Best auto channel on KZfaq. Exceptional technicians and leadership. Nothing like it. Probably one of if not the best in the United States. Really impressed by the quality of work. Would love to work there

Im a LandRover tech and i will say this happens all the time. The Y pipe under the intake cracks and customers keep driving and by the time you get a overheat light you have already caused major damage. Most of the time a new engine is cheaper for the customer. They’re going to need a lot more than head gaskets. Make sure you check the cam that drives the HPFP’s on oil pan. That cam will seize when the car overheats. You put head gaskets and timing chains on the motor. Motor will run for a short while than that cam will break and you’ll have to pull the motor back out to replace it 😢.

Owner already got his money's worth; 160K on a JLR engine is basically full use. I have a 2011 Jag XJ SC with 110K miles, last summer my 19 yr old was driving it and the rear (plastic) crossover pipe finally gave up and he saw the low coolant warning and steam from under the hood. I told him 2 years before the quickest way to kill an engine is to keep driving if you see low coolant warning or steam from under hood. The kid listened; he pulled over immediately and called me. It cost me $2500 to fix, but that's a lot cheaper than a new engine and I just did my errands in it today; idles so smooth you can hardly tell its running.

"Obstacles, Opportunities, Options, Overcome". Best KZfaq advice of the month, whether you like cars or not.

The 4 C’s of service and the 4 O’s of life, this is very valuable advice, my students will be very appreciative.

Nearly 200k on that Range. I would cut my losses

While I'm not fortunate enough to have Dave's shop within my driving distance (2500 mi. is a bit too far for regular service) I do have a competent guy locally who I trust. He's always been honest with me, he upholds his warranties, and he gives me the good, bad, and ugly of the situation before we make any decisions about what to service. When you find someone you can trust, take care of them and keep them in your phone book.

Run hot until it stops is instant long block. Do not pass go, do not send one of your kids to college. The skipped beat on cranking could easily be a dropped valve seat or burnt ringland from the overheat.

As a tech with nearly 40 years experience I still find it incredible how often and how far customers will continue to drive with a problem. I'd use a scope and amps clamp as a quick and non intrusive compression test/comparison. Keep up the good work

Wish Dave and the crew were closer, all my trucks would be under their care!

Uncle Dave not only a great owner/business man but he’s also an extraordinary leader & mentor

By far the best automotive repair shop on the internet 💯I wait for these videos.❤❤❤😂😂😂

Dave's such a good mechanic and mentor to his guy's. Excellent channel.

Dave’s “Words of Wisdom” to LIVE BY!!! 😊

i love how you prepare next generation to take over the work ! we need more people like you no bs just coaching !

I came across Dave on a Facebook reel and he was so informative and personable, it was an immediate follow. Keep of the great work and vids coming!

This is what you call a honest and very good mechanic and good staff

Before I even heard Dave say he was a Christian, I could tell. The man does his best ALL the time, treats others with respect, tries to inform his customers, and does all this with humility. From a fellow brother in Christ, bravo sir. Thank you for doing what you do.

Dave's Wisdom is incredible. Great to hear an honest person giving a game plan of how to tackle certain things that apply not only to mechanical work but life as well...

Making the biggest mountains seem like mole hills. Dave is the guru people look for at the highest peak of the world seeking enlightenment.

So nice to see a business owner that has such excellent morals standards hard to find

I love how he ask questions to his staff to get them to learn better

Dave, really enjoy your growing channel. I definitely see better and better camera work, editing, and consistent interesting content.

The last minute was truly words of wisdom 😊turn the engine off and call a towing service company 😊

Put your nice borescope down each hole to check the cylinder walls for scoring.

JLR tech here. The math is pretty straightforward. A used low-mileage 3.0 SC engine is going to run you $7,500. The existing engine will need absolutely everything-plan on salvaging very little. If you think you can do a top to bottom overhaul and sort absolutely everything for under $7,500 then go that route. I seriously doubt you can. Remanufactured engines are awful. It's a $20,000 vehicle with that mileage. Find a 2016 and later 3.0SC engine with under 40,000 miles and drop it in and be done with it. Avoid the 2014-2015 engines as they have lots of issues from the factory.

