Range Rover classic project - the engine - Part1

Hi Mike 🤔 thanks again 🤔 playing catch up again 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@eliotheasman5378]

Hi Mike very well done as always very I have missed some of your videos as I was in hospital many thanks Eliot

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Hope you get well soon Eliot! Leaset you can recuperate and catch up!! Mike

[@roverron7509]

You may want to pressure test that block before you do anything Mike. I’ve been down this road many times with these. It’s an older STC block which are better and it was from a Range Rover which is also good but lots of these things go bad between 4&6 or 3&5 cylinders especially.

[@romanrob]

Agreed, I've done two HGs this year: 3/5 and 4/6. If they're off its a gift...

[@BritannicaRestorations]

In the next video you will see the heads off - they were all black - no polished pistons

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have a borescope - first thing i do on a V8 is pull the plugs - clean plug = suspect! Get the camera out and check the piston crown - polished = scrap motor The last owner told me this was a nice running motor - never used coolant Also, this is a 96 motor 4.0 - the 4.6 were a lot of problems - except for the P38 GEMS for some reason Also quite strange, I have seen more cracked blocks on the Bosch engine management then the GEMS. I wonder if the Bosch was running too lean, thus hot, for emissions?

[@romanrob]

My Defender 98 GEMS 4.0 has never needed anything done to it either, and runs nearly 10 degrees cooler than my RR 98 GEMS 4.6. I was just thinking more of doing the HGs while they're easy to get at. I think Bosch is supposed to run cooler than the GEMS. Love your vids btw. Those frozen studs... I know you treated yourself to the TIG on Friday, but get an Induction heating coil on cyber monday - they'll be red hot in seconds

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Over here with the US emission there seems to be a lot of D2 motors with cracked blocks, but not so many P38 on GEMS As for the induction - you need to heat the manifold not the stud - gas torch will go the same thing lol!

[@muyafurniture]

am just waiting to see how cylinder look inside because am driving that same type of engine

[@BritannicaRestorations]

See next video!