Land Rover Discovery 4 3.0 Engine swap

[@woodrimcars2324]

Watching from France where I have a Jaguar XF 3.0 D with some serious issues and Respect to you young man.

[@gazzafloss]

Full marks to you young man for taking on a job like this singlehandedly. I wonder if there's any of these LandRovers in the world that don't have problems. All great ideas poorly executed.

[@sodbury6426]

Why oh why do people love to sh*t on Land Rovers? - have they never heard of Ford DCTs crapping out regularly? GM's 3.6V6 failing early in its life? CVTs (Nissan?) failing... etc etc. give us a break mate - plenty of other manufacturers' stuff out there poorly executed

[@gazzafloss]

@@sodbury6426 they have a well deserved reputation...for unreliability.

[@davidqna5620]

Tem as v6 gasolina,que são bem raras , são as únicas que vejo ninguém reclamar de alguma grave

[@Ryabchenko]

Truly enjoyed the video. Great and clean assembly. Car condition is amazing as well for 240k km. No rust.

[@hallyfella]

Superb work and well done. Great to see a young guy who knows his stuff.

[@barnesy8523]

Mate you are a legend, amazing skills. Made it look easy but I know it’s not at all.

[@welshwizard55]

As a retired mechanic I had to do a chassis change on a Range rover once. Due to accident damage. Great when u have a two poat lift like this guy has.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

I’m have been asked to take on this job and just watched you video. Excellently done & recorded. No BS, thanks for sharing mate 🙏👍👍👍

[@mightycarmods]

Great video mate, well done!

[@AboutTheBuild]

Thanks so much, it means a lot coming from you guys.

[@Goonit83]

Legends. Disco3 is my cheapo aged up/downgrade & I love it!

[@leoptv946]

This is great video, I've also in countered this kind of work. The issue of the engine is heavy knocking noise, as we inspected the oil condition by removing the oil pan found out metal chips in the oil and in the oil filter as well. We perform body lift to replace engine assembly. Thank you sir and more power.

[@OUTBACKDiscovery]

Great video mate definitely jealous of how easy it is with a hoist and the body off Is definitely a challenge with the body on love your garage / shed setup

[@ShockWaveGamings234fg321f]

Get a hoist mate, actually the best thing

[@NathanNostaw]

I've been watching some channels do the D3 engine swaps with body on. Wow, the body off method wins hands down. I'd buy a hoist just to save my knuckles and swearing.

[@burgerbirger2221]

Impressive😁👍 That crossover pipe is almost impossible to get at with the chassis on.

[@jamieboydmusic6956]

I am doing an Engine Swap myself at the moment with a Discovery 3. Body on. Great video mate. Well done! It’s a mission body on.

[@BASSHEAD]

Nice to see you doing more builds! Keep up the good work👍

[@MrWhiskylee]

Thanks for taking the time to make the video, impressive

[@TreasureDivers]

Best body off vid for the discovery I have seen , well done

[@stewarttalby9014]

Wow! I’ve watched the video 3 times. Well done champ take my hat off to you doing this by yourself. I’m about to have the timing belts changed on mine, one shop said body needs to come off😢 I was horrified another said it can be done with body on, good to see it’s relatively easy to remove the body. Keep up the great videos 👍

[@davidferry548]

Body doesn't have to come off , the timing belts are in the front it's only the fuel Pump belt that's at the back and it's a bloody hassle but can be done from on top of the engine with some yoga moves

[@dustydisco2906]

Thanks for the video Bruz. More useful than the original Bruzs whole career.

[@hansvanleersum8309]

Fantastic job man,Nice two See how specialist works! Hvl.

[@StarsAutoSport]

Holy moly, what a job! Great work

[@Jay-eb1pz]

Great work dan 👍🏽

[@delcotelcomputersupport3897]

Impressive job mate... loved your work

[@BarmaBoysAndFamily]

Wow. Impressive. Great job

[@doneB830]

Huge task well done.

[@KINGTECHGY]

Great Job!!! Have any idea as to why I'd be getting oil sweating into the air filter box from the line with the MAF which feeds to the secondary turbo?