Justice brothers pressurized carb cleaner is an outstanding starting fluid. Thanks for the video.

Great example of coaching and mentoring

Newcomer to this channel. Big fan of Dave's operation!

Becoming my fav channel, and makes me wish i had shops like Daves. Maybe id still be an ASE tech

I would try to convey to them that you don't want them to HAVE to come back to the shop, rather, you would want them to WANT to come back to the shop after seeing the quality of work you provide. Side note, as a Landy owner (D4) once they start overheating STOP IMMIEDIATLY!!! These engines are temperamental as it is and they are thirsty as all get out. In fact if you're looking to get into repair or becoming a tech I recommend buying a Land/Range Rover as they MAKE you maintain your vehicle or you pay a hefty price.

First problem is it's a Rover lol ...love you Dave .I spend hours watching ya videos I learn so much.thank you Brother

I was a tech for over 50 years and I always said there should be a huge red warning light that says "SHUT IT OFF......NOW!

These JLR 3.0 v6 and 5.0 v8 engines are one and done when overheated, it will warp both block and heads to a point you can’t even machine them straight even after cutting down to minimum spec. You’ll see online there’s a ton of theses engines for sale, reman, rebuild, used low miles and they want $5k-$15k. It’s a high demand engine because they go thru them like tic tacks!

This man is the GOAT. Glad I found his channel

Love Dave's "words of wisdom".

Just started following channel after seeing you on Dave sparks channel. You’re a great man Dave. Big fan of your work watching from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

Sir you are my teacher and I hear you.

Man what i would give to be able to work under this man. What an amazing crew and company.

They did great to achieve that mileage on a Land Rover. It is now economically totaled so time to pay the bill for diagnosis, sell it for parts, and get a replacement vehicle.

Amazed that a newer Range Rover would 'make it' to to 170k miles !

The problem here is your dealing with a Range Rover owner. You already know they’re not that bright because they bought the car to begin with. The worst rated car you can buy I don’t understand why people buy them. I won’t even work on them at all you guys are brave lol I wouldn’t want to warranty something that didn’t even work good when it was new

Gandalf of engines, the wizard Dave is something else. Great videos

Dave and everyone there. You are doing great work. This youtube is almost better. The tips for cars are INVALUABLE. A blown motor is just about the most expensive repair. Except an off center medium impact that doesn't total it. My wife's highlander 2019 60k was running a bit hotter than usual. Not bad but noticeable. No smell. My wife was a former farmer and has seen a few blown motors. It was just a bit low on coolant. Topped it off and the temp went back down. Some vehicles tolerate a bit low, this one does not. If she didn't notice, i'm not the daily driver of it. It would have suffered maybe a similar fate. Subaru's hate low too. Over time it dries out at the top seam of the radiator and then forms crystals, i believe those circulate and then find it into the headgasket. Back in the day i think those gaskets were bad, mixed materials and low coolant. Ate through them faster than normal. Keep coolant up, change it every few years. Hoses too. Oh and that lake guy and the recommendation to add fuel additive. Has clearly given both our vehicles 1 to 2 MPG. What's up with that. 3 tanks through each vehicle and that's the paper calculated MPG change. Not computer told. that's always wrong. I think fuel used to have additive in it. Now it doesn't. I bet super barely has any. Lucas fuel additive is my choice. I trust their products. Prolong has saved a few vehicles back in the day too. Overheated boat motor too. Impeller was blown up from sucking in sand and pebbles. That stuff is cool but probably corrosive to mixed metals, I'm not sure. chlorinated paraffin's is the trick to their sauce. Not zinc.

You can fix a Range Rover by rolling it off a cliff and buying almost anything that's not a Range Rover.

