In this episode, Christian explains which components we keep and which ones we replace during our engine rebuild after a crankshaft failure on our 2016 Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 engine – after only 64000 km.
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Vehicle price is not a constant drop for all vehicles , as we all can observe common characteristics that on the long run makes certain vehicles be desirable and not only the ‘rarity’ by itself. Special edition vehicles increases value sooner but not all of them, as example those with a reliable and easy maintenance increase value in third countries really fast , usually less than 15 years. Also those gas guzzlers with powerful engines although those take way longer but once average persons perceive those as rare , the prices sky rocket. Like those hemi cuda or jaguars V12 and V8.
Just come across your channel. I have a similar relationship. Love you both
So Britpart sold critical items that are out-of-spec and refused to take them back?
Very well explained.
You are very funny i have been joying your videos the last few weeks. I think vercal gets cheap because of corrosion.
Excellent video. Totally agree with only replacing what is necessary. However, on major stress components like a con rod I would only use OEM.
I suspect the heavy con rod my have set-up the harmonic failure of the crankshaft.
I can’t see if the “new” rods are fractured, can you have them re-machined ?
These engines are complete rubbish
Land Rover should be deeply embarrassed
To put their name on them
This is the most astonishing and educational series of videos – a masterclass in engine analysis and repair. Thank you for creating and sharing an amazing resource, Christian and Vera.
Informative, engaging and enjoyable. Love this channel
Britpart = Sitpart. I learned the hard way about their so called quality. I would rather pay double that fit a Shitpart to anyone's landys
I've done RMA (Reliability, Maintainability, Availability), for NASA projects. Great failure mode and "while we're in here" talk. I catch "comments" because I replace seals and o-rings while I'm in there. Little over a year ago I picked up a VW TAOS. Fussy electronic 1.5 L turbo. I still need to find a VW channel. However, you guys are entertaining.
I Llked and subscribed. I love your logic and reasoning!
In the UK, Britpart is commonly known as Sh*tpart for precisely the reason you have discovered….
Rule number 1: Never buy a british car, unless you love problems. Here we see german humour beating british engineering. 2003 corolla 1,4 here, never repaired. I am only 70, so my corolla keeps running when I'm gone.
Great content you are both producing. Brilliant to have your practical engineering aspect shared – 100% agree with your theory on keep and replace. Do you have any experience on reliability design faults of the new Ingenium inline 6 diesel engine that JLR have produced?
Who would of thought Christian was afraid of heights
I apply the same principle. Replace broken or worn stuff, but bedded in parts with no significant wear are not only serviceable but have proven to be defect-free.
As for the rings, new rings require bore honing – you shouldn’t hone a bore without new rings or fit new rings without honing, as the rings and bore walls need their fresh machining to bed each other in. Old bores and new rings lead to poor bedding in of the new rings and will increase oil consumption. So, again, good decision to leave the existing rings – they have only just settled in and have decades ahead of them.
Oh how I laughed at the LR bath failure rate graph, although I remonstrated myself.
I totally agree with re-using OEM parts. I had to rebuild a 200hp 2 stroke Yamaha outboard & used aftermarket parts. At the 15 hour mark one of the circlips on a gudgeon pin failed & the engine destroyed itself. The $2 circlips are slightly different to the OEM version. An expensive lesson.
What Castrol oil 5w-40 make for England does Christian recommend as there’s Edge magnatec C3 code etc it’s really confusing on how many different codes etc ???