Poor Maintenance resulted in Engine Failure ? 3.0L SDV6 / S5-EP15

In this episode, we disassemble the engine of our Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 3.0L. We bought this car with 135000 km and a failed engine. We thought we have a snapped crankshaft as usual but this time, something else caused the engine to fail.
We are not liable for any harm you do to your car, your engine, your surroundings or yourself. Use the information given in this video at your own risk.
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[@Ingens_Scherz]

Quite frankly, I believe that what I'm watching here is a pair of very classy, highly experienced engineering experts indulging in their lovey-dovey hobby (fixing broken Landy motors - surely a source of endless delight!). To total non-runners like myself (engineering-wise), this is mesmerising - and so brilliantly edited. Love it!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Thanks!

[@Buggs_FKU]

Ze Germans in action :D

[@Handleyman]

I could be in the middle of a coronary bypass operation and I would stop the doctor to watch a new LR Time video! 😁👍

[@Vera_and_Christian]

LOL - I hope you are not the doctor. Christian

[@jimegan7193]

Your Land Rover probably gave you the coronary in the first place!

[@jackfruitbananas]

I would let them do the coronary surgery!

[@marka6591]

@@jimegan7193 Whereas if you had a Nistoyobishi you would’ve died of boredom…

[@larskrogh586]

@@Vera_and_Christian ♥️👍

[@adrianward362]

I loved the impatient thumb rolling whilst Vera was trying to remove the head bolts!😂

[@samrodian919]

@adrianward1362, yes I nearly wet myself when Christian was doing that!

[@johncooper5293]

Yes, really funny you douche. She just had the wrong angle and simple to tell her to reposition.

[@A-world-of-My-Own]

JLR Dealer Workshops, = Poor Amateur Jobs at Professional Prices. Well done LR Time, again.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

The company's entire senior management level should watch this video and be extremely concerned, assuming they're serious about saving the brand - and their own jobs. This is that fecking bad.

[@JeanTheron-cf8zl]

Doesn't surprise me. My local Jaguar dealer couldn't get my diesel X-Type started after a diesel filter change. They didn't remember to bleed the diesel lines.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

​@@Ingens_ScherzHilarious you think this is accidental. It's not. It's designed to fail at low milage and be economically unviable beyond 50k miles. It's a disposable machine designed with a 3 year (5 max) service life. It's targeted at well off people who buy new every 2-3 years. It ISN'T designed to give years of service to multiple owners. Other manufacturers are going in the same direction. It's a deliberate decision.

[@petert4393]

If only you had a blacksmith in the family to weld that block back up Christian and Vera!!

[@dadgarage7966]

My thought as well. Yes, someone familiar with metallurgy and metal casting.

[@Syntappi]

They wouldn't still trust it. Block integrity might be compromised and it's kinda a hack job. 😃

[@cvasirocket1401]

12:17 Christian almost shed a tear seeing the engine block like that, I felt that. I'd feel heartbroken as well.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

He wanted content, and we certainly got great content. 😅👍 It would have been boring just doing the same stuff over again, and we aquired so much experience. 🙋‍♀️

[@exgtt2061]

Your dedication to LR is heroic. One of the best channels on here 👌

[@AdmissionGaming]

My boss makes a dollar, i make a dime. Thats why i watch lr time on company time.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

That is our philosophy here, you can surely own a Land Rover, earning a dime, if you know how to wrench. Parts are not that expensive. And remember, we alsways only look for broken ones. We never look for running Land Rovers. They are not all bad. 👌💪🙋‍♀️

[@hughmarcus1]

Oh my. What a mess. Such a pity that engine was run unnecessarily. I saw a cheap D4 for sale on eBay UK last week. The description said “engine knocking, starts for loading” 😩 Once again I’m in awe of Christian’s skills. 👍

[@KatlegoMac]

I think I saw one like that too. Price was £1500.

[@hughmarcus1]

@@KatlegoMacyes. The headline figure may appear cheap, but when you see the damage to this engine, buying one is definitely a gamble.

