Installing Timing Gear Cover, Camshaft Sensor - 2003 Land Rover Discovery

How to install the timing gear cover and camshaft sensor on a 2003 Land Rover Discovery. Make sure to install the gasket dry, all bolts get their threads coated with Permatex High Temp Thread Sealant (white tube with red lettering), and camshaft sensor retaining bolt get anti-seize on it.

[@atbolt]

Thanks for this video. I'm about to open up my oil pump and I'm terrified what I might find. I feel a little better now after studying your video.

[@alexmarcarolina7745]

thanks.......... por fin un video q indique donde va el camshaft,,,,,,

[@jorgepizarro3327]

I'm doing mine right now I looked at the oil pump gears and they look great. no cracks no scratches on the surface of the timing chain cover. I'm putting everything back together again and I'm going to try liqui moly to flush it out I hope it works because there's no engine noise

[@jakethomas2283]

Consider yourself lucky! Better safe than sorry though. You can't go wrong installing an Oil Pressure Gauge in the cabin though. Check out some of the Land Rover forums, I installed a Digital GlowShift and have had no issues. I also added a Glowshift Water Temp gauge, an UltraGauge will show water temperature too, but it won't read voltage or oil pressure.

[@jorgepizarro3327]

Jake Thomas I just did the oil flush and now I can't even get a oil pressure reading. I don't know if the line is clogged or what I'm going to drop the oil pan tonight when I get home and check it out and if it's not clogged I don't know what else to do.... I had low oil pressure before the flush and I've clean doall the sludge before I put the engine flush in and then after 2 flushes I put fresh oil 15/49 and changed the filter and now I get no oil pressure

[@jakethomas2283]

If you had low oil pressure before, then that changes things - I thought you were doing a preventative change, like I did. Your low oil pressure may be due to something blocking the screen of the oil pickup tube. Another issue could be you have an affected block with the bad front timing cover - what happened was that there was a batch of bad front timing covers from the factory - the alignment pins were just a little bit off and that would cause the pump gears to prematurely wear and eventually cause low oil pressure and failure of the engine. So, if you check your oil pan for sludge and you don't find any, and nothing is blocking the oil pickup tube screen, then you may have a mis-aligned front timing cover. A potential solution would be to remove the alignment pins or simply widen the holes the alignment pins go into. This would allow the timing cover to properly line up, as some VINs are affected - check online for the list of affected VINs. The engines with the affected VINs would usually only last 50,000 miles before the engine would be replaced. I hope your issue is just a blocked oil passage. Please double check your oil pressure with a mechanical gauge hooked into one of the factory-plugged ports on the bottom of the timing chain/oil pump cover, if you are going off of your LOW OIL PRESSURE light, then you may have a bad sensor, so check with a mechanical oil pressure sensor first. Did you pack the oil pump with vaseline/grease before starting the engine so you weren't starting the pump dry - it could seize without lubrication and then you would have no oil pressure at all.

[@jorgepizarro3327]

Jake Thomas I did exactly what you did in the video and afterwards I had flush the engine and then cleaned out the oil pan Which did have sludge in it I put new oil in it and a new oil filter and thicker oil thinking it would help it would start out at 20 pounds of pressure and then dropped down to 4

[@jorgepizarro3327]

well I got all the bearings out except for the main one I've heard that one doesnt really goes bad but the other 4 are shot to hell. I can see copper on the edges of them now I'm going to take the cover off to get to the front I am so tired.. but then again it's getting easier to work on every time

[@jorgepizarro3327]

well, I just replace the main bearings..and now I got a blown head gasket and still no oil pressure...what (GOOD) year land rover engine can i replace with the one I have...I'm running out of time..winter is around the corner..and thanks for all your replies

[@jakethomas2283]

I replied to your comment in my other video. 2004 should have less oil pressure issues. However, I would try to replace the head gasket - just download the factory service manual for free - Google "RAVE Land Rover Discovery II" and follow the procedure. For about $150 you can buy a Victor Reinz head gasket kit online, complete with all the little extra seals and NEW cylinder head bolts. You could probably have the cylinder heads out of the car in 3-4 hours if it is your first time. If you want to remove the engine completely, that should take about a whole day (at least it took me that long). With a used engine you could have a cracked block - your blown head gasket may actually be a cracked block (it happened to me).

[@jorgepizarro3327]

well I swapped out the engine for a 2001 4.0 non sai everything is hooked up correctly however I'm having backfire issues

[@richstriker2956]

Having a little trouble with those bolts chief??

[@73split]

Great video thank you.

[@macthemec]

first time building an engine or something?