Rover SD1 V8-S Triton Green Barn Find Part 5 Oil change

[@Jin-Ro]

Good oil Comma X-Flow. Used it in my Fiesta ST for 8 years, I put over 90k miles on that thing before I sold it. Good quality products from Comma to be fair.

[@prichardson5283]

I had a V8 S, they were made before the facelift which then became the SE , I sold mine and bought a Vitesse

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

Nothing empties a wallet quicker than an old SD1. except maybe a Czech lap dancer 😁

[@nygelmiller5293]

To UKSCIENCEGEORG. I do like SD1s, but for me , having my wallet emptied would HAVE to be by a Czech lapdancer........!

[@MishMash22]

lol

[@Marie579]

banging away nicely on all 5 cylinders! Do you think in twenty yrs time there will be Tesla barn finds where someone is outside with a blowtorch resoldering battery modules in the rain and bonding in carbon fibre sills and wings with hairdryers! 🤣

[@gerardmccarthy2432]

My brother had 2 Sd1 in Florida. All auto with the early flapper fuel injection 80 and 81 . Usual issues, rusty fuel tank, crappy self levelling in the rear. Had the same wheels as your green car. People thought it was a Ferrari.

[@-abacchus]

Popular with your neighbours, are ya..? 😀

[@dangerousandy]

It’s working perfectly for me. Audio and video

[@mercedes_and_more]

Brave man going under that car whilst peeling away the chassis leg 😆😆

[@RandyDarkshade2]

Name a hobby that isn't expensive. It's even worse when you have more than one hobby.

[@nitrosilvia]

Haha yeah. I guess bird watching? Unless they strippers then it gets expensive again 🤭

[@DStead2239]

As a former full time mechanic, you're correct.. My daily would only ever get touched if it were absolutely critical🤣

[@nitrosilvia]

Hahah me too!

[@chrisblay]

Another SD1 saved, or will be. So many people would say that was beyond repair. It’s great watching how you cut out all the rust and fabricate new metal into the vehicle structure. So much patience needed and well worth it.

[@nitrosilvia]

Cheers Chris. This one its deffo worth it.

[@paul-1875]

even sitting there with the moss on it its still a good looking motor

[@nitrosilvia]

I love it. Just getting a glimpse of it out of kitchen window!

[@matthardern1594]

Amazing job! And the sound of that V8 - fabulous!

[@realnutteruk1]

Comma oil served me well for many years... perfectly adequate in older engines.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

That old oil looked very thin for 20/50 on a cold day. Really hope the S2 Diesel inherits a set of those correct grey turbine alloys !

[@nitrosilvia]

It was all warmed up so ran out like piss! Maybe has fuel contamination too. Yes I’m the next vid on the diesel intake the wheels to be refurbished. Shoul upload tonight. Will only be a short one. James

[@keiths-teeth]

Would look good washed off, anyone else think he should show the jet wash to it

[@coopdivi]

He said in a previous video that he's deliberately NOT cleaning it at this stage, as he wants to display it at a car meet in the 'before restoration' condition -- including the moss!

[@bonkersbeast]

I remember when these came out. Me and a friend used to cycle everywhere car spotting and the local Rover dealer had one on display, a custard coloured one. It looked awesome.

[@zanytwinmagnet2681]

Very kind of someone and lucky to be given an exact colour bonnet. Looking forward to this resto

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah it was the guy who sold me the car. He had it done and then never fitted it. He says he might also have a front panel and some other bits

[@zanytwinmagnet2681]

@@nitrosilvia Aha makes sense. Your vids are nurturing my want for an SD1 ! Great stuff

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Looking forward to seeing you getting stuck into this thing James.

[@MyJon64]

Love how see loads of rust and holes and say its an easy repair 😁

[@davidrix804]

Really do look forward to your videos on this SD1,keep up the excellent work,welldone🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks David (cool surname!)

[@davidrix804]

Thanks for saying i have a cool surname,really like your videos,reminds me of when i use to work on cars in the 80s,really miss those days,im not a mechanic,just hobbyist then,especially going to scrap yards for parts,those were the days.keep up the great work🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@chriss2761]

Always look forward to your videos, I love this SD1, it’s in the right hands to as always look forward to your next video 👍

[@nitrosilvia]

Thanks Chris

[@julianpritchard2558]

Wish I still had mine! 2600s auto, with a 4.2 from a Range Rover. Called the Amoco Cadiz , you’ll understand if you’re of a certain age ..😢

[@yant8777]

Great idea on keeping a tally on hours worked James

[@damiantaylor7993]

Another great video

[@dangerousandy]

Good evening James

[@MartsGarage]

Good progress, James. A couple of things sorted and a couple of things added to the snag it list. The new bonnet will up the ante no end.