[@rambleon2838]

Oh ... I thought that knocking was the BMW next to me

[@michaelbullis2484]

I watch Eric regularly and about spit coffee on my screen the way Christian handled the water pump.

[@martynbush]

Sunday morning, tea, biscuits, and LR Time; Perfect! Could only be better if Christian knew more about Toyota 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gmlover82]

Love the I Do Cars references. Eric is awesome. Hope y’all have a wonderful week!

[@moobaz8675]

A two man job. In my household of three women and me, comments like that would have been met with the involuntary alteration of important parts of my anatomy.😬 Luckily I have been well trained over these past years. 😂

[@abdushakoorjamalmokalane1719]

Somehow somewhere it looks like the dealer workshop was using internship mechanichs without supervision of a senior tech mechanical engineer ,Easy but complex engine i m glad you guys knows everything about mechanical engineering

[@richardparkersmith4810]

If I really screw up my courage, I can dismantle '60s motorcycle engines and put them together again😂. Huge respect to you both for your ability and knowledge with this very complex engine! Seems like much of the work to get at the core of the engine is plumbing.

[@whereisgeo]

Look at that…an adjustable rod and an inspection port! I appreciate the proper care of the water pump! I enjoyed your references to Eric at I do cars!

[@Rickwardful]

Ford and Peugeot used to be renowned for making relatively simple, reliable engines. It seems to me that they now design and build engines that if they can fit something to make it more complicated, they just do it!

[@alananderson6812]

Now they are using wet timing belts (BIO) they just fit a whole new engine if the belt breaks under warranty.

[@gordonbritton3215]

Love it when you get to the oily bits 😂thanks again for another great video 👍

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

​@@alananderson6812literally designed to fail shortly after the warranty period. They are deliberately cutting out second owners by making sure the cars won't last long enough for a second hand market to exist. 100% deliberate

[@thomasrogers4534]

Absolutely fascinating. I want an old Range Rover Sport so bad, could possibly buy one, but maintenance (stuff going wrong/breaking) as you guys show is an absolute financial nightmare?! Every time I see a modern engine with it's mind boggling array of accessories/control systems I think back to the 60's and how simple it was to maintain basic car engines. Engine won't start? take out Swiss army knife, and it's sorted.

[@desmcdermott6090]

Excellent video. It is like watching a whodunit in the morning rather than on a Sunday evening.

[@TR4zest]

You two are simply awesome. I marvel at your fortitude, know-how, organisation, collaboration and co-operation through a very complex breakdown, mixed with wit, humour and general cheerfulness in a second language, all dressed with excellent video editing. You would be a joy to watch for anyone that owns a torque wrench, and maybe some that don't know what one is. Thank you.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

🤗🙏🙋‍♀️

[@diljitsingh9444]

Your videos are inspiring me to own an old LR and dare!!! Would be a good idea to live my retired life. My father was just like you, explaining each and every thing in detail while doing anything mechanical.

[@MarkSpohr]

Every time I see one of these repair videos I think of the relative simplicity of an electric motor with one moving part instead of thousands. I can't wait to replace the several thousand "precision" parts of my Disco 2 engine and transmission with an electric motor.

[@geoffaries]

Unfortunately that's not quite accurate. Watch Richie Rebuilds and other EV repair channels. Certainly the electric motor is simpler, but EV's have a lot of moving parts which require lubrication, plus they have sophisticated cooling systems for the batteries, especially the high performance models, complicated battery management electronics.

[@MarkSpohr]

@@geoffaries Yeah, they have axles. Electronics don't wear out.

[@geoffaries]

Yeah electronics "wear out" have you never had to replace or repair a PCB

[@MarkSpohr]

I have piles of old computers. All work just fine. Never had an electronic failure in a car

[@7mallorca]

Thank you for my daily fix. You are the best U-Tube channel by a country mile. Love the assistant. She is a great help

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅🙏🙋‍♀️

[@raymondg6823]

Vera's body weight couldn't shift 120nm of head bolt, this is why sleep and food is so important to her in great frequencies, build her up, OMG did I say that...Always look forward to your videos, thank you both.

