Good Evening Gents,
My engine finally got installed end of June. However, despite the complete module swap and the N/A engine running on them when I brought it in, with the SC swapped in there was nothing. Screens would come on, but no engine click or noise. It also had 28 fault codes. I got the shop a new starter and got a new battery and still nothing, even found out they didn't plug in the engine wiring harness all the way (red flag for later) which did eliminate the majority of the codes, but still nothing. So the assumption was an immobilization or some fault in the modules post-swap as it was a completely new and rebuilt engine. I had the feeling it could be that or because of my less than pleasant dealing with the shop I suspected it could also be as simple as something not plugged in. However, I had no way to pinpoint easily so with Land Rover being literally a block up the street I towed it there, explained what I had done so far to their both interest and disbelief, and they agreed to look at it. Fast forward two weeks of them being busy and not being able to diagnose it until today, I drove to the lot because I now have a Nanocom and knew the engine needed a full oil change now it was installed. The Rover tech that unbeknownst to me had looked at it today came and told me something beautiful: it starts and runs! Turns out the shop that did my install didn't ground the engine properly
Now I did find out after getting my Nanocom the CCF files are going to present a problem, the locks do not work, having a split tailgate does not work, and my 2nd and 3rd row rear AC/heat does not function. This is because the BCM is set for the Range Rover and never had those as an option. The only way around this is get the seed files from Land Rover directly (not the dealer) but they said Rover would never approve it for what I am doing OR the more plausible option is putting in the LR4 BCM and modules back in and figuring out getting the RRSC ECU to work.
My air suspension won't raise currently, the rebuilt SC snout and smaller performance pulley are a little wack with a constant horrifying screeching, there's a intercooler coolant leak, the auxiliary coolant pump is overly loud, there's little areas of smoke and a burning smell (told its because its a new engine), and it struggles to start BUT with the 5 minutes I had before my dealership closed I recorded this on the lot, here is what any of you crazies reading my rant are wanting to see, a 2012 LR4 with a 5.0L supercharged engine running: (WARNING high pitched sound)
Not drivable still, but soon...will keep y'all posted