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah unfortunately the bit where bonnet should bolt too has collapsed hahah so I just balanced another one on for temporary

[@peterwarner8541]

Been looking forward to these videos. Good stuff.

[@nicirvin1994]

Jeez luigi.. When you pull HT leads off bare hands like that my anxiety goes thru the roof lol.. 😵‍💫

[@nitrosilvia]

Another viewer made the excellent point that I should be pulling them from the dizzy end! Genius why didnt I think of that lol

[@kevinnye5132]

Agree completely James, green and gold shouldn’t go together but amazingly they look perfect , when you first started the car after oil change 🤔 I thought the Spitfire had returned 😂, it’s the little wins that win the big battle James 👍🏻.

[@DStead2239]

As a kiwi living in Aus I couldn't agree more. I try tell these convicts in their own language all the time "Oi cu nt, that green and gold jersey looks shieeet cobba"🤣 Doesn't look bad on the SD1 to be fair

[@brenglover72]

"Revving it's tits off"🤣 I actually had mine running today.

[@nigelrudd670]

It's more it's a Rover 👍

[@roystoncoffey333]

AHH ,..... the memories of master cylinder replacements come flooding back i can see a great job being done and am looking forward to seeing more videos you are fast becoming my hero ...

[@nitrosilvia]

Those bolts can be a pain!

[@setch8327]

Im dying to see you clean the moss of it 🤣keep up the good work 😁

[@stever2168]

mmmm... sweeeet oil change... and all is right in the world 😁👍🏼

[@jcbjim5960]

Good old sd1 I have one sat in my shed In Caribbean blue 1 owner

[@nitrosilvia]

That’s one of my favourite colours! Chris in the sd1 club has a 2300 in Caribbean. It’s a stunner

[@jcbjim5960]

@@nitrosilvia mine 3500 auto r reg

[@FunkmeisterOfSedgley]

Going to watch this series with lots of interest James. A real V8-S is so rare. Best of luck with the air-con!

[@briangallacher983]

always loved these cars nice colour defo be watching this resto

[@a11csc]

nice one

[@GTMarmot]

Has this been checked to make sure it's structurally sound?

[@donnysweekendvanlifetravel7854]

A mobile car oil looked good for a sat about car going to be a good project this one remember them on 1986 rac rally Tony pond the works driver writing the car off on the 1st stage look forward to next installment donny

[@michaelbolt4530]

Friday tinkering 😎

[@richardsawtell256]

havent seen engines that old in a while , had a old tc triumph with those su carbys , great video , engine doesnt sound like its running on all cylinders

[@nitrosilvia]

I think cylinder 8 is not happy

[@richardsawtell256]

@@nitrosilvia haha yes well i hope you video pulling that engine down , but hopefully just a sticky valve or leaking seat

[@StevensPaul]

Some fresh oil 🛢️ in the 'ole Salad Shooter. Oil didn't look all that bad considering....👍🇬🇧.

[@nitrosilvia]

Nah it was real nice actually. I was expecting a fuel smell and condensation and sludge

[@Riothamus]

Great to see this in your hands James, we all know it will be rescued and repaired well. Do you have a buyer for this or are you going to keep it for its rarity?

[@yant8777]

Yeah,thank God 'little Britain' did nt get it.

[@vincentsmith8345]

I had to replace the servo and the master cylinder However considering the Rover had been stood for over 20 years the back brakes are like new so I didn't have to replace the shoes 👍

[@slickmouse]

I reckon you've a good car there. The engine is decent maybe a valve sticking but sounds strong.

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah I think it’s pretty good unit, just wants a good thrash 😁

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

I know you like rovers but like all cars it must have most of it earth's so instruments, to alternative are working to its best, we had a rover v8 which had bad earth's which gave us big problems like you said a little rusty in area's that might need a great earth from engine to body. We traced all and after that the car ran for year's trouble free until the rust took over itching it was scrapped for other rover owner's to use the good remaining part's

[@paulkirkland1535]

James: Is this Rover the same as Dottie that you did in the 67 part series? It looks so similar. Gr8 SD1

[@nitrosilvia]

It’s the same colour, but this one came from factory like this whereas Dotty was silver then painted in Triton green

[@philipmaclean7266]

I've forgotten what model it was, but where's the rover that was where the rabbit hutch is? Just being nosey 😉

[@nitrosilvia]

It be is a rover 827si mk 1. I have to sell it ☹️

[@philipmaclean7266]

@@nitrosilvia nooooooo

[@simonleyman9290]

love the videos mate and if there is anyone out there who has a rover sd1 2.6 or 3.5 around B reg and up i will swap you my 07 mondeo 1.8 tdci only needs a few things for mot or my suzuki GSXF600 on a 2000 plate or i may swap both

[@zoidberg444]

Surprisingly good results out of the engine. I know what you mean about mechanics cars - every mechanic I see always drives the biggest POS. Now I do all my own repairs I do understand to some degree. If this was a rolling repair it might be worth chancing it with this engine after some remedial works. But given its going on the rotisserie and being sold I suppose some major engine work might as well get done if you have to fetch it out anyway.

