vlog .............. And Merry Christmas ........... Bless You & You're Family & Your Team .......... Peace
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I pulled injectors out of an AJ133 recently. I've done it on two different engines. It took some time, but never had to resort to anything other than the slide hammer tool that is made for it.
It's a good day when Samcrac releases video on the eve of Christmas
Thank you, samcrac. I dont care much for range rovers but I thoroughly enjoy your videos nonetheless
DO NOT TAKE THE CAP OFF THE INJECTORS BEFORE INSTALLATION, The teflon seal starts to expand once the cap is removed, which is how it seals itself to the cylinder head, you have about a 5-15 minute window to install the injector once the cap is removed
There is a seal tool part number JLR9899. Removal of teflon seal makes no difference, the tool is designed to be used in a two stage procedure, once performed you have 10 minutes to seat the injectors and rail per JLR procedure.
I don't understand this comment. The cap on the tip doesn't cover the teflon seal. The teflon seal is installed, and I didn't touch them. There is no install window. There is a tool to install NEW teflon seals on old injectors; the only way I could've removed these would've been to cut them off; this is how stupid information spreads.
@@Samcrac This was my bad, most GDI engine injectors have the cap going over the seal to keep the injector seal compressed until installation, this is the case with the N54 injectors for instance, I thought I saw the same here. The N54 installation time is 5-15 minutes once the cap is removed in order to allow for proper expansion into the head of the engine.
@@Samcrac Indeed. I was once told in all seriousness that engineers at the Cosworth F1 engine factory were so skilled they didn't need to use torque wrenches...
@@Samcrac did you use the sizing tool to check the Teflon seals before install?
One of my favourite channels. Learn a lot and you’re entertaining. So good. Happy new year.
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I was hoping that this would end with Sam loading up Uncle Rich, Stepmom, and the Caribbean mechanic and going Christmas caroling, but I guess the fact that the car runs now is enough of a Christmas miracle.
I was expecting his ‘Stepmom’ to appear in the back seat entertainment are with him at the end!😂
Absolutely love these LWB Rovers. I agree, when you drive one you “get” it. Such a beast of a daily driver.
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Kongratulations on getting this fixed
Been following your repairs on it
Sam it's your channel I enjoy every video you post. Swapping from cars, suv' s, trucks and exotics is awesome. I even wanted come down and turn a wrench because not every day a person can touch something like that. Keep it up and enjoy what you do that's my philosophy.
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Well done Sam. A white with light leather, LWB, petrol Range Rover is virtually unsaleable here in the UK at the moment.
Why?
I’m curious as well
price of gas/petrol is very high right now,along with the road tax for that size vehicle
@@The_North0 Petrol is currently £1.55 a litre, which for US readers, converts to US$7.25 per US gallon at current exchange rates. The cost of diesel converts to US$8.18 per US gallon. So my guess here is there's no a great demand for big thirsty cars, and those that do want one don't want it in white.
@@Zeem4 what’s wrong with white?
So glad to see you found the root cause and fixed it - give it a new life. Feels so happy.
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I don’t dislike Range Rovers as I can appreciate how good they are ‘when’ they work. However as an engineer I’m appalled by the quality which still hasn’t been addressed after many years.
I think I’ll just stick with my Landcruiser
It's a shame the Brits after 100 years, still haven't been able to make a dependable car.
That's why us Brits drive Toyotas send the crap overseas
They sell ALL of their products at a premium price. They have no reason to make them any better since their customers lease them. I don't know about repeat customers, but they still continue to sell without any adverse effect on their volume.
As an engineer you will of realised, Bosch is German and nothing to do with JLR ! which part of it broke again ?
@@scottnathanphoto like a Rolls Royce or Bentley?
Dont worry about the haters. Your work is awesome!!
Great video Sam but was that not an HDMI socket next to the AV connectors? Can connect just about anything with that
No, it is a cigarette outlet!
@@Samcrac No that is not correct. Above the A/V inputs is an HDMI socket. It is not a USB socket.
@@mrfoodie5181 Definitely a USB unfortunately. It's rectangular.
@@mrfoodie5181 Definitely USB. HDMI would be thinner.