[@AboutTheBuild]

Yeah normally when that happens it is the turbo bypass valve. The valve either gets rust and sticks or the vacuum supply to the valve has an issue.

[@zaffiqbal9740]

Respect. Your very methodical….great video….think I might try 😂

[@go5582]

Hi I'm hooked, more videos please. Thanks.

[@stevewells2327]

Nice work fella. Nicely done .

[@PietroH53]

Just like that, great job, you made it look easy.

[@reynirvalsson716]

great video mate, how long did this job take in hours?

[@813JHA]

you got some great help from you dog lol

[@ceyloansociety6050]

Good job brother 🎉

[@mayerlispinedo7753]

very good Colombia 💪

[@Hasunori]

great job and material

[@chrishill5166]

Great video but how many hours did it take?

[@AboutTheBuild]

About 16 hours

[@hugosantos6771]

Boa noite esse motor que vc tirou por que ele começou a bater e fazer o mesmo barulho Att obrigado

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi, great work young man and not a DAD in sight .lol . I do hope you work for your self , if not your Boss should triple your salary . How many miles had it covered ? as I assume the crank had snapped . Love these cars but the agro puts me off . All the best as you go along . What was the cost as still thinking .🤔 🙃

[@dexterbenjamin6054]

well done

[@matthapaq9618]

Mate you are a Legend 🤝🫡

[@brianhaygood183]

Diesel. 3.0L Diesel, if anyone is wondering. I was looking for the 3.0L S/C gas burner.

[@jamesm3268]

The Bruz shirt is the real winner of this video mate. Well done on the swap question though if you were to do the same again how long would this generally take and ball park figure? Currently looking at having this done for me.

[@AboutTheBuild]

Haha thanks mate, the job took me around 20hours or about 3 days. I have done this job heaps of times before but.

[@jamesm3268]

@@AboutTheBuild is there a way I can get in touch via email or something? Cheers

[@AboutTheBuild]

@@jamesm3268 yeah through Instagram if you like @danieljhotham is my thingy

[@samrodian919]

A very nice job young man! I'm extremely impressed with how you did it, a lift helps though epecially as you did it all on your lonesome, maybe the dog will forgive me, but he's not a lot of use handing you the spanner's is he? lol The lump sounds twenty times better than the old one.

[@Goonit83]

Bloody hell bro. Well done! Love how modular these cars are, although engine does seems very complex! Is the discovery 3 considerably less complex or easier to work on?

[@davidferry548]

No

[@AboutTheBuild]

They are pretty much the same to work on

[@Goonit83]

Already bought one and figured most of it out, thank you! Beautiful cars. @@AboutTheBuild

[@rikkiesix]

Impressive :-)👌

[@17th_Street_Preacher]

What did engine cost & do these gearboxes last long?

[@Holidaynet]

Wow that's awesome

[@romansolonko]

How long did it take you to replace the engine??

[@KatlegoMac]

What a great video!

[@gadgetphilosophy8290]

Great work man. Omg. Balls of steel. Man how much did that engine cost you ?

[@AboutTheBuild]

The engine cost me around $5000 for a long block but I had to use 3 dead engines to get parts to make 1 good one. A second hand one will set you back 10k and a factory rebuilt will be around 27k from land rover in Australia they were prices I had gotten.

[@AmosHaley]

You made this look like a breeze

[@rentalift3625]

where did you buy the engine

[@warriorbrawl]

Hey mate, this is an excellent video, I am about to replace a cracked crossover pipe on my D4 . Im told this is acheivable by dropping the gearbox. would you agree with this approach as opposed to the full body off.

[@AboutTheBuild]

You can do them by taking the gearbox out but when I do them I take the body off I find it much easier and quicker.

[@warriorbrawl]

@@AboutTheBuild Thanks mate, I am watching Outback Discovery video just now and its making the body off look easier. With body off, at least you can get to everything without the tight spaces. Cheers for replying.

[@Matrix4613]

Your a good man doing this.. I do wonder if the service intervals doesn't help with the crankshaft problem?

