You are a brave man buying a old Range Rover . Those things come down the assembly line with the check engine light on . Ask Hoovie , Samcrack and even Doug Demurio

A better question To ask: “is it worth fixing something designed to be broken?”

I bought a running L322 of auction in Japan for a crazy $1400. Found a few minor issues and made a To Do list. Believe me, the list will keep getting bigger even if you knock off one or two issues every weekend. This car is going to give you a lot of content for your channel

my friend has owned an engine rebuilding shop for 50 years ... He will NOT rebuild a Range Rover engine because they are complete JUNK and he doesn't want an unhappy customer because he cannot guarantee the rebuild will last !

Hi, 4 year L322 2011 Ranger Rover HSE owner here. Mine is almost identical to yours. In my first year of ownership, as the fourth owner with 88k miles, I had to replace the engine with a used one for $10k parts and labour; blown head gasket. The problem with these gorgeous depreciating vehicles--buyers love them because they're cheap, but no one honours the cost of ownership. I change my oil every 4k miles and baby it. 147k miles on the clock now. It has a timeless look and is terrific for snow and long trips. I wish you the best and I subscribed.

With the body and interior in such perfect condition, this may be worth doing a rebuild. These are body off for engine swap designed, which isnt too bad with a hoist.

If the timing were out, it would be out all the time - not just after it had warmed up! Just replace the timing chain tensioner guides. Job done!

Valve's hitting pistons has a much different noise. It'll sound like coins being crushed in the engine and it's every valve on whatever cam is being out of time so it's VERY noisy. Jumped timing enough to cause all my valves in my engine to kiss then hit and bend them all once timing jumped even more. Definitely sounds more like it's the timing chain slapping around.

Not body off on these, only on the L320/L319 Sport and LR3/LR4. Engine comes out the top, or front subframe can be dropped. Easier through the top. That noise sounds like the chain slapping the block. Stick your teshlong down the oil cap and look for chain machined aluminium. Also look for slack in the chain at the oil cap. There should be absolutely none, barely moveable.

Man I absolutely love your content Waldo you will always get a like and comment every time your a very smart dude thank you for your time!! Have a great week!!

i follow a couple of land rover channels and came across ur channel, watched about 10 of ur vids so far and really enjoying them, thanks for taking the time to do them

🤩 Loved your content, lots of work involved. Seeing you fixing this legend is going to be exciting, maybe you can tear down this engine and show us from inside if need arises it will be fun to watch that. Complete tear down of this v8 will go with tons of work and many parts replacements.

I feel like I can face any problem in life after watching your videos. the way you calmly solve problems is so inspiring.

You can put the bonnet into its service position by popping off one end of each strut, then there are tabs on the hinges to hold it up. Gives you much better access to the engine bay!

I had a 2010 hse lux. The only thing that the dealership did was change out the tension bolts and I never had any issues with the engine. suspension and supercharged model brakes should’ve came standard. Let go of her at 137k and it’s still on the road today. Amazing.

Well done, great to hear all the remedies you have for this lovely vehicle, more updates please and every good wish for a super car at the end of it!

with the gas they have today, it has ethanol which basically absorbs the water and pulls it up into the fuel eventually causing phase separation which would cause the fuel to look like brine. so the days of fuel floating on water unless its diesel are pretty much over. the only exception to this would be recreational fuel which has no ethanol or if water was just introduced to the gas recently. I only know this because I used to build gas stations. hope this helps, also diesel has the ability to grow algae and rust can develop in todays diesel fuels on bare metals.

As good as it sounds (before the knock)--- I think you would be fine to just do the timing belt change and run it. It might burn a little oil--- but at least there's no hole in the piston. I think it's worth the gamble--- as long as you don't have a dead cylinder on your compression check.

I like your channel I like how you just simply start from easy to hard with diagnosing a vehicle in that situation. Best advice you can give anybody buying a car from auction

It’s amazing the knowledge you have on vehicles. My new favorite channel.

