Bassist169
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Just as someone already stated, it’s awesome that people are actually starting to tackle this beast now and share their experiences!!!
Sadly my 2011 LR4 has been laid up in my driveway for almost 18 months and I’m desperate to bring her back to life!
Here’s A little background which I’m sure some of you can relate to. My LR4 overheated one night with no warning and apparently I couldn’t pull off the road quick enough, and the shop I took it to (the only shop that services them around here anymore) said it was toast and needed a new engine. They said a replacement used engine was gonna run me over 10k with labor. I did some research and asked about putting an AJ133 from a jag in it since they are so much cheaper... shop said they couldn’t/wouldn’t do it....
Ok, so I think I’ll just do it myself, I’ve done engine swaps before, it’s gotta be manageable with time and patience.... I searched and searched and everything I found said that you had to lift the body off the frame to do a swap... I don’t own a lift that can do that, nor do I have any friends with garages capable.
Discouraged I just decided to set it aside and start saving. I occasionally checked engine prices for the next year and then I found a post where someone did a swap in their home garage! Awesome! With the Jaguar engine! Double Awesome!
Skip forward to this week, with the weather improving I’m anxious to get things started and begun pulling the old motor. I start to wonder what shape the engine is actually in? Is the block toast? Heads? Is anything salvageable? I won’t know until I get it torn down but I start to wonder if I might get lucky and not need a whole new engine and then I run across this post!
All of that being said, I am wondering if anyone knows what is actually entailed with this motors “catastrophic engine failure”? What is the most common point of failure? Head gaskets? Bearings? The block itself?
IIRC the shop said there was no compression but I can’t remember if they said it was seized as well.
Most people would never have a blown engine rebuilt because the labor alone makes it pointless. But I’m willing to give it a shot if it’s something feasible. I assume that the best case scenario is just a blown head gasket, worst case scenario is a cracked block and warped everything...
Does anyone know which way it’s more likely to lean? If it’s somewhere in the middle can you tell me what I might expect to find? Aside from the OPs advice, are there certain things I should check first before moving on?
Any insight is most appreciated! Thanks so much!
Sadly my 2011 LR4 has been laid up in my driveway for almost 18 months and I’m desperate to bring her back to life!
Here’s A little background which I’m sure some of you can relate to. My LR4 overheated one night with no warning and apparently I couldn’t pull off the road quick enough, and the shop I took it to (the only shop that services them around here anymore) said it was toast and needed a new engine. They said a replacement used engine was gonna run me over 10k with labor. I did some research and asked about putting an AJ133 from a jag in it since they are so much cheaper... shop said they couldn’t/wouldn’t do it....
Ok, so I think I’ll just do it myself, I’ve done engine swaps before, it’s gotta be manageable with time and patience.... I searched and searched and everything I found said that you had to lift the body off the frame to do a swap... I don’t own a lift that can do that, nor do I have any friends with garages capable.
Discouraged I just decided to set it aside and start saving. I occasionally checked engine prices for the next year and then I found a post where someone did a swap in their home garage! Awesome! With the Jaguar engine! Double Awesome!
Skip forward to this week, with the weather improving I’m anxious to get things started and begun pulling the old motor. I start to wonder what shape the engine is actually in? Is the block toast? Heads? Is anything salvageable? I won’t know until I get it torn down but I start to wonder if I might get lucky and not need a whole new engine and then I run across this post!
All of that being said, I am wondering if anyone knows what is actually entailed with this motors “catastrophic engine failure”? What is the most common point of failure? Head gaskets? Bearings? The block itself?
IIRC the shop said there was no compression but I can’t remember if they said it was seized as well.
Most people would never have a blown engine rebuilt because the labor alone makes it pointless. But I’m willing to give it a shot if it’s something feasible. I assume that the best case scenario is just a blown head gasket, worst case scenario is a cracked block and warped everything...
Does anyone know which way it’s more likely to lean? If it’s somewhere in the middle can you tell me what I might expect to find? Aside from the OPs advice, are there certain things I should check first before moving on?
Any insight is most appreciated! Thanks so much!