[@petergardner6756]

Christian and Vera are such a great team and make even the worst situations seem like fun, Oh to have such knowledge.

[@leerolfe5332]

Been watching for a while now. What a massive dose of knowledge mixed with bloody good humour!

[@abarratt8869]

If this engine is going to be put back together, you've got to get those aluminium parts restored! They've been well and truly salted. Put out a call to Vixen surface treatments, or pop up to Sreten in Frankfurt and borrow his 🙂

[@simonbailey2151]

They’re only down the road From Frankfurt!

[@davidfields-gm4oj]

here in the states we like cummins diesel my o8 ram 6.7 has 130 k miles and is just getting broken in. as a owner operator i ran fl70 freightliner box trucks easily over 300 k miles. can verify my friend paul bought a 1996 ram 5.9 cummins standard shift pickup new and still drives it as a backup vehicle today. now the big thing is cummins has a new v6 available in the ram trucks today. god bless all your endevors.

[@leeburdett8920]

Certainly some important reminders regarding engine servicing for Discovery owners, but I think the content that this will create is going to be fantastic, really looking forward to how things develop.

[@roydibs44]

That was good,I was very interested what broken in your engine ,excellent video can’t wait for next video well done to both hardworking.

[@LandParkColby]

I am amazed at the complexity of a modern ICE engine ... no wonder they cost so much to repair and a great reminder to DO YOUR maintenance!! And do it often ...

[@IO-zz2xy]

First time viewer of this channel, been watching from first purchase of this Landy, I am mesmerized by their knowledge and work ethic. Regards from South Africa

[@123654789Eduardo]

Beautiful work Christian and Vera. 👏👏🙌🤝👌

[@eddieMurphy11111]

it is always wise taking a picture of things before you strip it down this is what we always do ,thanks for the video

[@tonysmith3182]

Fab, my favourite Sunday morning video entertainment, thanks again to you both….and take the rest of the day off!

[@EagerMrd]

Watching from London, this is the best channel on KZbin. If I didn’t have a fantastic Volvo xc90 2.5T and I had a Land Rover, there is no one in the world who I would want to repair it other than you 2. Keep the videos coming, my eyes need it.

[@markdavis2475]

Have considered having the block repaired? It's often done on older/rarer blocks. If you have all the bits (possibly not!) They can be stitched and welded. But, yes, a short block from the UK is a good solution 😀

[@roypedersen585]

Can never get enough of your channel!!!!

[@thomasbonde2118]

Found this channel a week ago, haven’t left the channel since. Love it, greetings from denmark

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅🙏🙋‍♀️

[@raycollington4310]

It’s such a shame to see such needless extensive damage and the catalogue of events. You win some, you lose some, as they say. I hope the second rate LR dealer technician who did such a substandard job on the timing belt is not still employed in the motor industry. He might be a subscriber and watching this. Good luck finding the parts to rebuild. Thank you both.

[@doneB830]

I believe the right professionals could repair that block and sump.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Not one professional will ever warrant a welded block like that. 👍🙋‍♀️

[@TheDaf95xf]

Good afternoon Vera 🤩 I watch your videos even if you both sat on a park bench and just talked about anything 🤣 What a fantastic video on how to pull down a LR engine that’s stuffed 😀 Vera hugs always as you do really make these videos come alive 🤗😘 xx

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😃🙏🙋‍♀️

[@leerolfe5332]

I wish I had you as neighbours before I cut my teeth on my first disco this year. Always wanted one and after 30 years on the road. ❤

[@jonarnejorgensen1179]

Loved the thumb rolling. :D

[@beozzie690]

Without Vera, Christian would be lost, and nothing would be cataloged or they’d be in the wrong boxes.. Vera is worth her weight in gold. Every mechanic needs a Vera.