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah it really because I don’t know when the restoration will start proper and I need to be able to drive the car around so it’s not always blocking the garage, otherwise I’d not have botherdd

[@joeedwards627]

Why are you changing the oil?

[@nitrosilvia]

I want to be able to drive this car around the driveway and didnt like the idea of relying on old oil as although this engine will come apart, the more i look after it now the less work i will need to do in the future. Total of £27 to do it so a no brainer

[@dolebandit9942]

Is not all this all a bit pointless if the engine is coming out ?

[@nitrosilvia]

Sort of, but I didn’t know what it was like inside. I need this car running and mobile until it comes apart as it’s blocking access to the rest of the garage. So it needs to be shunted around a lot and I don’t want to doing that on 10 year old crappy fuel and condensation filled oil

[@Andy-sh9eq]

As i said in the previous video comments every TJ filter I have seen are rusty straight out of the box and there we see it

[@nitrosilvia]

Yeah it’s a shame

[@gordonquigley2267]

Just video no audio

[@maryellis3661]

That oil looked very thin indeed

[@nitrosilvia]

It deffo had a bit of fuel in. Also looks thin in the video as it was pretty hot

[@DavidB-rx3km]

Next job: put that Capri Sun in the passenger footwell in the bin.

[@nitrosilvia]

It’s done!

[@DavidB-rx3km]

@@nitrosilvia 😂

[@stephenmelrose1082]

As far as the chassis goes for an mot I'd aim for if it isn't there they cant fail it ? 😂

[@nitrosilvia]

I’ll just slap underseal over it!

[@lewis72]

Seeing the state of the SD1s that you've resurrected I feel so bad about sending my old 2600 VdP off to the scrappers back in '96. I'd even put a new crank on it and 2600-pistons as the worn crank was, I found out, from a 2300 that had been transplanted in it, so I bought a new crank & shells, installed it, found that it wouldn't turn 360 degrees, realised that it must be a 2300, so went to a scrappers 15 miles away to dismantle a 2600 for its pistons, which took all day, then took the head off my 2300 engine to turn the 2300 into a 2600. I got it running again but I kind of lost interest in it after all that and sold it to a breakers... bought a Saab 900 Turbo 16 instead.

[@nitrosilvia]

No way that’s a lot of work to do to lose interest but I totally get it. I think that Saab would have been cool. I think that engine has ties to rover too

[@lewis72]

@@nitrosilvia You're right, it was a lot of work to do upfront to get rid of it. I also had a Triumph 2500 PI at the time and didn't have the space to keep cars off road as well as tha daily. Was quite ill with Crohn's at the time too, so much of the weekend was spent resting. Yes, that Saab had the Triumph-based engine in it. I think that Triumph should have used their Turbo engine in the Dolomite and TR7 !

[@chriswyldeck3586]

I notice the number plate has Westons of Kew. My next door neighbour when I was a boy was Mike Weston the owner. Are you in the Kew area? BTW great videos.

[@nitrosilvia]

I’m in Kent. The car was based in Ashstead and Leatherhead for most of its life I think

[@HighQualityMusic22]

First of all this videos you should clean that dirt.

[@nitrosilvia]

I can’t! This car is a stand in car for the nec show so if the diesel isn’t ready I take this instead as a ‘barn find’

[@neilcussons4744]

Just audio James NO VIDEO

[@dazturbo1]

Get it washed please 🙏

[@nitrosilvia]

many people keep telling me that but as I explained this car is my stand in car for the nec show. If the diesel isn’t ready then I will take this as a ‘barn find’ so I want the moss and grub to give it authenticity lol!

[@dazturbo1]

@@nitrosilvia fair comment 👌

[@fredgien]

Why in the world would you spend time and money on a car like this?

[@nitrosilvia]

Why would you make that comment?

[@fredgien]

@@nitrosilvia Can you tell me your motivation?

[@AlfaGTA156]

Where on earth did you source a brand new painted bonnet in thesame colour😲🤯

[@nobodyimportant7520]

could you please use a DECENT camera instead of shite phone for recording. ty

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Bog off and watch Jonny Smith’s production team film someone else’s cars in perfect studio quality while the presenter actually does sod all himself….

[@nitrosilvia]

Hahaha

[@spitfiretrading]

Yes James, could you please spend your hard earned cash on some industrial grade recording equipment for a totally unsponsored channel that you film in your precious spare time out of love for these vehicles. This tosser would greatly appreciate that...

[@ryanwilliams6526]

What's wrong with the phone camera? The video is clear and the sound is good enough. I like this sort of unedited video with no unnecessary rubbish, and just a man working on old cars.