I think a LS swap is in order.. That would be fun. Ron

Always great content from Waldo, While you could rebuild the engine….I’ve never seen a. Hellephant Range rover before, seems right up your alley, I’m sure the KZfaq community would benefit you with views for such a unique video. Excited to see what happens next

Hey Waldo,just watched all 5 parts (and then some) of this series. I had to go back and like them all as you surely deserve that recognition and YT revenue. You have incredible patience and courage. In addition to all the mechanical knowledge I picked up watching you, perhaps the most valuable piece is no NEVER consider buying a Range Rover. 😅 Really appreciate your content and mechanical knowledge. Thank you.

Great video! Love the details. Had no idea about the Teslong. Would be awesome to find out how to fix the timing chain issue on the cheap.

Hi Waldo, The engine seemed to run really well, which is surprising if it had jumped time. Hopefully, fixing the issue mentioned in the service bulletin will work well enough that you can use it. Thanks for the video! -mike

The 2009+ range rovers are actually decently reliable. This year is actually very desirable because of digital gauges with the classic body style

As much as I love the L322, I've never once seen a budget 5 liter turn out well. An absolute nightmare of an engine in every way. 4.2 2009 is the best Range you can buy!

Great content. Thanks for sharing your car enthusiast journey. Subscribed.

Hey Waldo I love seeing your new project!! Hopefully it’s only the chain and a simple fix. Fingers crossed. Poor prior maintenance probably added to his issues. Can’t wait to see what is in store. Aspen will look so cute in the new Rover

Range Rovers have always been sweet rides. Love the interior of yours!! I know you're trying to go the cheapest route. Have you considered maybe an LS V8 swap? They're pretty plentiful in salvage yards, they're cheap and there's tons of aftermarket support for them. Just a thought. Great video as always Waldo!! 👌

I love the "high ground clearance" line as you pan a shot that shows the Rover about 3 inches from the ground.

very much appreciated you put up metric conversions in the video

By the time a valve hits a piston you would have correlation codes or misfires or even backfiring out the intake etc and it would barely run if at all, I bet its a broken chain guide causing the chain to be loose and its just slapping around in there a bit. The indentation on the piston has alot of carbon buildup on it meaning its likely not recent. The scoring will likely cause oil consumption and that's usually a worn piston skirt or piston skirt defect and will have a rattle noise when cold known as piston slap.

As someone who has been running sub £3k versions of these for over 7 years now they are really quite easy to fix. Almost everything has been documented online, used spare parts are easily available, loads of support on forums/facebook pages. Only thing which kills them is rust or simply becoming worth more as bits.

2009 TDV8 owner here! Loved this video, the depreciation on these is crazy but means we can pick them up and enjoy them!

Makes me realize how great the old pushrod high displacement American V-8 engines were! Run for 200,000 miles with just oil changes-simple and rugged. Now these BMW engines are a ticking time bomb-once you get over 80K miles.

Waldo, I'm glad to see you use a Fluke meter. I also have the 117, and it works well, and the price was good.

Waldo, I have the absolute perfect solution for you if you decide the engine has seen it's better days .LS swap it , then you have a sweet vehicle and some reliability to go along with it. Because let's be real here , those engines were not known for reliability so that's still a factor if you do manage to fix it , the wealth of common issues still will plaque you. You can make some pretty serious horsepower on a bone stock lc9 block and be completely reliable. It maybe be more common of a conversion than you think, I believe painless wiring makes a plug and play harness. I would seriously consider that option or look into it a little with the wealth of info about it .

As an Englishman I love that fact that you called it a boot!!

I really like this era of range rover, styling wise. I have a QX4 and all I ever think is how it's funny that the headlights have a similar shape to the range rover.

Waldo! You are a very smart, multi talented young man with some amazingly produced content seemingly out of nowhere. I would love to hear some kind of backstory. I’ve been following since 60-70k subs and I’ve been very curious.

Just diesel swap it lol Also, the amount of content is this video is damn near perfect. Just enough detail, but not too drawn out, and you actually get somewhere with it too.

Really neat video. Super accurate from your perspective. Nice job.

Waiting for an update on the Range Rover!! Wishing you all the very best

This guy is like the guy you want to be your friend. He comes very handy. I love cars, that helps.