[@cf5914]

But sadly, none of us do.

[@biz4twobiz463]

...or every husband needs a Vera.

[@alexshapley8331]

here endeth the lesson... do your bloody services! what a shame that it is going to be so much more to fix this engine, but looking forward to seeing the process. as usual, kudos to both of you, and thanks for the excellent and very watchable content.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

It‘s going to be good content😅👍That is all that matters. 🙋‍♀️

[@E.Moralejo]

The best part of a Sunday morning is watching the latest video from LR-Time! Now is there a possibility of a Christian / Robin team up? Video Title: Blacksmith effortlessly welds broken cast iron engine block then hands it back over to his father to machine back to factory specs. CAN'T WAIT! 🙏

[@audentesfortunajuvat3297]

everytime I watch christian work, it always comes to mind werner ziegler from better call saul tv series

[@barrydavis1751]

Hi mate just looking at the engine I would say a lot of 4WD has been taken place some people think the D4 is Bullitt proof and more interested in having fun instead of taking care the vehicle you know the is a old saying in my day in the work shop and it still applies today a land rover is only good as it's owner and who has been serving it, you probably need to check the hole vehicle to be safe take care guys ❤ Barry

[@Vera_and_Christian]

It's not our first rebuild and certainly not our first Discovery 4. Check out our channel. We soley focus on the Discovery 3 and 4, and lately also on the TDV8 L405. 🙋‍♀️

[@barrydavis1751]

@@Vera_and_Christian sorry this was not detected at you I have seen many of your videos over the past two years and I know and see for myself self your work is very impressive what I am saying it's the previous owner's and the so called mechanics who worked on the vehicle before you, I personally can't work the way you do due to age and more so health reasons but I am still going to buy a discovery 4 but in a 2.7 which you were able to get in Australia until 2012 I will definitely keep watching videos thanks Barry.

[@bigdavesdiscovery3world414]

Great Sunday morning viewing just so much better than watching the news on TV! There are enough drivers out there who don't care about how they drive.... You know when I had my '68 Cougar I never listened to the radio (likely because I couldn't hear above the engine) ...no because I listened to that beautiful V8! You have to listen to your car what it's saying to you. Thanks V & C have a good week! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👌💪🙋‍♀️

[@davids9549]

OMG. At least now I know, as the owner of a 2015 D4 in the 'Death Zone' (i.e. 95K miles) not to drive any further if (when) the engine knocks. My previous cars were Toyotas/Lexus, but so far (coming to 4 years) this LR has been just as reliable.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Only 2-3% fail. It's just that mostly those are the ones covered in social media unfortunately. 👍🙋‍♀️

[@davids9549]

@@Vera_and_Christian Good to know! Since when did we let a sense of proportion get in the way of a bad news story? Still I'm hoping my frequent oil changes will help keep me out of the 2-3%. I might even stop using the dumbass!!

[@drones7838]

As a “ I do cars fan” it’s cool to see LR time watches his channel to

[@jase9951]

too

[@MegaSkypes]

Feeling like you should just scrap that engine and get a 5.0 litre V8 and put that in and show us your excellent skills as you always do! Love your work ❤

[@gimmegaming5345]

I'm new to the channel. I'm not a land rover person. I've never been in one outside of the army, let alone driven one. I do watch "4WD 24-7" for the adventures though which I believe is why I was recommended your channel. One of your recently episodes ended up in my feed about 2 weeks ago. Ever since I've binge watched the last year worth of your episodes. I'm Irish and live north of Hamburg. I drive between Dublin or Portsmouth and Hamburg. Once while driving between these places I seen a Landrover with a Dirt plate. I was commenting to my brother who was on the journey with me that it was a cool plate for a Landrover. Funny I come across a channel that is full of them :).

