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  1. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    Update: The code came on right after an oil change and my wife was driving (she has bad luck with anything electrical, as did my father, anyone else know someone like this?) We parked it for a week (3rd car) as I was travelling. When I moved it behind the shed the light and code were gone. Now...
  2. Al Pizzica

    Fluids change after 9 years?

    Personally I wouldn't do anything if it is stored indoors and treated well otherwise. https://www.thedrive.com/news/motor-oil-age-doesnt-matter-as-much-as-mileage-study
  3. Al Pizzica

    Aftermarket Exhaust anyone?

    Engineers mostly balance things. Marketing people want more of everything. The business people want the most profit. The engineers find the balance.
  4. Al Pizzica

    Aftermarket Exhaust anyone?

    For me, as a mechanical engineer in a former life, it's less about look at me and more about how a 5.0L should sound. The factory exhaust kills all that. It could politely announce it's presence a little more IMHO.
  5. Al Pizzica

    Aftermarket Exhaust anyone?

    Another, probably cheaper, option is to find the best muffler guy in your area and seek his advice, he can delete the center muffler and swap the back ones with ones that will give the sound you want for way less than the complete cat back system.
  6. Al Pizzica

    Anyone end up buying their Grenadier order

    If the D5 wasn't shaped like like an egg it wouldn't be such a bad rig. I spent a lot of time in my friend's D5 traveling between the major Texas cities and it is a great highway rig, better than the 4 luxury wise. I'm in a rental Jeep GC-L and it too is better on the highway but it feels like a...
  7. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    This tech I talked to has seen a few failed chains in 12 years as a tech but only when they were already making a bunch of noise and throwing restricted performance codes.
  8. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    Thanks to @ttforcefed I connected with a real pro and am going to go ahead with a full service including all the weak points and timing chain. I'll get his expert opinion on what was actually failing on my "updated" chains and have a full report back to the group. As @ryanjl said I thought I...
  9. Al Pizzica

    2016 LR4 Landmark SCV6 Engine Failure at 65k. WWYD?

    Super bummer and I feel your pain as I am in a somewhat less crappy position. 110k and I know the chains are loose. I have it parked up while I think about it. I was considering donating it as a 5th option but I don't even know if that would affect my taxes with the new standard deduction. In...
  10. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    It's funny, in all my searches, in all the YouTubes, there are tons and tons of noisy chains, reduced power codes, cars barely running but nothing I can find of it letting go and catastrophically breaking the chain and wrecking the engine. The car sounds fine, I would drive it to someplace to...
  11. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    It did. Great car fax except for a minor fender bender involving someone backing into the driver door.
  12. Al Pizzica

    Engine goes into reduced power mode

    When I was digging around on my P0016 issue I came across this on another forum. I don't pretend to have any idea what the final sentence means TSB No: LTB00347 (ISSUE 1) 22 DEC 2010. Situation: On vehicles with the 5.0-liter naturally aspirated LR-V8 engine only, the engine Malfunction...
  13. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    Correct, never been changed. Does not make any of the horrible chain noises I have seen on dozens of YouTubes. Anyone know of a reputable shop in NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD? There were two around here one closed when the guy retired and the other one has gone downhill.
  14. Al Pizzica

    There may be nothing you can do... P0016

    Just got P0016, 110k miles '13 LR4. Chain inside oil filler has a about 1/2" of play, seems "loose" to me. Did everything we possibly could to prevent this when we got it at 67k. Frequent oil changes and whatnot. At a real crossroads here...
  15. Al Pizzica

    Anyone end up buying their Grenadier order

    I'll be the contrarian and say that I like what they did there. It obviously is supposed to look like a fighter jet stick in front of those military style switch gear and for that look it works. The BMW guy in me totally sees the fish out of water as well but to the target buyer and for the look...
  16. Al Pizzica

    2012 - Decreased power on incline

    Agree, throttle is not opening. Be really interesting to run the same graph in Sand Mode. It opens the throttle to almost 100% in the first half of the pedal depression.
  17. Al Pizzica

    LR4 Transmission Fluid Change: Pan Swap Option

    It really depends on if you just did the pan swap or did anything else with the valve body. When I did the valve body Zipkit the tranny was open for a few days and lots more drained out than a quick pan swap. I used almost 7 full quarts but many who do a quick swap use much less. The fluid is...
  18. Al Pizzica

    Anyone end up buying their Grenadier order

    Same on all fronts, saw one in person just the other day. It is awesome and better looking in person. Truly sick looking the way this guy had it kitted out. Passed on this and Rivian SUV due to dealership distance, plus already have solid front axle truck with bad steering compared to the LR4...
  19. Al Pizzica

    Highest mileage LR4?

    Me too. I have a '13 with less miles and I would not have thought it would get that kind of money: half my original investment. My early '22 Model Y, which I love, is now worth less than half what I bought it for according to Tesla and I bought it a year later than the LR4!
  20. Al Pizzica

    LR4 Transmission Fluid Change: Pan Swap Option

    I didn't know there was an order and I just got it up there with four corners (after it fell in my face and gave me a bloody lip) and then made sure you tightened it up evenly around the outside like lug nuts and mine is golden.
  21. Al Pizzica

    Why do american trucks get much better mpg that the lr4?

    Now do 2nd gear and sand mode to increase throttle mapping and see if you can get into the 6's. Seriously, what are we trying to accomplish?
  22. Al Pizzica

    LR4 Transmission Fluid Change: Pan Swap Option

    I suspect most on here did what I did and just shoved whatever hose comes off their pump in (I have a mityvac similar to the one above). It does not go very far but if you have another person pumping slowly so it is not shooting out aggressively it should not be a problem, I had nothing but a...
  23. Al Pizzica

    LR4 Transmission Fluid Change: Pan Swap Option

    The mess comes mostly when you remove the pan. This fluid has odd properties where it will just take hours and hours to stop oozing out of the underside of the valve body.
  24. Al Pizzica

    2012 - Decreased power on incline

    Sounds like it's not downshifting when it should if rpms don't increase on the hill. Did you try manual mode and sand mode? Do the same thing and stay in first and see if it flys up the hill.
  25. Al Pizzica

    2012 - Decreased power on incline

    I still don't understand this one. If you floor it from a stop up a hill what exactly happens? If nothing is slipping (slipping=engine revving but vehicle not moving any faster) then either it is choosing too high of a gear (shifting to manual and holding first to near redline can test this) or...

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