Correction, that vehicle WAS highly desirable. Those older Range Rovers have all kinds of issues, most are probably off leases and not regularly maintained . You probably bought a $2000 money pit. 😀

Really enjoyed this vid, looking forward to the next

You can also make more money by parting out this vehicle, The interior is still very good, some buyer will shell out 3-5k for those seats alone.

Honestly, I kinda want it to fail cause I want more content but at the same time, I want it to not so you can have a huge win. Fingers crossed man amazing video as per the usual!

The knock may be from the supercharger coupling inside the nose cone if its the supercharger 5.0, those are misdiagnosed as engine knocks sometimes. Another weak point is the timing chains you can check them by removing the oil cap and pulling the chain a little to check for tension

I love the quality of your production. Surely subscribing.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

As a Brit, the use of the word “Boot” is much appreciated.

Hey Waldo, wishing you luck that you can get this running on the cheap and consider it a score. Looking forward to the compression test results.

Had a similar issue with an interference engine when the timing belt was changed, but was off slightly and caused slight damage. Just put the timing belt in the proper place, checked compression, and kept driving. Now over 100K miles since the damage and still running strong. Will keep driving this care until it "blows."

Great production: music, commentary, camera angles. Well done.

Range Rover at auction, you’re definitely an “Automotive Masochist”. 😁Definitely fun to watch though!

LS swap time! Just as expensive as rebuilding but much more reliable and easier to service.

having owned that model and year, I am not surprised. what a mess and mine was the same. Then I got the 2013 L405 V8 Full size RR and it was a love relationship. never in the shop, beat the crap out of it on back roads and rock gardens, yet pulled up to nice restaurants not knowing the difference. perfect truck. Unfortunately I totaled it but I really miss that truck. it was perfect.

I just bought an 08 ford expedition that runs and drives perfect with 120k the only thing was the rear shocks went out. I bought it for 2900$ cash the suspension costed 1600$ to fix. It was 55k when new. I love it. It's fully loaded. Even has a back up cam on the rear view mirror, back in o 08 was a nice touch.

That seems like a great find Waldo! I’m excited to see you get the vehicle back to its former glory! Random question: where’d you get your work boots from? They look like old leather ones, I’m curious about finding something like them for myself

Ugh. I have the same issue with my 2012 Range Rover sport. Been sitting in my driveway for 10 months because I can’t afford the $6000 CAD to fix it. Got a quote from an independent Land Rover specialist and they wanted even more. And this is assuming that the engine is worth saving. Haven’t had a compression test done yet to know whether it’s even worth saving. Biggest financial regret of my life.

Good way to sell products and get affiliate sales, especially if youre around a ton of cars. just find one with issues it has and use the tools you want to sell in the video. This guy also makes it seem very natural and not scripted, he could sell alot under the right circumstances. Smarter than some this channel.

You've got a new subscriber! Great videos!

Hey Waldo thanks for all your lovely videos, A friend of mine had a similar problem with one of these and put a Mercedes straight 6 cylinder 3liter turbocharged in it and it has been going strong ever since. Maybe that’s an idea pursuing. You can get a lot of HP out of these as well

My buddy had the supercharged version of that truck, 510 horsepower was fun, but it was very unreliable, a $10,000 bill right around the corner if it broke down.

Just discovered your channel. Amazing content, subbed!

Just sold mine, 2008 v8 diesel. 200k miles on it. I owned it for 6 years. During the 5 minutes when everything works, it is a great vehicle, the rest of the time... Oh well. Just don't make this your only driving option in your garage.

I am jealous of you hearing what you paid for this!! i guess, seeing all that, it is worth a rebuild and make some money out of it by reselling. I am guessing its a blown up headgasket, since the knocking sound is very distinct. good luck bro!!

Fix it and flip it. Landrovers are known for never ending technical issues.