[@Vera_and_Christian]

I am occasionally up in your area, with our son Philipp.😅👍🙋‍♀️

[@gimmegaming5345]

@@Vera_and_Christian It was probably your car I seen then :)

[@williamprobert5124]

On a Toyota this would just be a tick at idle Toyota are so good they don’t even need oil . But in the real world this is what happens if you don’t maintain your engine properly. The most expensive oil change is the one you didn’t do . Great video Vera/ Christian

[@abarratt8869]

Christian showed the vast difference in bearing area between these engines and the typical Toyota designs. Needless to say the Toyota gets a lot more so all the bearings are under stressed. If I recall correctly, these TDV6s had to fit transverse in Peugeots and Citroens too, robbing them of length and thence bearing surface and material in the crank itself. Not a great idea.

[@JohnEvans-j1h]

If I ever bought a discovery or Range Rover, I would need to be your next door neighbour!

[@williamstoutjesdijk-ry2oz]

Good video, and humour was top notch….. 👍🏻😃

[@Konigstiger222]

24:00 risky thing to say when Vera is holding a metal pipe Christian! LR Time just about turned into ER time! I laughed a lot though! Hi from New Zealand and a fellow Disco 4 owner :)

[@royrcf]

After watching this episode. I am sure I made the correct decision to stick with bicycle maintenance. Another fantastic video. Entertaining and informative in equal measure, and I don't own a Land Rover.

[@johnmorrissey3649]

Brilliant video as per usual. Thats a disapointment on the engine block, it puts the repairs into a different ballpark costwise.

[@philipway4443]

Another great video from you both, very interesting diagnoses by Christian and yourself look forward to the next one.

[@ccconlan2670]

ITS LR TIME😊😊😊 great video this week great engineering from Christian and great organisation from vera.great team😊😊😊

[@user-hg2vo2bk2btoyotaray]

Great video as always ❤ It proves regular maintenance is essential, especially for a complex,and quite delicate engine 😂 keep up the good work

[@iandonkin6762]

Always enjoy my Sunday LR Time ‘fix’, but this one is more of a horror movie! Not only was there evidence of lots of amateur bodgery with the maintenance that had been carried out, but poor maintenance / running the engine causing the con rod to snap and then punch holes in the block is just criminal! Looking forward to seeing subsequent episodes of this one and hopefully you found a more commercially viable option for the replacement block and sum pan internals! And like numerous others, I’d love to see the original block repaired by Robin, but I recognise that this would introduce more risks and uncertainty for the future. Good luck!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

It will have a happy end. 😅👍🙋‍♀️

[@iandonkin6762]

@@Vera_and_Christianand we all love a happy ending, don’t we 😂

[@weaton25]

I am so pleased that I have an old car with a simple engine in it years ago you could just go down to the breakers and buy a good engine out of almost anything for not a lot and with a bit of work make it fit.

[@johncooper5293]

Good analysis of how the workshop cocked-up. Shame you can't sue then for the new short block.

[@nicholastuck9612]

Again a great video, many thanks. In my recent experience so many garages have incompetent mechanics conducting poor work, be it owner driver or main agents, just useless and they charge at least as much as a good mechanic even if you can find that. A sad state of affairs which will only get worse the nearer we get to the all electric deadline.

[@johanndork5364]

Oops, as you said it wasn’t leaking oil when you viewed and bought it. I blew my Suzuki 750 engine while riding it, no knocks just cruising at 130 kph, rod snapped , cut block in half and also wrecked the head too. Luckily did not seize the gearbox….so you are fortunate if the heads are ok. The dreaded glitter might be everywhere though….good luck, maybe find a rear ended wreck at cop art….