[@AboutTheBuild]

I'm not sure, I bought the car with the knock. I've seen them go over 300,000kms no problems and then some blow up at 100,000kms just happens.

[@free2chasehappy]

This video is amazing! Any idea if this engine would fit a 4.4L V8 Disco 3 (LR3)? I would like to do a swap because the stock 4.4L is just terrible on the gas. Sadly there isn't a diesel LR3 offered in the US and swapping a LS engine is really costly. Thank you very much!

[@AboutTheBuild]

You probably could, it would be a bit tricky to get working correctly a 2.7 would be easier as they came in the Disco 3.

[@pavelarama8091]

Bonjour, j'ai un Discovery 4 avec le moteur cassé (3.0 sdv6), mais les moteurs 3.0 sont très chers, je peux mettre un 2.7 tdv6 (c'est moins cher). Merci d'avance pour votre réponse.

[@johnhorgan5313]

You can but the fuel pump is taller. This means that the breather is different, it exits from a different hole on the block. You have to be inventive with a breather routing solution.

[@fivedotsdave9723]

When the body is being lifted off where is the steering disconnected?

[@AboutTheBuild]

It is disconnected from the column underneath the plastic box that has the brake booster in it. It is 1 bolt then slides off

[@osofhia]

Wow!!!!

[@MrBadtoad1]

You are a god 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

Has anyone ever dropped a V-8 crate motor from the States in these??

[@jbzhitz]

I just pulled a motor on one of these. If you pull the heads first. The engine comes right out fairly easy without pulling apart the whole front end like that. We like to pull the heads first and when installing the motor back. Do it without the heads on. It’s not that bad.

[@johnhorgan5313]

Its much more awkward work removing the cylinder heads in situ.

[@zabakkarim4547]

bonsoir,je cherche un vilbrequin tdv6 référence 9x2qba rang rever diesel.

[@613-g8u]

thanks Q..

[@josephjohnston1894]

Great video! How many miles had the old engine done? Slipped bearings/broken crankshaft is a common fault with those unfortunately

[@AboutTheBuild]

240,000kms

[@peanuts2105]

The problem stems with a faulty oil pump which doesn't deliver enough oil pressure on start which prolongs the cranking time without sufficient oil going to the crank bearings. After a while, pitting corrosion sets in, and the heating of a dry bearing on cranking will change the alloy grain structure therefore making the bearing slip, blocking the oil hole in the bearing seat of the block. Kaput! Change the oil pump to the new oil pump design as per the service bulletin and you should be fine. It is great engine with a tonne of torque.

[@josephjohnston1894]

@@peanuts2105 The oil pump was an issue on the Discovery 3, the crank still goes even with later models

[@peanuts2105]

@@josephjohnston1894 very few crank issue on the later ones. I think every manufacturer has its problems. I do constantly hear about BMW engines dissembling themselves. I just think a very few dodgy ones you only hear about gains traction on the internets. I just think if they were really that bad, how come I see them everywhere in the country or town. If they were crap no one would buy one. That’s why you don’t see Alfa’s or French cars nowadays. Now that is weird.

[@TheDarkhorse82]

​@peanuts2105 there must be about 10000 atleast with a broken crankshaft. There's an official poll that's up to 3300, imagine how many more have happened to people that aren't on the forums etc

[@jacksonkho8743]

I’m just wondering what’s the mileage on the old engine before you put in the new/recon engine? Usually them discover 3.0 engine can last for how many kilometres?

[@AboutTheBuild]

It had 250,000kms on the old engine. I've seen them over 300,000km and I've also seen them blow up at 60,000km just depends on how hard it gets driven.

[@ehuurst]

will we get any updates on the vl?

[@AboutTheBuild]

Yeah next video is all about the vl

[@bryancardo497]

Nice work. How’d you capture the AC gas?

[@AboutTheBuild]

I have the equipment to de-gas and re-gas cars so just did that.

[@4fourjaw]

Was just wondering did you get the engine from Kirrawee, NSW?