Amazing! Thank you Sam for sharing this video. Yes, that was a great bargain for a Range Rover. I love Range Rovers & I have 3 Classic Range Rovers & 2 Classic Jaguas that are not running now & they all need major rebuilt/restore and spray paint jobs. I understand to respray a Range Rover it loses its value from the factory? If I am going to buy a used & loved Range Rover or any car I rather buy that from you due to your honesty & througher checks of components you do especially if you are fixing a component you do a excellent job on repairs! Keep up the great work. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!
Followed you since you bought the autobiography, really informative, many thanks
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I tried the run or turn over the engine to dislodge the glow plugs on a diesel. One shot across the shed, so if u do this, cover the plugs/injectors with a heavy towel or mat.
The stuck glow plug required 45 mins of persuasion as it was stuck tight.
Sam, the heck with haters n naysayers! Ur awesom n the content will continue to keep me a faithful subscriber. L'chaim !
Great video, Worth changing the oil again after it ran so rich, a lot of that extra fuel would have gone into the sump.
So did @Samcrac fix the smoking issue or not?
Yes sir, it's normal just need some driving time to clear the cats and smoke goes away.
Agree, it wasn't super clear if it was resolved or not...
Sam I have a little receiver that has a little tiny tube thats 6 inches long. You can you plug it into the receiver and then it has earbuds you stick in your ear and you can hear if your fuel injector is working or not you can hear anything through this needle size tube and you want to get one because it’s helped me plenty. it would’ve saved you from having to pull all of them injectors and you would’ve heard which one was bad. So all you would’ve had to do is take one out.
I thought you bought it to keep? Wife would love it.... classy car.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Sam.
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Most expensive fog machine ever made
😂🤣😂🤣
I hope you don’t drive a ford, Chevrolet or dodge. They are all shit, like complete shit boxes.
these are the best driving and riding SUV... I have owed a few and as long as you keep up on the maintenance, they are good to go.
I 've heard that Rover outsourced their R&D to a competitor.
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I haven't seen one of your videos in a while, still so very entertaining, thanks for the content.
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Merry Christmas Sam. Great video and love that Range Rover!
Run shell 93... And a bottle of techron. .
Clears up most injector issues.
One of the most tenacy man in mechanics. Thanks pal.
I have enjoyed your Range Rover videos. You got a killer deal with the white Autobiography - awesome vehicle. I am a long term Rover owner and mine have been pretty much trouble free. Love them!
I had exactly the same problems and results once replacing the injectors on my 100k miles 2010 Jaguar XK 5.0, which has the same engine. Same smoke, same smooth run after the repair. In addition, I needed to replace the left bank downstream catalyst sensor, actually the whole catalyst, since its core had rotten away. Interesting thing: one of the spark plugs was completely clean, whereas the other 7 had the normal carbon deposit on them. This is a good indicator of a faulty injector, since it kept the spark plug in a nice bed of petrol for the carbon deposit to dissolve. So spark plug inspection is useful. As indeed the whole set of injectors is a ca. 800 US$ /EUR repair, it is best to swap each of them: if one failed, another may fail soon too.
The compression trick will work but there's potential damage when the ejector pops. Like a Champagne cork, you want to protect the cork flying out, the environment it might hit, and the stuff behind it that wasn't supposed to come gushing out (Champagne-fluid and cylinder gasses).
As the whether to replace 8 or 4... the task of bisecting a repair is actually a good one and few mechanics have learned the difficult task of dividing by two. The analogy is trying to figure out which of your 32 electrical breakers at the house powers that one outlet you want to work on. You COULD go one by one (32 tests). You COULD bisect, which means, turn 1/2 off (16 breakers off, 16 breakers on, one test). If the power is still on, flip all the off breakers to on and half the remaining on---> off, or if it's off, restore 8 (8 breakers left either way, 2 tests done). Repeat the process and you'll find that target breaker in [math warning log(2)n=5] 5 tests.
TO make that analogy work on the injectors, you have 8. Swap out 4. No change = put old ones in, use 2 on other bank of 4. No change? Move 2 to the ones you swapped and swap 1 of the remaining. No change? The one you didn't swap is the issue. Was there a change? The one you swapped was the issue. You're testing 1 (4) +1 (2) +1 (1) for a total of 3 tests. You use no more than 4 new injectors at any given time and if you're running them for a few seconds the cost is minimal.