If you want to go into the outback buy a land rover, if you want to come back, buy a Toyota.. old Ozzy saying 😂

I have a 2005 Ford escape 3.0 with 369k miles and the other day when I got to my destination I noticed the temperature gauge was all the way hot. So I shut it down and coasted into my spot. It was smoking and it seemed to be coming from the radiator by the catalytic converter. I removed some stuff and took out the radiator and noticed a small rubber hose right by the converter. It was mushy and oily and I could feel a split pointed towards the converter. $12 at napa, should be there this morning. When I drained the coolant there was maybe a little more than a quart left. I have no idea how long it was overheating because it was running great. I didn't even smell anything. I think it's fine. I've overheated it before, definitely not as long. It ran the same after. The duratec is a strong engine. Glad I checked more than the radiator.

Good work, really nice shop they've got going. Clean work ethics, proper reasoning, really nice! And the size of the shop, phew...In Germany that would be in a remotely sensible location either 25.000-50.000 in rent a month or a 5-10 million property. Crazy

Love these videos man!! Always looking forward to them when they come out 😊

Seriously dave is a legend! I can listen to him talk all day!

Dave has So much knowledge with a good honest personality! Love watching all your videos.

As a heavy equipment mechanic for a construction company. My boss asked me to help his brother inlaw with his jeep. Someone had told him it needed a new injector. Sure that’s easy. He had the new injector. I put it in number 5 position as that was the cylinder with the miss. No change. Hummmm bad information as usual. No worries I told him let’s check this out. And see if the spark plug was working. Swap it with another no charge. Ok what is happening. With it at idle I opened the oil fill cap held a rag over it and watched it flutter in the breeze from the compression internally. I did a compression test and yes 5th cylinder was only 45 pounds. I told him it time to pull the head and find out the extent of the actual damage. The gasket was nonexistent between cylinders 4 and 5 no compression was getting into the coolant system. Oddly cylinder 4 had good compression. It was a automotive repair shop locally that told him it was an injector to begin with when he took his jeep there for an oil change

Dave the philosopher

From an old school mechanic. I would say thermostat housing/pipe failed first and it’s “🎼Good night Irene”🎼. Blew head gaskets and sever piston rings tension failure/pistons grabbing cylinder wall etc. Customer Owens the problem. Thanks for sharing all your experience though your work. Following from Sydney Australia.

Great leadership Dave, bringing the young fella along and training him 👍

Over 90% of modern day people(customers) drive the engine while it's overheating or with low oil pressure until the car stops. If there is more classes to teach people about temp and pressure gauges like I had when I was learning as a military pilot to stop the engine when the gauges say RED, we as mechanics will have far less of these severe engine failures in our life. GEN Z is a big fail, this started in 1990's, 2024 it's far worse. RE, Gave the vid a like🤣

You should have a internship with high school kids that want to be a mechanic. That would be amazing.

You guys are awesome. I doubt there is too many shops like this one if any. I would attempt to fix it myself because we don’t have mechanics like you where I live. I have learned to fix things because I can’t afford to be screwed over.

Practicality,observation, understanding,trust.

Most people don't know their vehicle is overheating. I have explained this to a thousand husbands, calling their wife idiots. When u are driving and lose coolant rapidly,hose , water pump ect. The temp sensor has no contact with the coolant. Until block temperature is hot enough to set sensor of ,it's to late usually. Not really anyone's fault. Poop happens!

Condition: I’m thirsty Cause: just finished mowing. Confirm: I’m craving. Correction: Grab a cold beer 🍺 0 alcohol on it . 😊 GR8 vídeo clip Sir .

You definitely run a great shop Dave. I 100% agree with what your saying, every customer is different. Honestly is the best policy.

As someone in healthcare for over 20 years, him making the healthcare analogy is SPOT ON! Doctors are just mechanics for humans.

How about we all hold hands around the range Rover with the driver in the seat and sing "Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always tomorrow, it's only a day away".

I'm a professional driver and I'm constantly looking at my gages while driving the highways and byways of this nation. Keep your head and eyes moving.

Love how dave asks all the obvious questions

Just came across your You Tube site....and WOW it is really GOOD. I like your approach to dealing with people The industry needs more people like you and your employees!!!

Love this channel. As an English person, I'd say buy Japanese - every time...

Always say that to my boy, low water will kill it, pull over, stop and think. Taxi home- its cheaper.

That's great advice, some people not thinking to stop when something wrong with the car.