[@stepancincibus]

Hi guys, found your channel recently and I am enjoying your content from Czech republic very much since then! I am doing almost same level of careful maintenance, but on different fragile engines - Nissan's yd25ddti that are fitted in Navaras and Pathfinders. When my engine had a bearing failure, I was extremely disappointed by Nissan (engines were already produced by Renault), but later I found out, that era of reliable, long lasting diesel engines is over across probably all brands. With the new block I switched to my own home servicing with frequent oil changes and the faith in my 19 year old reliable overland rig is slowly getting back. Hope to meet you sometimes in the western alps or maybe on Allrad expo Germany, cheers!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👌👍 That is great. Check out the very lates video from I do cars. It's about the Nissan's variable combustion engine. 🙋‍♀️

[@stepancincibus]

Oh such an overcomplicated engine that 1.5 VC is. So many unecessary baerings.. Shame that CO2 amount is the only value that matters these days. No government does not consider what ecological impact will have repairing or replacing engines that won't survive 3 yrs of service. In the comments section there was Nissan service tech reporting of 6600km failed one..that is even before breaking in. Same story with Audi's stupid variable flow on their 3.0 V6 tdi oil pumps.

[@michaelstanley3961]

Land Rover. A car of many spare parts. Let's be fair old ones need plenty of spammers, newer versions need a laptop as well. I love'em.

[@AW-Services]

Yet another brilliant video, Christian & Vera. Quite a lot of issues and unfortunate failures. 1, Previous service & repair bodge job on a Friday afternoon 2, tow truck driver starting the engine and running it 3, Vera gets cranky when hungry I've never worked on or serviced a landrover, but I'd 100% trust Christian's opinion and ability to do engine repairs & rebuilds and consider him as a trusted authority on Landrover as a whole The level of humour, satire in this video is hilarious

[@johanndork5364]

My wife gets cranky when hungry too, it’s a girl thing….

[@Vera_and_Christian]

I don't get cranky, rather antsy. Remember, I am not in the kitchen cooking and a warm meal is readily waiting for us. I am out in the workshop with Christian until the very last minute, and then I still have to cook. 😅👍🙋‍♀️

[@philss1]

Loved watching this disassembly video. Looking forward to you next one.

[@TriumphT100T]

I just did the 270k km service on my 2002 Defender 90, I used 3w 30 Castrol as winter in coming in Sweden. I will drop it tomorrow after only 50km after seeing your video.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Oh boy, but keep in mind that we talk about the TDV6/SDV6 Lion engine which has known problems. 👍🙋‍♀️

[@TriumphT100T]

@@Vera_and_Christian love your show. My wife is German, I am English. She explained why you call windscreen washer fluid as “ wish wash” : )

[@TriumphT100T]

@@Vera_and_Christian i saw how thin the oil was when I dropped it today, like water. Not good for 22 year old TD5

[@Overland_Goose]

Great video as always guys... the thumb twiddle had me creasing up 🤣

[@treywilder8630]

Thank you for another great videao and Sunday morning! Sorry to hear about the block, but it will make a cool coffee table.

[@garywilliams6684]

Another good video 👍 I don’t know how you guys do it I 😢changed my front wishbones wheel bearings back plates and inner and outer steering joints and discs and pads today I’m sat here with sore back 😂👍

[@divendrazz4680]

You’re just amazing Man. Wish you both are in Malaysia or me in Germany

[@IVANHAWKINS-l7s]

That was a very interesting video it still has not convinced me to get a D3 or D4 the amount of work you guys do is amazing i will stick to what i know and sit back and watch you guys it up see you next sunday i had my chevy suburban engine as a Christmas tree holder one year 😂😂 half way through a rebuild didn't go down to well .

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👌👍At least it serves a purpose. 🙋‍♀️

[@robertmcfarlane4486]

Great content, I really enjoy L.R time . I must say I miss driving my Disco 4 but I certainly do not miss the Cost of ownership. Hello from The Isle of Skye In Scotland.