[Math. log(2)8=3, or 2^3=8... So if you have 8 items to test of which one is bad, 3 tests will take you to it. Even if two are bad, you'll find them in logarthimicaly less time and money and effort than just replacing them all... End math..]
Glad you got this working the way you want. Took a LOT of tries, a LOT of your time, and some fails... but if you have the TIME, the KNOWHOW, and are willing to use it, well, there's your just as good as new Range Rover Reward :-)
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Does Chevron/techron/additive seem to make any difference?
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Sam its a beauty and i m so happy tht it worked.its beauty and the beast. So happy 4 u mate
Merry chrismas Sam and family 👪
Congratulations. Finally scored a good one with a bit of elbow grease. Nicely done ✅
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Did you change the oil after completing the injector change? If not, that’s what caused your heavy smoke. I am a JLR tech and when these injectors stick they can put a ton of fuel in the crankcase. This will smoke your bearings so ensure you change that oil.
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Hi Sam just wondering who are the best for workshop manuals for Audi. Many thanks
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@Samcrac you are not an idiot, you are just not afraid!
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I replace 6 fuel injectors in my 1987 2.8 Pontiac engine with injectors from a salvage yard over 15 years ago car still runs great 🤗 happy holidays 🎄
Merry Christmas,Sam. FINALLY winning with a Range Rover. I would stay away from expensive cars if I were you. Cheap stuff is easier to sell and cheaper to fix.
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Again a wonderful video, Sam and thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones and a prosperous 2023 👍👏🏻👏🏻
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Thanks for the entertainment and excellent content this year Sam, it’s Christmas Day in Australia so merry Christmas Sam.
Range Rover is like Jaguar… awesome drivability… I restored a 1978 XJ6L putting a 700R4 transmission in and it drove like a dream… I sold it after 400,000 miles i put on it when I moved to Germany. 26 yrs later I still miss it.. BUT now have an Audi Q5… luv it… but it’s apples and oranges… so I get your passion for Range Rover… I love the quirky challenges they come with . Two funny ones I experienced. Water splashing down on my feet on right turns… water splashing down on the passenger side on left turns. Issue: leaking wiper stem grommets into small indentations under the dash pad, then spilling out upon turning. Took me for ever to figure that one out… my fix was featured in E-Jag Mag. Jags drink water… when the water rail on top with 3 sensors is down, they don’t function.. and it won’t start. Just add water and BANG! Starts right up… typical British issues. Oh and moved to Germany and a guy on my street could not get his Jag to start. Told his wife standing there to go get her house plant water bucket with water… she did.. then she told her hubby to add water.. he laughed… kept trying with jumper cables.. she told him again.. he opened the cap to see it was low.. added the water and BANG! It started right up… I laughed and said: Cats drink water !!!!!
Happy for you Sam, finally a dream Range come true. Enjoy and Merry Christmas 👍
That’s the opinion why I love this channel!
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You can use scanner to check f injector function by on .off by manually
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Merry Christmas Sam and everyone watching. Thanks for giving me something to watch xmas morning. Love the content.
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Using fuel injector cleaner frequently can help prevent injector problems by removing deposits that build up over time, ensuring proper spray pattern and flow, and improving engine performance and fuel economy.
Hope you and you family have a happy and wonderful holiday, wish you and your a great new year also. Thank you for the videos and information you have given all of us this year.
You rock Sam,,,, so smart, so smooth! Merry Christmas brother!!!
Great Job Sam!! I have 2 Range Rovers and have gone down the dark hole with the both of them. There's always a cost effective solution to repair them reasonably. You still got a good deal.
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Nice work & absolutely worth the cost. Enjoy.
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Just replaced one injector in my P38. Cost me $52 for a Bosch injector from Rock Auto. Fixed my missfire. Easy job
Do those DI injectors not need to be coded in, like the N54?
These ones don't
Great video Sam! As usual!
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thats awesome man, stoked for you.
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I enjoy watching your channel and I’am always rooting for you. My question is are Land Rovers available with Toyota’s engines and Transmission’s?
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