I've watched all of your videos and am learning a lot, thanks Dave and all the guys at the shop

The Cosby sauce 😂

Great video as usual 👍👍👍

some engines do have piston that move at TDC tapered pistons. The skirt is tapered

Great teaching in both mechanic and real life.

Thumbnail is my face when someone said, "you don't sweat much for a fat guy"

Best solution. Never buy a Range Rover.

Great channel, very informative, even for an old mechanic like me,, every day is a school day

Wisdom is a privilege earned and noticed.

What is it with people not checking there gauges. I was taught to glance at my gauges often.

I’d like to work for Dave but he also scares the hell out of me. Tell me I’m wrong!

You guys are brave taking those things in

As a dealer brat knowing how warranty works, there has to be a cost comparison before GM will authorize repair or replace. We do the same with CP work as well. Call the customer and let them know where were at. If they want a cost of repair they have to authorize a few hours for tear down and inspection or give them the cost to replace.

Oh wow A rover product that's complete terror for the customer's pocketbook? Say it ain't so! I still don't see how these are the number one selling car in the US.

Great,company even better mentor.

Dave, give that guy a raise.

With this one, I would have a frank conversation with the customer. At a minimum the head gasket is blown. I think the proper fix would be a rebuild (116k miles so there would be additional wear on the engine). Then the question as to whether the car is worthy of an engine rebuild. If the customer does not have the resources for a rebuild, you can just fix the head gasket (plus new hoses and belts, thermostat and probably water pump). My biggest worry is that the way they kept driving even after the overheat that the head are probably warped and need to be machined.

New tutorial dropped

Expensive fix 😢

obstacles creates opportunities with option and them overcome overcome liked it!

Personally, I approach these situations with a customer like this: I explain that I wasn't there to know exactly how it died, but the not starting scares me. I can tear it down, but expect there could be damage that precludes just doing headgaskets. Even if there is nothing obvious, there may be hidden damage that will show itself later, therefore, I cannot guarantee a headgasket repair. Therefore, the only warrantable repair is an engine rebuild/replacement. Most owners understand when it's laid out like this and elect for the warrantable repair.

It’s a Land Rover, scrap it and buy a Toyota!

A tow truck is cheaper than a new engine.

Aesop's Fables!! Love it!! It's never a problem , it's an opportunity!. I heard that at work for years. It depends on the day for me.

Nice vid - being me I'd put a pressure gauge on each cylinder and see which ones were blown - put a borescope down the plug hole and have a nosey - if the visible damage doesn't look to bad I'd break out my spanners and whip the heads off double checking things as I went - I've done about 15 head gaskets over the years on Austin A and A+, Rover K Series, Ford 1.6L blocks, Volvo 2L red block and Saab and Land Rover - all old school engines except the K - which was a pig to work on without slicing yourself up in the small space but a fascinating engine - taking race ideas and putting them in a road car - the design was old by the time it made it into production but it was despite its flaws a good engine when assembled right, serviced right and driven properly (I was able to both wring the neck of mine and get 60mpg out of it by turns - the car was light so the 1.6 K Series was more than capable of 120mph+ in it with a mild tune - more than enough for British roads and tracks). Would love to see the follow up on this one, and the Merc nightmare one if you got the go ahead to repair them.

The only option for that Land Rover is to send it to the junkyard. Not worth fixing at all.

Junk

Now that's an experienced educator 🤗

One thing Dave. I don't use water if I suspect a bad head gasket. Risk of it rusting the liners and rings if you don't get to tearing it down soon. Cheap coolant sure. Used but clean oolant probably. Oil down the cylinders is not a bad idea if it's your own engine.

I like to set expectations realistically early on. I only have experience quoting vintage electronic repair, but I've experienced the equivalent to this dozens of times. "Hey, we confirmed the damage is severe. Very likely a full rebuild. Here's a quote for the worst case" Then I go over the quote with them, being as transparent as possible. Tell them where it can go wrong, where it can go right, and if I have any reliability mods to do along the way, I tend to offer them at a bit of a discount. I have the luxury of being able to sell them on some reliability mods and stuff which is reassuring for them.