[@thomaskeane429]

Brilliant again and very entertaining, WELL done Vera and Christian

[@chrisskillett8218]

I’ve had a triple bypass and 4 years ago and I think 💭 I would watch after I come round 😅 love ❤️ the video 🎉💋👍🇬🇧👍

[@ianfaulkner4398]

Another fantastic video guys, I have seen on Facebook( as I'm from northern Ireland ) the new 2024 ford ranger v6 diesel has engine issues and even a guy said his new v6 ranger has an engine failure as it using that same discovery engine.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes it'S the same, but also very different. I think we have some footage explaining the differences, because everybody thinks you can put that engine into a Discovery 4, which is not possible. 👍🙋‍♀️

[@guyemmott4009]

Great content yet again Vera and Christian.. I do hope you paid a very low price for that Disco 4 , allowing for a short block cost..😮🤞🤞

[@janbauwmans7662]

Thank you for another great entertaining and instructive video ! Enjoy your Sunday !

[@michaelwhyte3995]

Gold love the attention to detail!

[@robgreenhill1426]

Yep, a coffee table, add some lights in the water channels, and use the cylinders for bottle storage

[@RD-qp3mu]

Im a smug Toyota fan , and snigger at JLR teardowns. But I just love your content. Admire your fearful approach on taking things apart, and you have a fab parts girl.

[@MrSnicol]

You mean a girl with fab parts yes??

[@simonilett998]

*fearless* approach perhaps?

[@RICHIE87622]

Defining common sense! does the bit of the car that makes it go, sound different? Dont know dont care just need to do some mall crawling because thats all I know!!!!! Remember to ask your viewers to give it a thumbs up! 👍😬🗣❤

[@GP-pw5wb]

Its a mess, but it could have been a lot worse. That detached piston could have wrecked your valves and cylinder head as well. Your hole in the block can be repaired with some super glue mixed with bicarbonate of soda and a squirt of WD40, or so say other desktop mechanics on utube. Think Vera's right would make a nice coffee table, keep up the good work!

[@deanirwin3645]

Nice to shout out "I Do Cars". I think a collab would be awesome

[@elementaldraco]

You are going to have to get a Mighty Car Mods "Rodney The Piston Sticker" to put on the back to complete the job.

[@CMunch827]

The shop looks great with the new bench, Nice work as usual. Would be great to see you do the supercharged 3.0 v6 petrol engine but I know that will never happen because those timing chain guides never wear out :))

[@CharlesTimothy-z1o]

I was watching another video and you video popped up I will watch the other video when yours is finished.Another masterclass, I have to wait for another week. Stay safe and good health.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍🙏🙋‍♀️

[@glynnwright1699]

Sorry that it is such a mess. I am hoping that it worked out well for you in the end.

[@michaeldallimore8590]

Many thanks for the video. I wonder when you will get tired of fixing failed engines. I am looking forward to the home maintenance videos!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

It's perfect for us, in our stage of life, right now. And it's so interesting. 👍🙋‍♀️

[@MrRedfreds]

Really enjoying the videos, you're not Amateurs.

[@Ricardo.parodi]

I change the oil every 4 months, no matter the mileage I have done... thank you both, very much

[@Vera_and_Christian]

I hope your mileage does not exceed more than 6000 miles then. I do manage to go way more than that in a period of 4 months, especially in the summer time. 👌👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@Ricardo.parodi]

@@Vera_and_Christian Oh no, I do about 3k to 4k miles. And, as I learnt watching you both, aways thoroughly check the filter for any particles... Touch wood, none thus far. 🕺

[@Vera_and_Christian]

@@Ricardo.parodi Perfect. 👍💪👌🙋‍♀

[@Discovery_Dad]

Happy to drive one over from the UK... you can compare with a Discovery 5 then too :)

[@Vera_and_Christian]

We are all set, but thanks. 😃👍🙋‍♀️

[@gazzafloss]

Hey Christian, there's a workshop in Pakistan that could weld up that engine block and fix the sump. Why spend all that money, piece of cake mate!

[@christophermccallion8377]

As a rangerover owner I know all to well. Mine is in ireland so it doesn't run because it's just rust lol😂. Your content makes my day every time. Rangerover in ireland ≈ rust Chris from ireland in Spain ≈, sunburn lol