For parts please visit www.Importapart.com or email us at [email protected]
I have had several relatively simple teardowns recently, so why not show the other end of the spectrum? This 500+ HP Jaguar/Land Rover Supercharged V8 was purchased from a local yard and returned as defective. Unfortunately I don’t know any details on why, which is why every core that comes in usually holds some sort of surprise. These engines are quite expensive, so taking a return on one of these would surely sting. This was a valuable learning endeavor for me, having never torn into one of these engines. I actually had to buy a 10mm Poly-drive (TP52) to get the main caps and exhaust manifolds off, AND borrow the JLR Head bolt removal tool from a friend of a friend at the local dealer to get this engine apart. If it wasn’t for that guy, this wouldn’t have happened this week.
Why did I do this? I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis area called Importapart. Part of our model is buying blown up and core engines from salvage yards and shops and dismantling them to salvage the good parts. We do not rebuild engines, we merely supply parts to those that do!
If you’re new to the channel, you can expect a teardown every Saturday evening! You may also see some mid-week car videos go up.
I hope you all enjoyed this teardown. As always, I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric
source
I just wanted to thank you!!! I have been watching you doing these take downs for a while now and because of it I called and got a computer for my jeep and it took care of the issues I was having I love watching you take down these special engines. You help me in knowing them better and I now have a great source for parts in my business keep up the good work
i think you have it right. i own the naturally aspirated version, but it's the same on the supercharged one according to the technical manual. the tensioners are oil-fed and should "ratchet" one direction only — tighter — until they reach their maximum extension. from there they can relax fully (i guess only on shutdown). all but certain they should never jump backwards like that from a half-extended position, and the seal leaking is consistent with that observation on that one.
most of us put 0W20 in these now though they were originally prescribed to be 5W20, and like others have commented, we don't trust that recommended oil change interval either.
You work very quickly..! Would you be a Usain Unbolt..?
😏
My Double Six Jaguar tear down at Fourintune Garages Inc. required a full day of removing the acorn nuts to dig down to the rocker arms. Eventually we held the crank in our hands. So much fun. Super video son. Thank you very much.
You have been saying someone was in there before you. Could it be that the piece of plastic came from a previous repair?
Another Rube Goldberg Complexity Over Engineered Euro Powerplant , That's Inexpensivley replaced by a new GM V8 for less than 10% of fixing this nitemare. [AKA Hole that swallows $$$$]
Greetings from Newcastle, England. Just discovered your channel, the teardowns are awesome. They’re helping me get through the boredom of being laid up in bed with covid 👍
Why is the blower upside down? Why is the oil cooler buried in the valley? This engine is stupid
YOUNG MAN GO AND LOOK AT STEVE MORRIS ENGINES WORST EVER BLOW UP . NOW GER BACK TO WORK. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😊😊😊😊😊😊
I re-watched the removal of the first head and yes, it appears that you did skip breaking that bolt loose… 🤣 Excellent video as always!
IMAGINE YOU HAD TO WORK ON THE ENGINE IF IT WAS IN THE CAR THEY ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!!
Interesting. I now know not to buy a Range Rover. In fact I don't trust anything made in Europe.
I’m going VOTE to put the Mercedes 617 motor for breaking down , these are built to run many miles , I’ve taken one down and it has some oddities in the exterior ribbing bolt to the block for extra strengthening.
26:05 We believe you Shaggy.
@43:56 theres a bolt or something shiny that fell into the drip pan from somewhere in the motor.
The jaguar/ford motor has timing problems mainly the tensioner fails or punches through the back of the guide and the guide brakes rebuilding mine right now same thing happen
"Spark plug regapped by a piston" – that's one way to say it 🙂
Its nice to see you make some bread for a change. Also nice to see that those motors ain't too bad.
"A slightly larger bar"
Returns with an iron tree.
Honda H22 heads have the same head bolt technique – although i noticed that in that jag head, they offset the cam down from the center of the hole instead of the hole being centered under the cam like the H22 heads.
Future engine tear down,Volvo vep4 the one with a supercharger and a turbo.