[@AboutTheBuild]

Nah, a friend of mine who has a machine shop did it. He normally does performance stuff but helped me out. The hardest part is finding a crank that isn't cracked.

[@bordercanoe]

Excellent video........but basically you are swapping a really crap citroen engine with a short fragile crank for another one. Mine failed at 44k .

[@AboutTheBuild]

Pretty much haha, that's how I bought it with a dead motor. I've done a few others which are still going strong and have done over 150k.

[@andreweden8041]

Any ideas where to get a new motor?

[@AboutTheBuild]

The best place is through land rover themselves they do factory rebuilt.

[@thekrackenking7547]

How long did it take u to do the whole job from start to finish ?

[@AboutTheBuild]

About 3 days or around 16 hours.

[@go5582]

Hi . What do you drink during your rebuild? Thanks

[@AboutTheBuild]

Mainly tea

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

TIMING BELT????

[@61RUSNoName]

Я подумал что будет замена двигателя от BMW M57 или от 3UZ. Почему не поставил комплект двигателя 3.6TDV8 ?

[@babazungu3180]

1 men job ❤❤

[@typedef04]

Impressive. I wonder is there any other engine that fits LR4 that could be used (from Ford, or ...)?

[@mkps_2340]

Tem um vídeo na internet com um motor mwm numa D3

[@willhooke]

Sorry if you said so in the vid... Is this car a keeper for you or something you're going to sell?

[@AboutTheBuild]

I fixed it up for me to drive around I drove it for a while, but moved it on as I want to get a V8 Range Rover because I do a bit of towing and the V8s tow very nicely.

[@connorsharman6139]

Could make a living doing it 😂

[@spencerburrows3525]

What is the knock?

[@ajkfavourites6182]

Are you based in Sydney and do you do private work, I need a swap done as of Saturday...

[@AboutTheBuild]

That's not good news, I'm a few hours out of Sydney and not currently taking on private work I'm too busy with other stuff at the moment.

[@stuarth43]

excellent coverage, great vid quality, what camera did you use and where on the planet are you

[@AboutTheBuild]

I use my wife's Canon DSLR I'm not sure the model, a GoPro and my google pixel phone. Mix it up a bit. I'm in Australia aswell.

[@phill-w]

Great effort, mate. I'd feel the need to paint/treat the chasing 🫣🤣,

[@dinodino6989]

Can this engine be swapped without lifting the body off the chassis if i don't have a lift?

[@AboutTheBuild]

I've seen it done before without lifting the body, it took the guy weeks to get it done and he crushed alot of the pipes down the sides around the turbo. He also told me that he did alot of swearing while doing it.

[@oliverwabwire2836]

Check with LR Time... Christian and Vera did some meticulous Disco 3 engine rebuild there

[@gazzafloss]

@@oliverwabwire2836yes indeed and without body off, it was on his friend Fabian's D4.

[@bugjuicer]

nice! I think you made it look way too easy. How long did it all take? I know if I was doing that on mine, I'd have spent a week washing the chassis and everything that I couldn't get to with the car complete!

[@AboutTheBuild]

It takes about 3 days or 16 hours, longer if you have never done it before.

[@justinwright6611]

@@AboutTheBuild 16 hours is amazing! I would have assumed a whole week 40 hours. You certainly made it look easy enough.

[@rabross4703]

How much and how long to get that job done??

[@AboutTheBuild]

It took me 3 days to do the job about 16 hours.

[@stefanneculavtelaru9321]

Love how you get all the nonsense out of the way get it out strip it down show the new engine rebuild it back fit it rebuild the body done 10 minutes video KZbinrs Shall take example of you hard work keep it up and shout if you need any parts

[@BASSHEAD]

Hey man any updates?

[@AboutTheBuild]

I wish there was, I've been pretty busy with work and life. Hopefully soon I'll have something worth a video.

[@noelcahill6707]

Lads wat other engine could be put in to replace that ford rubbish

[@AliAli-rx3bf]

Je suis mecanicen automobile 10ans

[@davidferry548]

Great cars tbe 3 and 4 let down by crappy ford engines , the only decent motor is tbe jaguar v 8 and then only just