Bought a 2007 l322 with 154k miles a year ago. I’ve swapped so much in a year it’s crazy but she drives smooth and my family loves it. She’s been very reliable and only at 160k now so 6k miles in a year. Not bad. I plan to swap the engine and trans for new remanufactured ones. It’s gonna be so sweet. 11/23/21- Purchased at 154k miles 11/27/21 - Oil change (royal purple 5w30), Battery installed (duralast gold) 12/30/21 - Left CV Axle replacement with brand new OEM original parts 155k - 3/13/22 - Left control arms and balljoint replaced brand new OEM original parts 3/18/22 - Brake bleed entire system & refill of reservoir 3/30/22 - Replaced right front tie rod, and front drive shaft BRAND NEW OEM ORIGINAL PARTS 156k - 4/02/22 - Replaced right control arms and balljoint, and Cv axle with brand new OEM original parts 5/02/22 - installed Halo Lights & replaced right side mirror with authentic l322 Range Rover mirror 157k 07/20/22 - Swapped Downstream sensors, left and right (denso) 158k 07/22/22 - swapped spark plugs laser iridium 08/04/22 - Installed star light headliner 10/30/22 - - [x] rear differential oil changed royal purple 7w90 160k 11/04/22 - - [x] Transfer box drained - filled with total purple SYNCROMAX - [x] oil drained - filled with royal purple high mileage 5w30 - [x] Front differential drained and filled with royal purple 7w90 11/13/22 - [x] royal purple filter installed - [x] Front inner and outer tie rods changed (Delphi)

There is no more comfortable car to sit in while you wait for a tow. lol.

Hi Waldo. I admit, I don't know this engine at all, but I DO know that many piston crowns have an indent for the valve(s). Given that the valve itself didn't look (shiny), like there had been any contact, and indeed the indent in the piston also looked 'dirty', I'd say that is not the issue. Good luck with whatever it is. Regards Mark in the UK

Would be great content to see you do a rebuild yourself, I know I would enjoy watching the complete process.

Love the waldo name good content 💪

Bro ur content is absolute gold

Waldo please bring back the IDI international and the gooseneck please I'm a super big fan of tho's projects please please please bring them back for the next episode

I took the RR vogue onto an army course made for MERCEDES UNIMOG, ETC, it lost a few bits fro front & rear, but plastic replacement parts, except the rear reg plate. Needless to say the vehicle performed better than expected in a somewhat almost impossible drive, but what impressed me most was the level of comfort afforded in such rough terrain.

Last year I purchased my dream car… 2021 RangeRover sport straight from the Dealership. I was happily driving home excited to show my wife & just then… the engine started aggressively knocking & the car totally cut out! luckily had LR warranty as it needed a complete engine replacement (£14.5k) Once the engine was fixed, the car had non stop electrical issues. Spent more time at LR repair garage than my garage! Never again. Now I’ve got a tesla & life is good 😎

I have the extraction unit that runs with an air compressor- no manual hand pumping! Also, don’t assume a new battery is fully charged. Attach a trickle charger to it to fully charge it!

As a retired Euro Trash Tech I had a lot of customers who bought these things. They usually didn't keep them long as they soon found out the British Press was right in naming it the most unreliable car in the world..... NOBODY bought a 2nd one.

When a guy buys a Land Rover like that, with eventual huge problems, you can surely say he’s got balls! Congrats for the courage!

I have a 2011 Range Rover supercharged L332 and I’m about to have the timing chain replaced after a lot of consideration just because I love the L322.

A lot of the foraging second hand cars that are sold in the US specially European are cars that were crashed fixed in Poland and re sold to markets outside the EU. This people are so good at fixing them the cars look brand new.

Even engine rebuild or swap, Waldo got himself snazzy rig at a bargin price.

"Highly desirable" lmao

ooh i have been looking for this man for a while now

As a long term project, I'd tend to go with an engine rebuild. Only expenses are parts and time. You'd have a great running vehicle !

Hey Waldo! Love your videos! If the motor is toast just ls swap it! They make kits for it. Would make an awesome daily driver!

Good job on the drone, Goonz!

Awesome simple assessment

You are growing a proper parking lot over there.

Dude I had a 99 HSE. Good luck!

Great vis thank you!!!

One of my favorite vehicles. They can be used for fun, play, opera, outings, beach and the office. ❤

I always thought these would be a perfect candidate for an engine swap.

When is gooseneck part 3 coming

Always great content from Waldo

What a nice video I have two of them … and delighted ! ! Will get the new 405 … soon as well …

If nothing else, I would have thought you could sell it for parts, or part it out for way more than $2000…