2011 5.0 head gaskets

[jastutte]

How’s this temporary fix working so far?

so far, so good. no misfires. no hot coolant smell. runs and pulls great. it gets driven everyday around town.

we've even taken it out of town to the farm for the weekend. 2.5 hours each way. mix of freeway and county/country roads.

just did my first oil change on it since purchase. no coolant in the oil.

i've been putting off getting the new tires she needs since i wasn't sure what the engine was going to decide what to do, but may pull the trigger on that as we go into winter.

 

[powershift]

I threw a reman engine in and got about 50k miles out of it. Now I’m having a junkyard 5.0 rebuilt by Euro Amp and I’ll toss it in there along with their metal cooling system parts.

If this fails I’m buying a D110 and turning the LR4 into a sight target at the ranch.

50k mi is pretty short life for a reman. What happened?

 

[M32H32IS]

50k mi is pretty short life for a reman. What happened?

Haven’t cracked it open yet but I believe a head bolt has loosened. Based on what I’ve read and conversations I’ve had, they should’ve used heli coils BC the soft blocks are extremely prone to thread degradation after a reman or rebuild.

If I were a betting man that’s where I’d place my wager.

 

[powershift]

Haven’t cracked it open yet but I believe a head bolt has loosened. Based on what I’ve read and conversations I’ve had, they should’ve used heli coils BC the soft blocks are extremely prone to thread degradation after a reman or rebuild.

If I were a betting man that’s where I’d place my wager.

Sorry to hear that. That sounds like a defect or workmanship problem. Where did you get the engine from?

 

[M32H32IS]

Sorry to hear that. That sounds like a defect or workmanship problem. Where did you get the engine from?

Ronda - a local shop that focuses on JLR 5.0/3.0 and AMG remans